Flow regimes characterize the behavior of moving fluids;

their shape, structure, how they interact with boundaries and

resistances. Laminar flows are smooth, composed of neatly

ordered parallel layers, seemingly frozen in time though always

in motion. Turbulent flows are chaotic, stochastic, characterized

by swirling eddies and visual disruption. Often, a laminar flow

will unravel into turbulence as it progresses, as small disturbances

propagate into disordered motion, form and skin dissolve into

drops and mist. Then, there are multi-phase flows where the stream

becomes crowded with lively passengers, bubbles of gas or

particles of matter swept up in the stream defined by moments of

stillness and order within the larger motions and churning of the

world. What are the success stories of flow regimes, the laminar

flows moving smoothly in the field or in one’s own practice? What

are the turbulent eddies and backflows? What has changed but

isn’t moving within an industry? What interdisciplinary passengers

are, or should be, swept up in the stream?

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This issue features:

Monica Hutton

Dena Asaad & Jacob Brown

Jason Payne

Pablo Castillo Luna

Konrad Collins & Emma Monk

Yitao Gu

Stanley Greenberg

Design Earth

Adrianna Rajewska

Catty Dan Zhang

Emily Schlickman

Alexandra Hillard Ferreira

Julia Muschler

Ann Chen

Michael ‘Caco’ Peguero

Adam Lubitz

Emalee Davidson & Kay Wright

Peter Tzuyuan Cheng

UCLA AUD Collective

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POOL is the student magazine of the Department of

Architecture & Urban Design at the University of California,

Los Angeles.

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POOL Issue No.11: LAMINAR is generously supported through

grants from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in

the Fine Arts.