A digital era parody of Alison and Peter Smithson’s ‘as found,’ selective accident is explored through a literal translation of “picking up, turning over, putting with.” As found objects are selected within the context of BIM, choosing highly mundane and recognizable objects built into the software. The concepts of selective accident and ‘as found,’ although typically regarded as autonomous, are still highly curated despite defining a designed process rather than an end result. This provocation questions the difference between the result of a designed process and a mere pile of junk.
with Matthias Arauco
“As Found: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday” - Dirk van den Heuvel