PAVILIONS
Went to an inspiring talk that was curated through the Museum of Craft and design for SF Design week. This whole week has opened me up to the large range of design fields and how broad this term "design" really is. In fact Architecture too covers quite a large spectrum of different theories, philosophies, approaches and schools of thought. In this talk Future Cities Lab (shown above, with Situ Studio in the background) described there immense collection of studies, prototypes and intricate models exploring how a form, concept or idea can actually be conceived, detailed and developed. These ethereal forms were part of a design competition for a pavilion in the 2004 Athens Olympics. It never got built unfortunately but the concept carried on to other interesting public installations, artwork, and pavilions. Carmody Groarke (below) spoke about how clients often approach him with an idea in mind, but once he begins thinking and talking to them - with the utmost appreciation...
