Architecture, Residential Design
Contexts Collide at Heirloom Farm Studio to Create a Familiar Form
Heirloom Farm Studio, designed by Bushman Dreyfus Architects is a poplar-clad studio and an expression of colliding contexts.
Architecture, Residential Design
Heirloom Farm Studio, designed by Bushman Dreyfus Architects is a poplar-clad studio and an expression of colliding contexts.
Architect Alex Shifflett, AIA, is an associate principal at KGD Architecture who says good design is not just good for communities, but great as a teaching tool for young designers hoping to make a difference. “I’m lucky enough to work on projects that matter because it suits the way I work and think,” she says.
What is the future of practical technologies that make design easier, as well as the future of how architecture is made? Can large language models (LLMs) transform materials specification for the better? For the greener? Does empathy differentiate humans from machines? Does it matter? How will future technologies change the studio culture of firms? What does craft mean these days, anyway? These and other questions are up for debate this year at Design Forum XVI (Apr. 5-6, in Richmond) under the banner of “[Un]Certainty: Reflections on Craft at the Cyber Frontier.”
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