first meeting

Thank you all for coming on Tuesday to our first official(informal) meeting. It was a very good turnout and exciting to see some new faces. It was a good beginning in my opinion, but for next time I think we need to break apart into smaller groups to have more participation. But yes! it is very promising... I'm excited to see where this will take us.

Being that there are only 3 weeks left in our wonderful stay in Copenhagen, and that the last week will be crazy with projects, I think we need to allow for there to be two meetings a week, but no obligation to go to both. Some expressed interest in doing this multiple times a week, so the option should be there for those who desire it. We talked about the best days for these meetings and decided on Tuesdays and Thursdays... So! for whoever is interested, I think we should continue this every Tuesday and Thursday after studio. Let me know what you think, but I like having the option there for those who want to talk some more.

We had a rich discussion on Jon's thesis ideas about "sacred space" and I was glad to see a discussion on historical, religious, psychological, and architectural issues related to the topic. It was great to see the conversation evolve and touch upon implications for contemporary society and the future. Good start indeed...

This Thursday (tomorrow) I'll be having a little very informal info session on basic Maya 8.0 digital modeling, rendering, and (if time permits) scripting... We'll be in Bo's studio in 10A-21 at 6pm, so feel free to join in and bring a laptop.

Once again, thank you all for your participation and I hope to be seeing more of you as the semester continues.

Vi ses

p.s. some interesting links I've encountered lately that may interest some of you:
Robo-builder
Turbulent Grid. Dirty Geometry
goats + spider genes
fractal architecture
second life
13 ways of looking at a blackbird
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