Ephraim Joris :

These sketches on a mixed development case study invest in the notation of the transformations and mutations of an initial spatial envelope placed on the site. The narrative is captured in the apparent coming into being of a set of architectural drawings. A volume lifts itself from a continuing urban-scape below. The volume is sliced [...]

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Interested in exploring the subject of space beyond conventional representation and thus beyond conventional form I set up a ‘personal playground’ outside my ‘profession’ working with people from different backgrounds using different media.
To look beyond conventional representations and focus more on the relationship be­tween myself as a designer and the tools by which I [...]

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With the following projects I/we considered the ecological variable of particular sites to have a significant impact on the autobiographical memories we have of places. Climate, as a nested structure in places, both constitutes place objectively and influ­ences the way we experience and remember place.
Here drawings not only provide spatial representations but act as [...]

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The practical application of place and place perception started with the emotional invest­ment of myself as an architect in the historical context of Malta. Surrounded by its legacy I aimed to work with the importance of memories in the manipulation of spaces (with their implicit memories) through the restoration and re-instigation of some essence of [...]

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Through the course of my research I looked at the mode of my practice considering the collaborative as an important instrument in the way I work as well as the nature of the work produced through this practice driven by contextual concerns and negotiated by a variety of design tools informing both my practice and [...]

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Riet Eeckhout and I with cinecity blurb present research at the next drink+think event at SIAL,  Melbourne, 13 May 2009
 
Check out the site;  http://www.sial.rmit.edu.au/
 
SIAL stands for The Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory and is a transdisciplinary education and research centre within the School of Architecture and Design at RMIT University.
 
SIAL hosts a range of events throughout the year. Most weeks [...]

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….the exhibition poster announcing the attempt to present a reading (of ‘my practice’) proactively called; incomplete trajectories of thinking guiding a practice…
 As mentioned before, a central theme in this presentation is ‘place’ and/or/with/through contextual negotiations of space. In relation to the practice (both architecture and teaching) the ‘collaborative’ is addressed.
 
Anyway it went well
 
So… the idea [...]

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I am currently preparing for an exhibition/presentation that will take place in October at RMIT, Melbourne. The exhibition will be a commentary on my own practice and forms part of a research program led by Professor Leon van Schaik.
I will aim to identify shift in my practice and examine the underlying reasons for this.
 
With [...]

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