The Room Within A Room

Architects are stubborn.
Architects are creatures of habit.
Last year the teams faced a challenge in developing the space generously provided by the Bata Shoe Museum but without putting fasteners or marking the existing walls at all. The best option in that case was creating separators and structures offset from the existing building. This year the teams decided to step it up and... undertake a variation on the Room within a Room. This is no small task and though the vast majority of visitors to the installation will hardly take notice of the backdrop of the installation, it is critical in the overall effect.

The Installation Commences on Grow Op 2014

Ryerson University's Architectural Science students are known for many great things but a couple of key differentiators would be their: a) ability to bring ideas to a built reality, and b) determined resourcefulness. It must be reiterated that this installation is occurring between students' design deadlines and exams.

Design and Production Commences on Grow Op 2014

Despite the opening of the Grow Op 2014 show coinciding with the frenetic and stressful end of term at Ryerson University's Department of Architectural Science, members of the [R]ed[U]x Lab are always up for a challenge. After all, what better way to relieve studio stress than breathing in laser cutter fumes or manual labor? Of course pizza tends to make manual labor worthwhile...

In addition to the laser cut acrylic infrastructure, the group has also been preparing clippings of aggressive ivy to integrate into the design. Unfortunately the initial idea of using spider plants, Chlorophytum, had to change given the physiology and desired tropism behaviours for this project.