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Philip Beesley is a Canadian architect, artist, stage designer, and professor of architecture at the Unversity of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, whose work crosses the boundaries of art, design, science, and technology. A major focus of his experimentation in responsive … Continue reading →

Research Paper Introduction Working across the boundaries of art, science, and technology, Canadian architect Philip Beesley and his collaborators have spent the past decade and a half developing site-specific exterior and interior installations that explore the future of “responsive architectures” … Continue reading →

This research paper will examine the theories of hylozoism and orgnomy in relationship to the Hylozoic Soil series of responsive geotextile architectures that have been produced by Philip Beesley and his colleagues over the past fifteen years. Hylozoic is taken … Continue reading →

Course Introduction There are many ways to reform art education through technology. In this course we will look at interactive media primarily though project-based inquiry. Students will evaluate the role of computers and technology for existing art curriculum and develop … Continue reading →