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Instructor: Andrew Witt
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Complex Geometry Studio explores how Object-Oriented Ontology reshapes architectural thinking through the concept of a “flat ontology,” where all objects, regardless of scale or type, exist on equal terms. Drawing on Tom Wiscombe’s idea of “discreteness,” architecture is reimagined as a field of interacting parts that maintain their individuality rather than merging into unified wholes. Models such as the “figure in the sack,” the “implied outer shell,” and the “supercomponent” illustrate new spatial relationships, where objects remain distinct yet interdependent, often partially concealed or pressed together to suggest complex, layered forms.