NEWS
04.29.13_OOR/LML: River LAnding is a Finalist in LA2050 Goldhirsh Competition
We placed #5 in terms of popularity in our category, which is sufficient to position us for final consideration by the LA2050 jury, for the $100k grant!
More information here.
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03.28.13_OOR/LML: River Landing – Goldhirsh LA2050 Application
PLEASE VOTE & SHARE!
River LAnding on GOOD LA 2050 GoldHirsh
Sign up for more information and to participate in the event / film shoot here.
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02.28.13_OOR: Art Gallery Courtyard
Currently in design development.
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01.31.13_LML: Owens Lake Machine Update
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01.24.12_LML: Los Angeles River Bow Tie Hydraulic Analysis Videos in Production
LML_LARiverBowTie2012_Design03_TinaChee from LML Landscape Morphologies Lab on Vimeo. Timelapse analysis of the hydraulic performance of a student design proposal for the state-owned Bow Tie parcel and adjacent Los Angeles River. Design and insert model by Tina Chee. Hydraulic modeling systems and video by Landscape Morphologies Lab with support by the Bureau of Engineering and assistance from the Army Corps of Engineers.
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11.01.12_LML: Custom Design & Analysis Software for the Owens Lake
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10.11.12_OOR: 1815 Photos
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9.31.12_OOR: RebArena Photographed
FAKTENHAUS visuelle Kommunikation www.faktenhaus.de
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8.18.12_LML: Field Diagramming Fractal Drainage Network
USC Studio 542a On Natural Geometries: Form, Function, and Measurement of Fractal Geometries and their Value and Role in the City of Los Angeles and its Aqueduct created a 1:1 diagram of a fractal drainage network in the Owens Valley.
First image by Rachel Klein
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8.01.12_LML: Owens Lake Sand Modeling Update 03
...much more to show than this ... here are some samples:
above Custom software for visualization, drawing, and analysis, demonstrating angle of incidence shading.
More information and images here: sand: owens lake II. This is a collaboration with Andrew Atwood.
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6.26.12_LML: Owens Lake Sand Modeling Update 02
More information and images here: sand: owens lake II. This is a collaboration with Andrew Atwood.
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6.12.12_LML: Owens Lake Sand Modeling Update 01
More information and images here: sand: owens lake II. This is a collaboration with Andrew Atwood.
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4.16.12_LML: Hydraulic Testing Continues with LA River Studio
My students are testing their new designs for this section of the river and we'll be simulating various flow conditions and testing for flood control and design quality. The idea is that the students designs are responding to the actual flow conditions and flood control requirements of this section of the river.
We'll be running the model for the next two weeks, MWF ~2-4:30PM in the shop outside the USC architectural school. Let me know if you want to come by and I can arrange your visit.
Also, please let me know if can think of anyone else who would be interested. I am also looking to find a place to eventually exhibit the models and work.
-AR
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4.3.12_LML: PRESS RELEASE: Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio supports research by Alexander Robinson and W. Andrew Atwood on the Owens Lake Dust Control Project
Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio supports research on the Owens Lake Dust Control Project with a $150,000 grant. The principal investigators of the research are Alexander Robinson, landscape architecture professor at the University of Southern California, director of the USC Landscape Morphologies Lab and of oOR and W. Andrew Atwood, professor at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and Director of Atwood-A. Together they will design and build a custom landscape prototyping machine in order to improve the design of dust mitigation landscapes at the Owens Lake in Lone Pine, California. The prototyping machine will hybridize engineering physical modeling techniques, robotic technology, digital projection, and 3D scanning to create a new multi-sensory design platform for addressing the complex issues present on the lake. The machine is designed to create a common ground where designers, engineers, and the public can dynamically engage in the multiple concerns inherent to the lake.
This grant sustains the project Advanced Design Tools for Reconciling Scales of Use and Perception in Large Scale Infrastructures initiated with a USC Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences grant in 2011.
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3.23.12_LML: Drylands Conference Panel: Water Systems and Public Architectures
Part of the Drylands Conference at Woodbury University, organized by the Aridlands Institute. Alexander presented a short manifesto on how to participate in the design of large public infrastructures. A team of his USC students won top honors in the Drylands Competition and presented their research on Public Trust Values in Salt Pools at the Owens Lake.
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3.4.12_LML: Modeling Tool Arrives
Press release about this project coming soon.
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2.29.12_oOR: Falling Arbor Tests
More renderings.
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2.10.12_LML: 2010 Owens Lake Studio Publication
Preview the 2010 Owens Lake Studio Publication published on Blurb.
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2.6.12_USC: Curbed LA Article on USC South Park Park Studio
"What if South Park had a big park across the street from Staples Center."
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2.1.12_LML: Testing LA River Bowtie Site Hydrological Model
Landscape Morphologies Lab Spring 2012 USC Landscape Architecture Studio on the Los Angeles River Bowtie Section.
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12.1.11_oOR: Coast Live Oak Deck Nearly Done
Phase one of 1815 Park.
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11.1.11_LML: Sand Rapid Landscape Prototyping
Prototype testing continues with Andrew Atwood.
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10.1.11_USC: LAF Fellowship Case Studies Published
Alexander Robinson and his student Myvonwynn Hopton were selected by the Landscape Architecture Foundation fellows to participate in the inaugural the Case Study Investigation Initiative. The initiative paired faculty and students in an intense research effort to identify and documents the benefits of high performing landscapes. The resulting case studies, primarily from the Los Angeles region, will be added to the LAF website in the next coming months.
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9.15.2011_LML: Completed Owens Lake Studio Field Reconnaissance
The second Owens Lake Studio finished a successful trip to the lake, employing a variety of analysis techniques over a three day period.
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8.18.11_oOR: RebArena Growing Up
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7.25.11_LML: Custom Terrain Analysis Software
Custom terrain analysis and interactive software is in development for the Rapid Landscape Prototyping Machine. This image shows the live viewshed analysis visualization.
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7.23.11_LML: Rapid Landscape Prototyping
Work on the Rapid Landscape Prototyping Machine for the Owens Lake continues with Andrew Atwood and the LML (USC Landscape Morphologies Lab) team.
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7.22.11_LML: LA River Model Prototypes
Prototypes of Los Angeles River hydrological design model is being tested and developed.
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6.21.11_oOR: Falling Hoops
FallingHoops custom software in progress...
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6.15.11_LML: 2011 USC Humanities Grant
Andrew Atwood and Alexander Robinson project Advanced Design Tools for Reconciling Scales of Use and Perception in Large Scale Infrastructures was funded for summer research by the USC grant Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Services. Image of physical modeling software under development.
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2.11.11_oOR: Landscape Infrastructures Printed
Landscape Infrastructure: Case Studies by SWA
Ying-Yu Hung, Gerdo Aquino, Charles Waldheim, Julia Czerniak, Adriaan Geuze, Alexander Robinson , Matthew Skjonsberg
I contributed an essay on modulating infrastructures to this book and participated in the design and construction of some of these projects while working at SWA Group. Available on Amazon.
