On was an interdisciplinary graduate periodical established by RISD graduate students in 2006. It featured essays and student work that related to a general issue theme. On was intended as a quarterly publication, but it is unclear if further issues beyond the first were ever published.
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Here and there: a continuous narrative
Hye Young Kim
How can we transcend our literal place by connecting with natural space?
As industrialization and globalization have increasingly shaped our society, we have become more and more disconnected from nature, ourselves, and our memories. Furthermore, living busy lives, we have lost the ability to appreciate and be grateful for our surroundings. Nonetheless, we can reconnect with what has been lost—nature, ourselves, and our memories— with a small shift in our mindset and a habitual practice of walking, which pulls our footsteps not toward a certain place but toward an understanding of the passage of time, the resonance of longing, and an understanding of who we are. It is in these moments of peripatetic reminiscence that we can travel back in time with our memories and catch a glimpse of ourselves in other places. Ultimately, this makes us capable of taking in our surroundings in the now. Truly, noticing our environment is a way of reconnecting with oneself and one’s history.
teMy textile work—fine-art woven and printed fabric installations—offers a collective pictorial representation of my personal experiences living in various parts of the world. Bringing these places into one body of work represents transcendence and connection. Memories that pull me into a state of recollection consist of locations relating to my mother’s love, my childhood homes, and my current residential circumstances. These are all connected directly with my work. The work has come to life in two forms. One, each location is separate in and of itself, as I nailed down a memorable location. Two, the different places are connected through the physical act of walking and the physical medium of pathways. All of my thoughts, realizations, and feelings as I journeyed through my life are embodied within the work. To me, a place does not have any physical limitations, as the trace of memory it leaves behind becomes a never-ending story that lives on inside of me. This thesis is a collection of short essays on my experience and my research into the literature of repair, walking, nature, place, and memory. I hope readers will find their own relationships to the ideas. Everyone endeavors to communicate through experience. Just as places lead us naturally by the hand into our memories, so these locations enable us to communicate and connect with each other, even if the memories recollected have a different meaning to each of us. Because all human beings go through life with their own collection of memories, I hope that this work becomes a channel for mutual interaction and understanding for the places that I have represented and those that others might, too.
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Territories of trash: designing the overlap of spaces of disposal and acquisition
Mary Kokorda Cavazos
Where should we put our trash?
Our current system keeps potentially valuable material designated as trash hidden away at the margins and edges of our built environment, and shuttles garbage vast distances into landfills, where it persists indefinitely.
Over the past year I’ve invested time into learning about our country’s history of disposal in the landscape. Historically, changes in volume, types of waste, and cultural attitudes have prompted changes to typologies of disposal in our built environment.
Currently, due to changes in Chinese recycling policy in 2018, China no longer accepts America’s highly contaminated recycled material. Americans are also caught in the midst of a massive adjustment in our consumption and disposal habits due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic.
I argue that we are currently at the precipice of another change, and it is our imperative as landscape architects to aid in the design of spaces of disposal which are socially and ecologically responsive community resources, and can recycle underutilized land as well as material.
This can be achieved by bringing spaces of disposal out of the hidden margins of our landscape, and overlap them with spaces of acquisition to better facilitate reuse, as well as reveal the inextricable and palpable connection between consumption and trash.
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Un-black boxing mitigation infrastructures : proposing alternative imaginaries for mono-functional and under-utilized urban backstages
Min Jin Kook
Cities are full of risk-mitigation infrastructure to protect ourselves from floods, erosion and threatening natural disasters. These infrastructures include underground retention tanks, dams and channelized river. They are purposefully hidden away because they are under highways or underground. Most of risk-mitigation infrastructures are under-utilized ninety- five percent of the time. They only serve one function for two weeks every year. They are empty most of the year. Is there an alternative project to consider these risk-mitigation infrastructures while they are completely mono-functional and under-utilized?
Along with my inquiry to utilize risk-mitigation infrastructures, I am critiquing the “blackboxing” and “under-utilization” of processes that happen in infrastructures. “blackbox” is a term used to describe processes or progressions which are not accessible to public, or presented without transparency. Therefore, “blackboxed” processes reject systemic alteration. How the risk-mitigation infrastructures run, when it runs and related processes are blackboxed. These processes include as sweat labor, commodification cost of raw materials and embedded energy. I aim to open blackboxes which are inherent in risk-mitigation infrastructures.
This directed resarch project aims to not only reveal the number of processes that are blackboxed today, but also to propose alternative imaginaries for under-utilized infrastructures to be visible, hybrid and functional all around the year.
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The official showreel companion to framed familiarity in 4 acts : A defamiliarization of the tropes of architectural practice, through an expanded frame of view and frame rate
Julie Kress
In the spirit of Resier and Umemoto’s Atlas of Novel Tectonics, this work does not propose solutions to a stated problem in the field of architecture. Instead it provokes an entry into subjects that are taken for granted, yet are in dire need of re-framing in a postdigital age of architecture.
This proposal for speculative architectures that are only possible through animation, is antithesis to the format of the printed book. The format of this document assumes that it is not viewed alone but is treated as a behind the scenes companion to the 3 minute showreel “Framed Familiarity in 4 Acts”
Animation is better than simulation. Animation unhinged my treatment of digital matter. It presented a far more curious and ambiguous vision of the ubiquitous objects of our digital interfaces.
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Defining Montréal: An exploration on the evolution of Montréal’s brand and cultural representations since 1930
Liliane Lai
Spaces contain and create meanings through the interplay of their surrounding physical and mental landscape i.e., geography, social activity, and representation. Like many defined spaces, Montréal is not only a social and spatial manifestation of a singular community, but an ideal conceived and constructed through interpretation, objectives, and media portrayal— a mosaic or assemblage. Conceptualising Montréal as a brand being one of the cultural capitals of Canada is deeply tied to an assemblage of its diverse roots and identity beyond its history. This thesis explores the notion of city branding to understand how a city’s image and reputation evolves in response to multiple forces of development, gentrification, transport, public spaces and arts, tourism, and financial pressures. In this study, I will be questioning how Montréal presents itself officially through the department of Tourisme Montréal to shape these narratives/identities.
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Two-gather / collective living : housing and recreational facilities in suburban Mumbai
Rashi Harshil Lalaji
Collective form of living is a relevant framework to reconsider way of living in contemporary Mumbai. The thesis explores shared communal architecture elements in a specific housing typology called chawls. These elements are analyzed through its programmatic use of space and scale. Understanding the chawls as a module for communal living situated within a larger city context of Mumbai. The thesis further argues that collective forms of living are possible and should be a precedent for developing the present affordable housing typologies in the urban city.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.
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unoriginal palette: color citation by clearer means | An Installation by Andy Law
Andy Law, Industrial Design Department, and RISD Color Lab
RISD associate professor of Industrial Design Andy Law has copied many people to bring you unoriginal pieces installed in the Color Lab in an attempt to convince you that this is how we all create. Opening reception March 5, 2020 at 6:30pm. Exhibition March 5 - 30, 2020. Purchase book: unoriginal palettes. Visit artist website: inbetwitxt.com.