descours 2009 TOUR 9 New Orleans Lin Oldham Lateral Loop.mov

Tour 09 DesCours PODCAST for "Lateral Loop" by Tiffany Lin and Mark Oldham, part of DesCours 2009 Installation series sponsored by the New Orleans Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Concept:
Lateral Loop creates a contemporary promenade during the day and an illuminated figure at night. This white sculptural passage is assembled from 176 arced bamboo poles that mark a path from Pirates Alley to the Cabildo museum entry. The floating matrix of arches deviates visually and spatially from the historic arcade, highlighting the laterally looped passage visitors have taken ever since the original arcade was gated for security. As arcades traditionally offer open passage under each side arch, the Cabildo loggia presents a unique condition where visitors can only enter from the center or the flanks, rendering the frontal arches out of use. Lateral Loop is a spatial device that defines and celebrates the side path as an interactive event space. Black lights will be engaged nightly to activate phosphorescent pigments in the white bamboo poles that glow vividly in darkness. This installation is inspired by the festive culture of New Orleans and hopes to create a destination where visitors of Jackson Square can simultaneously be the audience and the spectacle as they walk through the new path and glow with the installation.

Bio:
LinOldhamOffice is a progressive and emerging design collaborative established by TIFFANY LIN and MARK OLDHAM. Their practice lies at the intersection of material research and architectural design. The philosophy of exploration and collaboration has lead to work ranging from domestic projects, institutional speculations, catalogs of vernacular architecture and modern translations of historic spaces. Their first project, the 8 Container Farmhouse, was awarded a 2005 Progressive Architecture Citation, and selected by the Architectural League of New York for inclusion in the 2005 Young Architects Forum. Tiffany Lin is originally from Taipei and received a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and a Masters of Architecture with Distinction from Harvard University. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Tulane School of Architecture. Prior to establishing LinOldhamOffice, Lin has worked for the offices of Michael Graves Associates, Machado and Silvetti Associates, and Leers Weinzapfel Associates. She has taught architecture design studios at Northeastern University, Boston Architectural Center, the Harvard Design School summer program, and the Cornell University Rome Program.

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