tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84001883740766210412024-03-13T20:22:58.319-07:00...driftingwalls.....buildingcloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642010072357759329noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400188374076621041.post-82533072933788414572012-09-27T02:52:00.001-07:002013-01-08T01:28:25.871-08:00patent no longer pendingYesterday Trish and I received the first certificate of Patent-- on the work of Tactility Factory.<br />
It should be the first of three patents where we are listed as inventors<br />
That may seem slightly dull and bureaucratic but not many woman are listed as inventors on patents and for that reason we stand proud- especially- hard as it is to admit it - not too many middle-aged women receive patents!<br />
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<br />buildingcloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642010072357759329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400188374076621041.post-54684313814116854642012-08-20T04:24:00.003-07:002012-08-20T04:25:26.706-07:00Rural Spatial Practices<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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informal meeting and show research on in around rural spatial practices in maynooth - 28th August. Contact Emma or myself for details buildingcloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642010072357759329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400188374076621041.post-64365058119679786772012-08-12T12:14:00.002-07:002012-08-12T12:14:34.223-07:00Prouve momentmmmm http://bcove.me/tzagfpptbuildingcloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642010072357759329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400188374076621041.post-24270255204313512452012-04-10T06:24:00.000-07:002012-04-10T06:24:44.316-07:00Following Rural OpsThinking up to and after <a href="http://streetsociety.webs.com/aboutrural.htm" target="_blank">Rural Ops (as part of this year's Street Society</a>) and in the middle of reviewing papers I found this link to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7G-eF71wmo" target="_blank">Branzi's Agronica</a> .....mmmm<br />
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<br />buildingcloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642010072357759329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400188374076621041.post-23943361490682090262011-11-03T02:26:00.000-07:002011-11-03T02:26:32.809-07:00Stockholm visitAs part of Fatale's Feminist Futures lecture and workshop series I was invited to present the work of TF and PS<span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span> in a presentation called: 'Fabrication and Ms.Conduct.' (12th October 2011) In the follow-on workshop the students came up with some products driven by feminist agendas- very interesting<br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.fatale.nu/" target="_blank">FATALE </a>is a group of
architects, based at the School of Architecture, KTH, pursuing research
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-again on work of PS<span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span> and TF - this time to a wide range of artists, architects, designers and curators. <a href="http://www.konstnarsnamnden.se/default.aspx?id=11328" target="_blank">IASPIS</a> is a fascinating organization and I felt very welcomed. </div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">We are hoping that some collaborative work can emerge from these connections - so sincere thanks to those (Meike and Annika) who gave me this opportunity.</span><br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/21903160">Moving Beyond the Automobile: Road Diets</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/streetfilms">Streetfilms</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.buildingcloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642010072357759329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400188374076621041.post-20360582516461943052011-04-14T01:23:00.000-07:002011-11-03T02:09:37.231-07:00Ballykinler Village FairPS2 is organising the <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/buildingclouds/PS2Ballykinlar?authkey=Gv1sRgCPPkup2grOXWUQ#5597741612549339490">Ballykinler Village Fair</a> for the 28th May 2011. This is part of an ongoing relationship with Anne Marie Dillon (artist) and the Ballykinler community that was documented as part of the Rhyzome network. More recently QUB architecture students worked on a project for the community as part of the <a href="http://streetsociety.ning.com/">Street Society</a> Project. - the resultant work on <a href="http://www.pssquared.org/beachhuts.php">Beach Huts</a> has opened up discussions at community level and with external organizations about the relationship of the community to the beach and the neighboring army barracks<br />
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A most collaborative and pleasant day!<br />
For images see <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesbrownontheroad/sets/72157626239334941/">link</a>buildingcloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642010072357759329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400188374076621041.post-79557771368374553522011-02-01T13:23:00.000-08:002011-02-01T13:23:44.736-08:00Trans-Local-ActThe Rhyzom Project has just published 'Trans-Local-Act: Cultural Practices within and Across' edited by Doina Petrescu, Constantin Petcou, Nishat Awan.<br />
PS2 (pssquared) contributed one of the sections and is one of the sites of distribution for the publication - date of launch to be confirmed.<br />
The publication will also be downloadable from the <a href="http://www.rhyzom.net">Rhyzom website</a><br />
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see press releasebuildingcloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642010072357759329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400188374076621041.post-3580610461195329212011-01-27T06:24:00.000-08:002011-01-27T06:24:39.701-08:00Tactility Factory Surfaces to feature at Innovation Future Zone at EcobuildThe Technology Strategy Board, Modern Built Environment KTN and EPSRC are joining forces to bring their Innovation future zone competition back to Ecobuild for a second year. The Zone will showcase shortlisted entries of new or near-to-market technologies relevant to the priority areas of energy efficiency, refurbishment, climate change adaptation and process efficiency, and the winning entry will be announced on the final day of Ecobuild.<br />
Tactility Factory surfaces were shortlisted and some samples will be on display at <a href="http://www.ecobuild.co.uk/">ECOBUILD,</a> London 1st - 3rd March 2011buildingcloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642010072357759329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400188374076621041.post-12723210182290873352011-01-11T15:08:00.000-08:002011-01-11T15:09:02.375-08:00Live Projects Colloquium, 25 March 2011, Queen's University BelfastLive Projects 2011 invites academics and teachers in architecture, built environment and design disciplines to a one day colloquium about the use of live projects in higher education.<br />
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A live project in architectural education may be defined as a teaching project that brings students of architecture into contact with one or more aspects of the reality of architectural practice: a real client, a real timeline and a real outcome that is of value to the client. Established as an adaptation of the studio-based model of architectural education, their origins lie in nineteen-fifties’ experiments in the university-based architectural education. Contemporary UK live projects are increasingly cited as developing broader skill-sets in their students than traditional studio based projects, often drawing reference from design/build or service learning projects in North America. Yet despite their established use in architectural education, live projects remain under theorised, with primarily descriptive rather than analytical research.<br />
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Abstracts of no more than 300 words accompanied by a summary CV should be submitted no later than 21 January 2011 to: liveprojects2011@qub.ac.uk<br />
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see <a href="http://liveprojects2011.wordpress.com/">blog</a> for further detailsbuildingcloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642010072357759329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400188374076621041.post-71693659400313967562011-01-06T12:35:00.000-08:002011-01-06T12:57:42.069-08:00Cultures that support 'doing' rather than 'writing' or 'capturing' seem to fail to register their worth - unless of course another culture writes about it<br /><br />or unless the media through which the action is carried out is in itself easily transferable, exportable, downloadable, searchable. - (books, images, images of objects)<br /> <br />I suspect this is where in a e-connected world - the opportunity to see within the action (rather than at it's capturable format) is growing. <br /><br />One concern of this blog is therefore to make 'actions' as 'searchable' and 'exportable' as traditional captured forms, hence giving them equal credence.buildingcloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642010072357759329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400188374076621041.post-14076127513683206452011-01-05T13:38:00.000-08:002011-01-05T16:09:11.896-08:00first post - 2011Feeling the need to have one place where activities come through.<br /><br />Working across diverse platforms, methods, contexts, cultures and disciplinary languages with a wide range of people for different reasons is inspiring but the challenge is to keep some sort of core approach. We will see what emerges when those activities / networks are fed through this one channel.<br /><br /><br />buildingcloudshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07642010072357759329noreply@blogger.com0