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Who we are...
At point b we are all about making. From architecture to industrial design, furniture to products, and digital to material. We employ an evolutionary, or cyclical process based on iterative feedback loops through structural, environmental, material, and psychological conditions. Our firm believes that design takes form and acquires attributes as a result of their context and relationship to other entities.
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What we do...
We isolate components, determine the essential principles that define a conditional state, consider secondary and tertiary roles for those components, and produce a design which represents, for us, the component’s “Object State”. We then test this Object State against context variables, creating dynamic feedback loops from which design principles are drawn.
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Intrinsic in our design process is the element of time and the notion of design trajectories. By way of digital and physical explorations and through the implementation of a variety of tools - both digital and manual - we investigate many possible trajectories and, over time, sythensize them into a unique solutions space. In this vein, our projects emerge from dynamic systems, both predictable and unpredictable.
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To engage in the design process, we have an arsenal of both digital and physical tools. Some of the tools that we currently employ include: Digital modeling and rendering softwares (Rhino, 3d studio max), parametric modeling software (GenerativeComponents), a full wood shop including CNC mill, a metal shop, drafting software (AutoCAD), a composite materials lab, and collaborative relations with digital fabricators.
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We explore materials constantly and often push people in emerging materials markets to open their minds to new uses and possibilities. In addition, we also own and operate a CNC mill, giving us rapid prototyping capabilities as well as opportunities for direct formal explorations.
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What we think...
We believe the goals of architectural projects are to bring the client, the built structure, and the landscape into a dynamic matrix of relationships. Some are predictable while others are not, but all change with time. We manage these variables via two primary methods: composition of building elements that react to changing conditions, and the creation of physical systems that are open to intervention.