A look inside MORPHING

Sketching with Mathematics

A helicoid is contained to the boundary of a sphere -while maintaining its ruled surface logic.

New Book

Morphing: A Guide to Mathematical Transformations for Architects and Designers by Joseph Choma (Laurence King Publishing)

Lecture at Georgia Tech

Joseph Choma will be giving at lecture at Georgia Institute of Technology on November 7th at 12pm in West Architecture, Room 258 as part of the School of Architecture Lecture Series.

TEXTURING

Clemson University

Joseph Choma is currently a visiting lecturer at Clemson University's School of Architecture.

Appliqué

DIGITAL SKETCHES

Utilizing mathematics to draw an illusion on a box.

Southern Fried Supernova

Joseph Choma's recent drawing installation, Line 01, on the fifth floor of the Promenade Building in Atlanta, Georgia (1230 Peachtree Street) as part of Southern Fried Supernova.

PARASITIC DRAWING

Joseph Choma's recent proposal to transform a sidewalk on Peachtree Rd in Atlanta-Buckhead.

PERFORMATIVE MATERIALS IN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

Joseph Choma's Contested Boundaries is featured in the new book "Performative Materials in Architecture and Design" edited by Rashida Ng and Sneha Patel published by Intellect, the University of Chicago Press.

WHY NOT?

WARPING SPACE

Mathematically warping the space of a cylinder.

ACCORDION

DRAWING DISTORTION

Joseph Choma combines mathematical transformations to distort a spatial reality.

THE CORNELL JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE 9: MATHEMATICS

Joseph Choma's article T-h-i-c-h-e-n-i-n-g is included within The Cornell Journal of Architecture 9: Mathematics (Pages 191-199).

Gallery Talk

On March 7th, Joseph Choma gave a gallery talk on his ongoing exhibition at the Barbara Archer Gallery. The talk was organized by the Museum of Design Atlanta [MODA] as part of their Field Trip events series.

TEXTURE

The texture of "Boundaries 02" at Barbara Archer Gallery.

OBJECT TO ATMOSPHERE

Joseph Choma's recent inhabitable drawing installation (20' x 8' x 8') at the Barbara Archer Gallery in Atlanta.

EMERGING VOICES

Joseph Choma is the recipient of the 2013 Emerging Voices citation from the American Institute of Architects Atlanta Chapter.

ASCENDING

Joseph Choma combines ascending and thickening trigonometric transformations. A drawing installation (work in progress).

COMBINING

Joseph Choma combines ascending and spiraling mathematical transformations.

CONTAINING

DISORIENTING

INSTABILITY

A weighted deformation.