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Apr 24, 2018
1 min

Indelible Pattern(s): Featured on Rushi.net

PLUS-SUM Studio's project Indelible Pattern(s) was featured on Rushi.net. The publication features the project among some incredible work from the around the world. Thanks Rushi! Full Page: #research #universityofkentucky #publication #aesthetics #international #ExhibitColumbus

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Oct 25, 2017
3 min

Archinect - Site Visit: Indelible Patterns

We are pleased to be included in Archinect Sessions, a Podcast that reaches an international audience of architects and students of architecture. The specific episode is titled, "Site Visit: Exhibit Columbus," (Soundcloud link here: link ) which chronicles a return to Columbus, Indiana by Ken Koense and Donna Sink to discuss the installations now completed. In the case of our project, we were delayed 6 weeks due to CNC issues over the summer and just happened to be on site th

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Jun 16, 2017
2 min

Archinect Feature on Exhibit Columbus Installations

We are pleased to be included in Archinect Sessions, a Podcast that reaches an international audience of architects and students of architecture. The specific episode 103 is titled, "Machines Don't Care; A Conversation about Exhibit Columbus's Student Installations." Soundcloud link here: link Martin Summers and David Biagi are co-teaching the University of Kentucky College of Design, School of Architecture design-build studio for this event and participated in the discussion

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May 3, 2017
2 min

"Grey Matter" - Louisville Children's Museum Entry Wins Silver A' Design Award

Martin Summers has been announced as a winner of the notable Silver A' Design Award Como, Italy, April 19, 2017 /DESIGNPRWIRE/ A' International Design Award and Competition is proud to see that the work Grey Matter by PLUS-SUM Studio has been acknowledged with the famed Silver A' Design Award at Architecture, Building and Structure Design Competition Category. It was chosen as a winner by the transnational jury members of the A' Design Awards & Competitions among thousands of

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Apr 14, 2017
1 min

Disruptive Continuity and Point of Departure Presented as Part of "Creative Mornings Lexington&

Creative Mornings Lexington invited Mitzi Vernon (Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Design) to present her work regarding form with particular focus on a studio projec t and process she has exhibited in Lexington. That work focuses on pedagogy within an industrial design studio sequence while she was at Virginia Tech. As an extension of these concepts about form, pedagogy, and iteration, she included work from Martin Summers design studios that take the discussion

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Feb 24, 2017
1 min

Expanding Fields Exhibition Opens

Martin Summersartwork titled: "LeProcope_Glitch02" was exhibited as part of the "Expanding Fields" exhibition organized by the Lexington Art League and curated by Catherine Wentworth. The exhibition openened Friday, February 24th and will be on display until the closing on March 24, 2017. The show is in the Lexington Art League's gallery at the Loudoun House - 209 Castlewood Drive, Lexington, KY 40505. A link to the Lexington Art Leagues Website can be found here: Link #Lexi

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Feb 20, 2017
3 min

Expanding Fields Exhibition - Lexington Art League

Martin Summers will be exhibiting artwork titled: "LeProcope_Glitch02" as part of the "Expanding Fields" exhibition organized by the Lexington Art League and curated by Catherine Wentworth. The exhibition opens Friday, February 24th from 6-9pm at the Loudoun House - 209 Castlewood Drive, Lexington, KY 40505. The image is a combination of an original digital photograph taken during dinner one night in Paris, France in October, 2008. The reflections of the interior of the resta

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Jan 20, 2017
2 min

Point of Departure published in SCI-Arc's Off Ramp 12: Tolerance

Essay by Martin Summers (edited by Brent Sturlaugson) about the "Point of Departure" project and pedagogical implications of "Disruptive Continuity" was published in "Off Ramp 12: Tolerance." Off Ramp is SCI-Arc's online academic journal, edited by the Post Graduate Design Theory and Pedagogy Program. Essay can be found here: (Link) From the Editors' Preface: "In this issue of Offramp we seek to interrogate what might remain as a tool, or tools, for producing the idiosyncrati

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Dec 10, 2016
1 min

PLUS-SUM Studio Receives Two 2016 AAP Architecture Prize Honorable Mentions

PLUS-SUM Studio's projects Grey Matter and Point of Departure were recognized with two Honorable Mentions in the 2016 AAP Architecture Prize. Link to Grey Matter Honorable Mention Link to Point of Departure Honorable Mention #AAPArchitecturePrize #international #lexington #camouflage #GreyMatter #sustainable #publication #urbandesign #research #universityofkentucky #awards #ukcod #PointofDeparture

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Jun 30, 2016
1 min

"RESOLUTION_" Exhibition to Open July 9 at Jai & Jai Gallery, Los Angeles.

