sci-arc_graduate.thesis_morphological study advisor: Hernan Diaz Alonso designer: Steven Ma
Friday, March 13, 2009
Selfridge_X-Installation Location: London
Principal: Hernan Diaz Alonso Project Architect: Steven Ma
Seroussi_Pavillion Location: Paris
Principal: Hernan Diaz Alonso Project Architect: Steven Ma
Seroussi_Bench Location: Paris
Principal: Hernan Diaz Alonso Project Architect: Steven Ma
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Lautner Redux_2008 chemosphere_sticky_fingers
Location: Hammer Museum_Los Angeles
Principal: Hernan Diaz Alonso Project Architect: Steven Ma Team Members: Edward Kim/ Thorne Ransom On the occasion of the retrospective exhibition of John Lautner, the Hammer Museum and the Getty Center invited Xefirotarch, as well as three other architecture firms, to create an addition to four of Lautner's radical houses.
Xuberance.....not a protest, not a manifesto, but a celebration to new virtuosity in contemporary architecture
not optimised|not modulated|notalgorithmic
Xuberance..... here equals energy| enthusiasm| excitement|encouragement
Xuberance.....rediscovering the "Dark Matter" of Baroque and Surrealistic Art and Architecture.
education
Institute of Architecture_University of Applied Arts Vienna [Phd_present] Southern California Institute of Architecture_SCI-Arc [M.Arch II_08] Ryerson University [B.Arch_05]
work
Steven Ma is currently teaching architecture at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, die Angewandte. He is the assistant professor for the Urban Strategies, Postgraduate program “Excessive”. He has worked as a project designer for Xefirotarch in Los Angeles. He is currently working as a design architect for Coop-himmelb(L)au in Vienna, specialize in Digital Visualizations, 3D Management & Productions.