Projects

Soft Culture Machines

Journal article (forthcoming, early 2012)
The upcoming issue of Bracket, [goes soft] (early-2012), will include this short essay from my research on the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

NETLab Toolkit

Software toolkit for interaction design (2004-present)
The NETLab Toolkit is a set of free software and hardware tools for student and professional designers who want to create interactive objects and spaces.

Directory of Electronic Literature

Online directory of Electronic Literature (2009-present)
A project of the Electronic Literature Organization, the Electronic Literature Directory catalogues born-digital works of electronic writing.

The Electronic Book Review

Web-based journal of online critical writing (2001-present)
I am the site architect and technical editor of the Electronic Book Review, one of the longest standing journals of online critical writing.

The Architecture of Information at Plateau Beaubourg

PhD Dissertation (2011)
A study of the architecture of the information society through a history of the Centre Pompidou project in Paris.

Centre Beaubourg: Domain entities and some relations

Drawing (2011)
This drawing was done for the exhibition, 2D3D: Drawing in the Post-digital Age. It is an attempt to apply modes of representation from software design–in this case, the entity relationship diagram, or ERD–to describe objects and relationships within a specific domain in architectural history.

Programming the Rather Large Array

Digital media installation (2011)
I designed the software and behaviors for this installation, which was built for a 2011 exhibition in the Art Center Graduate Media Design program.

Studioplex

Web-based exhibition space (2010)
An online space for publishing and discussing studio work from among the participating institutions.

LA Forum web site

Web site (2009)
A new online presence for the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design.

Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation DNArchive

Database/wiki (2008)
The DNArchive is a collaborative, public Wiki that collects information on 20th century women practitioners.

Autonomous Light Air Vessels (ALAVs)

Robotic installation (2007)
A flock of robotic dirigibles that interacts with the audience and with each other in such a way as to transform a large architectural space with the minimum of material, energy, and intelligence.

The Mediated Spaces of the Archaeological Park

Conference paper (2006)
This paper considered the history of the archaeological park in Rome as a result not only of changes to the practices of curatorship, archaeology, and preservation, but also of the emergence of a modern information society.

Real Immaterial

Exhibition review (2004)
Review of 2004 exhibitions of the work of Yves Klein at the MAK Center Los Angeles and Superstudio at the Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design.