Rob Mothershed, Founder and Director of DAT[A]
DAT[A] =Digital Atelier : Terra firmative [Architecture] / Los Angeles, CA , USA - 310-972-0973
>> design PRACTICE
THE STUDIO DEVELOPS A SPECIFIC DESIGN APPROACH THAT MANDATES A MULTIPLE TRAJECTORY OF : RECONFIGURING BOUNDARIES_ SHIFTING VALUES_ UNFOLDING POTENTIALS_ CONTEMPLATING SPATIAL VIEWS: INTERWEAVE SINGULAR OBJECTS / RE-DEFINITION AND -ARTICULATION OF TRANSITIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT SPATIAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS, FOR INSTANCE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPHERES. ACTIVE PROGRAM (ORGANIZATION + PERFORMANCE) , FORM (SPACE + EXPERIENCE) THE STUDIO IS BEST KNOWN FOR ITS ARCHITECTURAL USE OF FORM AND GEOMETRY. SHIFTS, FOLDS AND BENDS CREATE SURFACE CONTINUITIES THAT ARE NEVER ARBITRARY BUT PART OF THE SPATIAL AND STRUCTURAL ORGANISATION. SPACE BECOMES EXPANDED, NEW POTENTIALS ARISE, NEW EXPERIENCES ABOUND.A REDUCED PALETTE OF MATERIALS AND COLORS WITH MINIMAL CLEAN DETAILING IS USED IN ORDER TO LET DYNAMIC EPHEMERAL EVENTS, SUCH AS LIGHT CHANGES, REFLECTIONS AND PEOPLE’S MOVEMENTS HAPPEN AND BE NOTICED. THROUGH FORM AND ORGANISATION OF SPACE AS ESSENTIALLY POLITICAL TOOLS [NOT IN A SYMBOLIC WAY BUT SOCIALLY, PHYSICALLY], WE WORK TOWARDS GENERATING AN ARCHITECTURE THAT AUTHENTICALLY REFLECTS AND HOUSES CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL LIFE PATTERNS AND PROVIDES GENEROUS AND INDISCRIMINATE OPPORTUNITIES AND QUALITIES TO AN INCREASINGLY CONTRADICTORY, UBIQUITOUS ATOMISED SOCIETY.