Ultra-Smooth
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Rajkumar-vgr-march-architecture-2023-thesis.pdf
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Thesis PDF
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Author(s)
Rajkumar, Vijay Gautham
Advisor(s)
García-Abril, Antón
Date Issued
February 2023
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
The title of this thesis, ultra-smooth, is an invented term -- a neologism defined by the work produced through this study. Through physical prototypes of formwork shaped by gravity for concrete floors and through the observation of gravity’s effect on the generation of such forms through high-speed photography and slow-motion film, this thesis challenges the notion of architecture as an act of defying gravity and instead embraces it. While smoothness, which draws attention to skin and surface, favors the architect as a designer of images whose work is translated from drawings and digital models, ultra- smooth finds its form, like clothing on a body. Leaving the computer and pen and paper behind, ultra- smooth positions the architect in a mode of surrender rather than control, giving form to natural forces, present but not yet visible.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
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