Is algorithmic design and
fabrication really
a
new thing?
Not according to
Benjamin
Aranda
and
Chris Lasch,
co-founders of New York
and Tucson-based design
studio Aranda\Lasch.
Through over
a
decade of
collaborations with
a
Native
American basket weaver,
they have observed clear
parallels between age-old
craft forms and contemporary
architectural processes.
Here they give their account
of the outcomes of these
collaborations to date,
including an ongoing project
for sophisticated collective
construction to serve
indigenous communities.
You follow the rules and
just relax, let those pieces
of fibre in that basket
just dance in your hands
Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson,
‘Meeting the Clouds Halfway’,
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA),
Tucson,
Arizona,
2016
The exhibition explored the blending of contemporary
design and traditional Native American
craft. This
piece,
made from laser-cut aluminium and creosote branches,
is exemplary of this approach.
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