Coastal Studio

Laths are starting to go up, just in time for the summer crew to leave. Thanks to all the Dalhousie, UAZ, and UNCC students who helped out!

Summer production is underway! The sun is out and the students are busy testing glue, laying slate, and prepping the walls for the base connectors.

Great news for Cheticamp!

This is what the site looked like 2 days ago! Winter is still very present! #gridshells #architecture #capebreton #winterishere #whereisspring

Here's a snap shot of our rhino model during a curvature analysis to determine the region with the highest curve! Red's the spot. #rhino #gridshells #optimization Stay tuned for more as we gear up for the final build phase of the project!

Here is a sneakpeak at the current state of our design! Next up: Final optimization of the gridshell members i.e blocking members, spacing, and lath cell sizes. #exciting #experimental #architecture #gridshells #collaboration #innovation

Check out the website for the proposed corten steel camera obscure in Whangarei, New Zealand http://www.cameraobscura.nz/

Check out our 1:4 model that students have erected on site in the Highlands National Park! Photo 01: Philippa Ovonji Odida | Photo 02: Josh Nieves

Throwback to the summer of 2014! This time lapsed video captures the construction of the Cheticamp Farmers Market! If you are looking for some new photographs of this project check out our website at dalcoastalstudio.com! https://vimeo.com/169262725

Photographer: Julian Parkinson

https://twitter.com/coastal__stud/status/738002285016584192

Have you seen some not so familiar faces around the School of Architecture? Our American partners from the University of Arizona, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have arrived! If you see them give them a warm Halifax welcome.

Emily Cassidy, a Coastal Studio graduate student extraordinaire, captured some footage of our Highlands Gridshell in the works! Tune in here: https://vimeo.com/166954473

Interested in finding out a little more about our research unit at Dalhousie? Check out this recent article in alumni news! http://alumni.dal.ca/news/34601/

The second gridshell from the collaborative series between Dalhousie University, University of Arizona, University of North Carolina Charlotte, and University of Louisiana Lafayette was published internationally! Check it out - http://www.architectmagazine.com//lafayette-strong-pavilio

We are thrilled to have Julian Parkinson (an architectural photography guru) on board to help capture our projects both past and present! Here is a sneak peak of his recent shoot at the brick-shell. In the next few months Julian will also be creating a short film that intends to celebrate the spirit of our current build in the Highlands National Park.

It's design-build crunch time!