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THE SISYPHUS PROJECT

By On September 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In architecture, infrastructure, Uncategorized

HILL power generator.

 
This past summer we collaborated with Chester Rennie, a landscape architect at Public Work, on the Land Art Generator Initiative design competition, which was held for a site within Freshkills Park (the former Fresh Kills Landfill) in New York City. Here are a few paragraphs [...]

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THE GEOLOGIC TURN: ARCHITECTURE’S NEW ALLIANCE

By On January 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In architecture, infrastructure, research

Poster designed by the Captains of Industry.

 

Etienne Turpin, our former professor and the current Walter B Sander’s Research Fellow at the University of Michigan, has commissioned the Captains of Industry to design  his upcoming exhibiton tittled Stainlessness. As a preface to the exhibition, he’s also curating a symposium, [...]

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TAR CREEK MUSEUM OF ABANDONED MINES

By On December 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In architecture, infrastructure, thesis

A miners descends a mega ladder inside one of Tar Creek’s many underground caverns. Image courtesy of Brandon Mosley

 

We recently received a heads up from architecture grad Brandon Mosely regarding his thesis project; he coincidentally used Pitcher, Oklahoma, as the site for his intervention. His [...]

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GOUVERNEUR TALC MINE: ADIRONDACK HOLES PT. 2

By On December 9, 2011 · 2 Comments · In architecture, research, thesis

The abandoned open pit of the former Gouverneur Talc Mine, adjacent to Rt. 58, Sylvia Lake, NY. 

 

There are a number of abandoned mines in and around my hometown of Gouverneur, NY, but this is the one that initially piqued the Captains’ interest in the re-purposing and reclamation of abandoned mines. [...]

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BENSON MINES: ADIRONDACK HOLES PT. 1

By On November 26, 2011 · 4 Comments · In architecture, infrastructure, thesis

Abandoned Benson Mines buildings adjacent to Rt. 3, Star Lake, NY. Bing image, edited by Amy Norris.

 

The Captains of Industry had a chance to visit the derelict Bensons mines in the summer of 2010. The former iron mine is located in a rather empty area of upstate New York, [...]

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