Taubman College Del Campo Speaks In Los Angeles On Sublime Bodies, Book By Del Campo and Manninger
Associate Professor Matias del Campo presented work and ideas in a conversation moderated by UCLA lecturer Güvenç Özel at WUHO Gallery in Los Angeles on September 30th. The discussion focused on the recently published book, Sublime Bodies, by both del Campo and Assistant Professor of Practice in Architecture Sandra Manninger. The L.A. Forum presented and hosted the event. The poster for the event reads:
“The book Sublime Bodies presents itself as a collection of essays by Austrian Architects and educators Matias del Campo & Sandra Manninger outlining the driving forces behind the work of their practice SPAN. From early speculations on the performance of surface and form, to robotic fabrication strategies, to autonomous methodologies and thoughts on the postdigital age, the book acts as a container for SPAN´s contemplations on the nature of contemporary architecture.”
Containing theory, report, and manual, the book investigates the relationship between historic lineage, philosophical inspiration, technological innovations and its effects on design strategies for the built environment. For SPAN, the built environment encompasses a large range of various scales, from the design object to the urban conditions, all of which are bounded by rulesets of mathematics and geometry extracted from nature. The combination of speculative thinking with advanced design sensibilities and a profound curiosity for new technologies is what forms the dense design ecology of SPAN, outlined in this book.
