Kelly Bair
Associate Professor of Architecture
Research Interests
- Our research philosophy hinges on an earnest belief that the dynamic forces that shape our physical environment are central influences to the design of our built environment. As designers, we give tactile form to the latent qualities of the matter that surrounds us. Our work employs physical forces {gravity, weight, pressure, temperature, and weather patterns} and urban dynamics {crowds, human interaction, built context} in an effort to elicit experiences that are as strange as they are familiar. Whether this process results in projects that take on forms and features reminiscent of the human body (figural objects) or adopt more elusive atmospheric qualities (difficult to define yet utterly visceral in their material effects) we strive to design architectural spaces that provoke human interaction and pique the curiosity of the collective mass.
- Our design process is driven both by the conceptualization of ideas and the making of objects & spaces that act as accomplice to those ideas. Rooted in this mode of production is the mating of friendly robots {emmerging digital fabrication technologies} with our own two hands in an effort to achieve a symbiotic relationship between the technical precision of machines and the nuance of craft.
At a Glance
- Title Associate Professor of Architecture
- College College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts
- Department School of Architecture
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