Yield is a catalog of photographic studies from 2006 through 2009. I present this work not as a photographer but as a young architect, using the medium of photography to speculate on light and shadow, the consequences of form, and the behavior of material. Ironically, it is a collection of textures, patterns, places, and situations that have emerged or endured without (for the most part) the presence of the architect. Once formalized, accidental design becomes strategic design.
Yield refers to a general collection or take, of work produced through iteration, reassessment, and over time. Yield also describes a general phenomenon: the recognition of architectural vernacular as a contextual give and take, the patination of surface by weathering and use, and the opportunities for spatial and programmatic flexibility through a crafted ambiguity.
Likewise this publication is loose, largely ambiguous, and subject to change.
