‘Thick’ by Maxi Spina at Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles
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“Thick,” an exhibition of works by Argentine-born, Los Angeles based architect and educator Maxi Spina is on view at Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles.The selection of works on display explores the issues of material thi
‘Thick’ by Maxi Spina at Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles
“Thick,” an exhibition of works by Argentine-born, Los Angeles based architect and educator Maxi Spina is on view at Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles.The selection of works on display explores the issues of material thickness through subjects such as sections, ruins, fragments, constructions, figurations, simultaneity, and representation. The exhibition looks at thickness as an understudied architectural condition. The term does not refer to the actual solid state of a material that is at the edge of architectural thinking. Thickness is a constructive problem and a representational one. In construction, it becomes the same with material offset as opposed to stereotomy, in which thickness is derived from subtraction and removal of the mass. The term then becomes a tectonic default rather than a techne to be designed.Maxi Spina (b. Rosario, Argentina) is the co-founder of Spinagu. He currently holds the position of Design Faculty and Applied Studies Faculty at SCI-Arc. He was previously the Maybeck Fellow at UC Berkeley, Lecturer at CCA and Associate Professor at Woodbury. Spina’s work has been featured in exhibitions at A+D Museum, Jai & Jai, Wuho Gallery. He received his M.Arch from Princeton University and a B.Arch from National University of Rosario, Argentina.“Thick” runs through August 13, 2017 at Southern California Institute of Architecture, 960 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90013, USA.For details, visit: https://sciarc.edu/Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition. Read more
