High Dive

An adventurous client with access to a plethora of soviet era concrete forms is looking for a way to cool off in the summer.

The high dive is an experiment in the tectonics of collision. Instead of planning the spaces or particular uses, they are discovered in the aftermath of the collision process. Meaning is extracted from the result of chaos. In this case, cardboard that had been cut and discarded by students was aggregated until a stable form appeared. Digitally reconstructing the form was both documentation, but also a way of truly seeing it similar to the way that drawing is the art of really seeing what you’re looking at.

Stratum Outcroppings

At the Spree site, collision is reduced to a slow and controlled friction. Plates of concrete are aligned like layers of bedrock strata and staggered to create outcroppings on the river's edge. The concrete provides the jumping-off point for stainless and weathering steel. The steel augmentations create circulation, enclosure, and diversions for the German swimmers.