Digital Bonds
Date: 2024.12 – Ongoing
Location: Brookline, MA
Client: Undisclosed
Status: Schematic Design
Type: Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU)
In our project, we reject the traditional value placed on the 'natural' state of materials. Instead, we celebrate the artifice. By utilizing advanced image processing and moshing techniques, we manipulated the images of traditional masonry walls to disrupt their homogeneity and repetitive nature.
This is a deliberate move away from authenticity toward a new materiality that acknowledges the pervasive influence of digitality on our physical world. Here, style over content is not a loss but a strategy—one that gives content agency in new, unexpected ways. The irony embedded in these faux brick panels is central to our critique.
These panels are a product of what I would call 'distributed originality'—a concept where the authenticity of a material or form is atomized across various media as images, textures, and forms. These elements are adopted, combined, altered, and re-presented in new contexts. This ADU project pushes post-digital materiality beyond mere stylization, urging a critical reflection on the unseen conditions and cultural constructs that underlie contemporary architectural practices
"In conclusion, this ADU project is not just a practical solution to a housing need but also a theoretical exploration of how digitality is reshaping our relationship with materials and aesthetics in architecture. By embracing the artifice, we open up new avenues for creative expression and critical discourse, questioning the very nature of materiality in our post-digital world."
Client: Undisclosed
Status: Schematic Design
Type: Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU)
In our project, we reject the traditional value placed on the 'natural' state of materials. Instead, we celebrate the artifice. By utilizing advanced image processing and moshing techniques, we manipulated the images of traditional masonry walls to disrupt their homogeneity and repetitive nature.
This is a deliberate move away from authenticity toward a new materiality that acknowledges the pervasive influence of digitality on our physical world. Here, style over content is not a loss but a strategy—one that gives content agency in new, unexpected ways. The irony embedded in these faux brick panels is central to our critique.
These panels are a product of what I would call 'distributed originality'—a concept where the authenticity of a material or form is atomized across various media as images, textures, and forms. These elements are adopted, combined, altered, and re-presented in new contexts. This ADU project pushes post-digital materiality beyond mere stylization, urging a critical reflection on the unseen conditions and cultural constructs that underlie contemporary architectural practices
"In conclusion, this ADU project is not just a practical solution to a housing need but also a theoretical exploration of how digitality is reshaping our relationship with materials and aesthetics in architecture. By embracing the artifice, we open up new avenues for creative expression and critical discourse, questioning the very nature of materiality in our post-digital world."
