ARCH–MAT–KUN

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Systems of Clarity

Geometry organizing spatial order

ARCH–MAT–KUN

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Geometry organizing spatial order

ARCH–MAT–KUN

Geometry organizing spatial order

Index Code:

ARCH–MAT–KUN

Orgin:

Field Notes:

Mechanism guiding form • Material reading as tool • Space shifting with movement

Defining Moment:

The Delta Shelter exemplified their language — industrial mechanisms, sliding planes, and a rugged material palette shaping adaptable, precise spatial behavior.

Olson Kundig

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1980s–present

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Olson Kundig builds a world where structure meets weather.
Steel, wood, and concrete choreograph movement, hinge, and exposure.
Buildings open, rotate, and adapt — architecture as calibrated instrument.

Structure in motion.

Structural Focus

Material as Condition

Material behavior determines outcome more than composition or image. Gravity, density, texture, or resistance guide form.

In Olson Kundig’s work, this approach appears where structure integrates landscape.

Position

Material as Condition

Material behavior determines outcome more than composition or image. Gravity, density, texture, or resistance guide form.

In Olson Kundig’s work, this approach appears where structure integrates landscape.

Form is governed by rigid rules, limits, and non-negotiable constraints.

Systems of Clarity

Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.

Structure holds the work through rules, joins, and controlled relationships between parts.

Material behavior governs form through weight, resistance, and constraint.

Space is structured through openings, intervals, and boundary conditions.

Form organizes space through structure, proportion, and material decision.

Industrial Warmth

Industrial materials are softened through proportion, craft, and tone.

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Structual Relations

The following practices are connected through shared structural decisions in form, material, and spatial logic.

Surface acting as spatial structure

Norm Architects

Surface acting as spatial structure

In Dialogue

Geometry organizing spatial order.

Surface acting as spatial structure