PEAK COFFEE TABLE

Peak-table_3_for-web © 2012 sarosh. All rights reserved.

Mak­ing is such a lux­ury. Noth­ing teaches you about the accu­racy and leg­i­bil­ity of your draw­ings like mak­ing your own designs. Recently I ven­tured back into the work­shop to test myself in such a way. Sur­rounded by the sweet smell of saw­dust I worked to cre­ate the first Peak cof­fee table. Con­tinue read­ing →

STAIRWAY CINEMA

Photography by Simon Devitt © 2012 sarosh. All rights reserved.

Stair­way Cin­ema uses archi­tec­ture as a way of engag­ing in a dis­cus­sion about cura­to­r­ial prac­tice, oppor­tunis­tic urban­ism and the role of Archi­tects as place-makers and provo­ca­teurs. It is the third major instal­la­tion of OH.NO.SUMO. Con­tinue read­ing →

ST. THOMAS CHAPEL

M7675 © 2012 sarosh. All rights reserved.

Under­taken whilst work­ing for Salmond Reed Archi­tects in Auck­land, New Zealand, this project entailed the design of a new enclo­sure for a his­toric chapel which had been stored in pieces in the crypt of the church for more than 80 years. Con­tinue read­ing →

FAX

FAX 4 © 2012 sarosh. All rights reserved.

Recently I was asked, with my OH.NO.SUMO. col­leagues, to be part of the inter­na­tional tour­ing exhi­bi­tion, FAX. The exhi­bi­tion calls for par­tic­i­pants to fax a work to the gallery that dis­cusses the posi­tion of the fax machine within soci­ety and as a draw­ing too. Con­tinue read­ing →

PAPER SKY

L1050277 © 2011 sarosh. All rights reserved.

Paper sky was an instal­la­tion art­work that was con­structed for Urbis Design Day 2010 at the Poggen­pohl Kitchens show­rooms in Auck­land, New Zealand. The project called for a trans­for­ma­tive inter­ven­tion into the space which allowed for an alter­na­tive view­ing of the dis­play kitchens, while pro­vid­ing an immer­sive expe­ri­ence for patrons of Urbis Design Day.
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CUPCAKE PAVILION

3jDSC_0009_copy © 2011 sarosh. All rights reserved.

The Cup­cake Pavil­ion was a self ini­ti­ated fundrais­ing event, ben­e­fit­ing the Auck­land Children’s Hos­pi­tal, that was held dur­ing Archi­tec­ture Week 2009 by the design col­lec­tive OH.NO.SUMO., of which I am a found­ing mem­ber. Con­tinue read­ing →

OKOSHI-EZU

Okosheizu - Y Hutte 10300510_copy © 2011 sarosh. All rights reserved.

Okoshi-ezu are a tra­di­tional form of japan­ese model mak­ing. The con­struc­tion of such a model requires the re-drawing of the build­ing to exem­plify the pla­nar nature of the tech­nique. It is an exam­ple of decon­struc­tive origami and requires that the design of fold­ing method is con­sid­ered in the same breath as the unfold­ing method. Con­tinue read­ing →

OH.NO.SUMO.

OH.NO.SUMO. © 2011 sarosh. All rights reserved.

OH.NO.SUMO. is a col­lab­o­ra­tive design stu­dio that I jointly run with Patrick Loo, James Pearce and Kather­ine O’Shaughnessy. We have worked together for a num­ber of years on projects that are out­side the bounds of con­ven­tional archi­tec­tural prac­tice. Con­tinue read­ing →

WAYD PAPER

Way back in 2006, together with the able WAYD crew, I curated an exhi­bi­tion aimed at show­ing the beau­ti­ful things being made in/on/with paper at the Uni­ver­sity of Auck­land. Every­thing from screen prints to ren­ders to paper cloth­ing were shown. The … Con­tinue read­ing →