Demonstrating how occlusion distorts the studio space and drawings, Cruz
CONVEYING TWO REALITIES Cruz’s concept conveyed past and future realities using collage drawings and occluded “found” objects. The occluded objects acted as portals that distorted the studio space and the drawings. Cruz’s research was sited at the Salton Sea in California – an artificial lake that came into existence through an engineering fiasco at the beginning of the last century. Using the Light and Space Movement, an art movement from the 1960s
Perspective collage, Cruz
spearheaded by artists like Robert Irwin funding initiative, a grant program that and Helen Pashgian, geometric shapes supports transformative research. and abstraction affect how the viewer perceives the project. The resulting “The studio developed a sense installation pulled the context of the of mutual respect for each other, studio space into an AR demonstration. evident in peer-to-peer technical
support and feedback, empathy
Nachbar and Cruz’s work serves as a and emotional support, as well as a testament to how architectural thinking studio culture of good humor." constantly evolves. These piloting - John Mark Nachbar studios are focused on developing new curricula focused on extended reality, which the Department of Architecture has supported via the Formworks 29