LAB—OR is a self-incriminating design practice that works as an ongoing record of the teaching and scholarly work of Jessica Garcia Fritz and Federico Garcia Lammers. Jessica and Federico are founding faculty of DoArch, the first school of architecture in South Dakota, which occupies Oceti Sakowin lands. They also coordinate the teaching platform, B-A-R-F, they are members of The Architecture Lobby, and they align with other action-based programs. More details about their work are shared in news and events. Please say hello, contact us.
Dieste Journal is a collection of student work from the 2020 Eladio Dieste Building Shop in the Department of Architecture (DoArch) at South Dakota State University. Dieste Building Shop is a history seminar and hands-on construction technology class about the labor conditions of Dieste’s structural innovations in Cerámica Armada.
In Spring 2020, three teams of five students set out to build three, large-scale (1:20), physical models of the Encofrados (formwork) used to construct the Gaussian Vaults of three structures designed by Dieste: a Church, Silo, and Warehouse. The physical models are based on the virtual models (link) constructed by students in 2019 and images from the Dieste and Montañez Archive. In response to COVID-19 pandemic, students made their Dieste Journals the primary site of their work for the reminder of the semester.
01. Church: Iglesia del Cristo Obrero. Atlántida, Uruguay. 1958-60
02. Silo: CADYL Horizontal Silo. Young, Uruguay. 1976-78
03. Warehouse: Depósito Julio Herrera y Obes. 1977-79
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