We are honored to have our work featured as part of a group exhibition titled, "Resolution - The Digital Print" hosted in Los Angeles by Jai & Jai Gallery. The exhibition will open on Saturday, July 9th; 8-11pm as part of an opening reception for the show. The multi-time zone collaboration started over a year ago and as part of the Super//Architects Thesis Call and has grown into a multi-phase project where we are only now nearing the conclusion of phase II. Our installation

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Jun 23, 2016
2 min

Session accepted for the 2016 AIA KY/AIA IN Convention

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: Disru

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Jun 21, 2016
2 min

PLUS-SUM Studio | Round 1 Finalist in "The Secret Life of Buildings" Competition

PLUS-SUM Studio received notification that our entry into "The Secret Life of Buildings: A Call for Objects" competition has been promoted to the second and final round of the selection process. The competition is run by the Center for American Architecture & Design (CAAD) at UT Austin and connected to the upcoming three day symposia, "The Secret Life of Buildings." List of Round 1 Finalists: http://www.secretlifecompetition.com/call-for-objects/ From the competition site: "

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Apr 18, 2016
1 min

"Grey Matter" Selected for Inclusion in ACSA CROSS-AMERICAS Conference

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and the CROSS-AMERICAS: Probing Disglobal Networks has accepted "Grey Matter: Louisville Children's Museum Competition," 2016 ACSA International Conference, held June 29 - July 1, 2016, in Santiago, Chile. "Project submissions were peer-reviewed by a minimum of three scholars, and decisions to accept are based on those reviews. This year's project abstract acceptance rate is 38%. (View past conference acceptance rates here

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Feb 23, 2016
1 min

Point of Departure Research Project Featured on UK Now

The University of Kentucky News just released an article about the 2015 Sustainability Challenge Grant recipients which features the "Point of Departure: Place Making and Identity Via Integrated, Didactic & Sustainable Transit Shelters" research project. The project consists of a cross-disciplinary team of faculty, campus stakeholders, campus master planners, students and industry leading expert consultants exploring issues of identity, networks, grid-tied solar, enhanced use

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Dec 2, 2015
3 min

Martin Summers and Point of Departure Team Awarded "2015 University of Kentucky Sustainability

The University of Kentucky President's Sustainability Advisory Committee announced the 2015 Sustainability Challenge Grant recipients and recognized them at the annual Sustainability Forum and Research Showcase, December 1, at the UK Boone Center. UK/CoD Assistant Professor of Architecture Martin Summers in collaboration with Co-PI Michael Wilson of the UK Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) received one of seven Sustainability Challenge Grants to continue their sustai

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Nov 20, 2015
1 min

"Guggenheim Helsinki" Selected for Inclusion in International Exhibition | Seoul, Korea

GUGGENHEIMhelsinki is one of two entries from the United States selected for inclusion in the Korea Institute for Youth Facility and Environment (KIYFE) exhibit in Munjeong Samsung Raemian Gallery in Seoul, Korea. The KIYFE promotes youth related research and healthy environments for youth facilities. The exhibition focuses on opportunites for students and the public to expereince diverse architectural concepts with real world projects and recognize the social role that arc

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Aug 4, 2015
1 min

IDA Awards Press Release Published on UK/CoD Website

University of Kentucky College of Design publishes the IDA Awards Press Release on the UK/CoD website as a news article #publication #ukcod #research #website #urbandesign #conceptual #awards #universityofkentucky

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Aug 3, 2015
1 min

"Grey Matter" Published on Arch2o

"Grey Matter," Louisville Children's Musuem featured on arch2o #arch2o #website #urbandesign #publication #conceptual #research #international

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Aug 2, 2015
1 min

Hybrid Poster on Super//Architects As Motion Graphic of Process and Evolution

The hybrid poster was uploaded today on Super // Architects Instagram account as a sereis of images forming a short video. The intent of the video was to reveal a bit more about the process and evolution of the drawing, which also includes images from Skype/FaceTime meetings with Bryan Cantley of Form:uLA . #website #superarchitects #international #poster #publication #universityofkentucky #drawing #professor #research #conceptual #ukcod

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Jul 31, 2015
1 min

Accepted to ACADIA 2015 Exhibition at UC DAAP, "EcoDiversity_Computation and Identity"

Received notification today that our proposal was accepted to the "EcoDiversity_Comuptation and Identity" exhibition at the University of Cincinnati that will be part of ACADIA's 2015 conference, "Computational Ecologies: Design in the Anthropocene." "The School of Architecture and Interior Design, in University of Cincinnati’s College of Design Architecture Art and Planning will host ACADIA’s 2015 Annual Conference and convene, simultaneously, an exhibition and symposia, as

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