Contemporary Architecture, Modern Design

Martin Summers presented the academic research along with a series of small projects by PLUS-SUM Studio to the students who were...

Martin Summers presented his body of research that spans pedagogical processes and aesthetics related to perception, form, and experience...

Martin Summers was invited to present via Zoom to Brian Kelly's "Representational Theory" course at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln....

"Disruptive Continuity [Explorations in-Form]" was accepted or presentation at the Texas Society of Architects' 77th Annual Convention and Design Expo as part of the TxA Emerging Design + Technology sessions. The conference will be held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in downtown San Antonio on November 3-5. TxA Emerging Design + Technology will include 3 panels of 3-4 presenters per panel. Each presenter will have approximately 12-15 minutes to present. The pres

Martin Summers proposal was accepted by the 2016 AIA KY/AIA IN Convention Program Subcommittee for the 2016 AIA KY/AIA IN Convention: Craft - Distilling Design . The convention will take place September 15-17, 2016 in Lexington, Kentucky. Mr. Summers will present "Disruptive Continuity - Explorations in Digital Form via Iterative Process," as part of the convention program. The session will take place on TFriday, September 16, 10:15am-11:30am., location TBD. Excerpt: Di

The panel was led by Mara Marcu and Stephen Slaughter, both faculty at UC DAAP and organizers of the exhibition and panel for "EcoDiversity: Computation and Identity." The discussion focused on how each person/team addressed the role of the designer and their decision making process within computationally driven design. Our installation was crafted to address their call and attempts to describe the fluid relationship between academic research and teaching with professional

Disruptive Continuity – Explorations in Digital Form via Iterative Process In contemporary architectural education, young architects use digital tools to produce digital models that tend toward superficial or visual representations of a built work; however in practice the digital model produces the constructed reality. Academia and practice are both being revolutionized via parametric tools that allow for increased speed and variation. As our tools and ability to produce