Liam Young (born 13 March 1979) is an Australian born film director
and architect. Young's work is situated within the fields of design
fiction and critical design. His work explores the increasingly
blurred boundaries among film, fiction, design and storytelling with
the goal of prototyping and imagining the future of the city. Using
speculative design, film and the visualisation of imaginary cities, he
opens up conversations querying urban existence, asking provocative
questions about the roles of both architecture and entertainment.
Young approaches his work as an architect like a science fiction
author, or futurist. Through his projects that escape traditional
definitions of how an architect practices Young has caused some
controversy in the architectural field and the comments section on the
industry blog Archinect with his claim that "An architect's skills are
completely wasted on making buildings"Young is a founder of the Urban
Futures think tank Tomorrows Thoughts Today and the nomadic research
studio Unknown Fields. Young was previously a visiting Professor of
Architecture at Princeton University and currently holds a position at
the Architectural Association in London and runs the M.A. in Fiction
and Entertainment at the Southern California Institute of Architecture
with Alexey Marfin in Los Angeles.Young has developed a body of films
that use new technologies of image making to tell new kinds of stories
about the urban implications that these systems give rise to. Young
has pioneered the use of drones and laser scanners in narrative
filmmaking. In Wired Magazine's review of 3 of his films it was noted
that what makes Young's sci-fi films unusual is that the technologies
they focus on such as laser scanners, drones, and outsourcing are not
just tools of making but are the star themselves. With his background
in architecture Young's films are noted for the way the cities in
which they are set become characters in themselves.
and architect. Young's work is situated within the fields of design
fiction and critical design. His work explores the increasingly
blurred boundaries among film, fiction, design and storytelling with
the goal of prototyping and imagining the future of the city. Using
speculative design, film and the visualisation of imaginary cities, he
opens up conversations querying urban existence, asking provocative
questions about the roles of both architecture and entertainment.
Young approaches his work as an architect like a science fiction
author, or futurist. Through his projects that escape traditional
definitions of how an architect practices Young has caused some
controversy in the architectural field and the comments section on the
industry blog Archinect with his claim that "An architect's skills are
completely wasted on making buildings"Young is a founder of the Urban
Futures think tank Tomorrows Thoughts Today and the nomadic research
studio Unknown Fields. Young was previously a visiting Professor of
Architecture at Princeton University and currently holds a position at
the Architectural Association in London and runs the M.A. in Fiction
and Entertainment at the Southern California Institute of Architecture
with Alexey Marfin in Los Angeles.Young has developed a body of films
that use new technologies of image making to tell new kinds of stories
about the urban implications that these systems give rise to. Young
has pioneered the use of drones and laser scanners in narrative
filmmaking. In Wired Magazine's review of 3 of his films it was noted
that what makes Young's sci-fi films unusual is that the technologies
they focus on such as laser scanners, drones, and outsourcing are not
just tools of making but are the star themselves. With his background
in architecture Young's films are noted for the way the cities in
which they are set become characters in themselves.
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