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    Artefact
    (2011) Walsh, Alec
    Recognizing that the Western Tradition of Architecture has been perpetuated through the passing on of stories through the creation of primarily symbolic artefacts, this studio emphasizes students’ ability to imagine, work, and communicate through creations, which generate poetic dialogue and architectural thinking beyond the direct transcription of isolated objectives and visual representations alone. Working obliquely through the entwined creation of artefact and narrative, students’ are challenged to draw upon the plasticity of lived knowledge not accessible through objective information but which nonetheless makes our experience of architecture alluring and resonant. Each student, responsible for developing their own architectural program, were asked to use these creations to reveal particular qualities, stories, events, and circumstances that metaphorically evoke essential qualities for the coming architecture. The overarching goal of the studio is the creation of empathetic connections between varying people, places, and cultures, brought to life through the experience of the artefact—an installation, performance, or assemblage—which like literature or film, provide things through which we may imagine.
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    Micro Community
    (North Dakota State University, 2012) Walsh, Alec
    This book examines what occurs when we let the cycles of mother nature take precedent in the way we design through responsive creation of a small community on the banks of the Red River. As architects in the 21st century, we have the ability to reclaim and successfully redevelop river sites that are responsive to time. In response to overall rising water levels world wide, and to the increasing trend in extremely high annual floods locally, a solution to not fight against the water, but live in harmony with it becomes apparent. What we have done so far does not work and technology allows us to explore the idea of reclaiming the river sites for a successful design of a small community.