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Entries from July 1, 2010 - July 31, 2010
Repeat Competition (Deadline Extended)
AOP
Architecture is defined by connections: the method and the material by which an assembly is developed to create enclosure. This process results in an active, performative connection, one that is specific and definitive and produces an architecture that can be built through iterative means. REPEAT asks that you look first to the connection and through repetition to define the whole. In brief, by reevaluating the design process and looking at it from the connection, what emerges?
REPEAT as an international competition is established to foster the creative spirit in the burgeoning field of digital fabrication. We encourage the generation of cutting edge design proposals for a structure of your design with the only caveats being it be generated and conceived digitally, incorporate repetitive elements, be optimized for relocation and transportation and be produced through fabrication technologies available within Houston, Texas.
Within cities with atomized light manufacturing capabilities like Houston, there exists a potential for designers to engage fabrication via direct communication with machines. A culture of making that has its foot in the energy and aerospace industries is ready to be appropriated and applied to architecture. The competition challenges the current exploration of parametric design to engage this latent field of production to explore a meaningful synthesis based on repetition and variation.
The evaluation of all the REPEAT proposals will focus on the cohesion of the design concept to digital fabrication techniques and methods of assembly. Factoring in these two foundational requirements for the competition, the entrant is encouraged to propose a solution that is both formally challenging in the mechanics and aesthetics of the connections, but also speak to the issues of use and performance.
Jury: Patrik Schumacher, Marc Fornes, Lisa Iwamoto, Chris Lasch and Blair Satterfield
| JUNE 16, 2010 AUGUST 16, 2010 OCTOBER 3, 2010 OCTOBER 24, 2010 NOVEMBER, 2010 – FEBRUARY, 2011 |
Online Registration and Competition Regulations Available to the Public Questions Due to TEX-FAB via Email Online Submission of Entries (Due Midnight) 12:00 AM CST Jury Awards Made Public Winning Design is developed, fabricated and installed in Houston |
Biodynamic Structures Update
The Biodynamic Structures workshop (hosted by the AA and CCA) is well underway and it has been amazing to see the intensity by both the instructors and the students. I will be posting more information about the final exhibition for this event which will be happening next Wed (July 22nd), but definitely make sure you take a look at the Flickr site which is updated daily with new photos from the event. The flickr site can be found here.
Material Resonance Workshop
ST. LOUIS, MO | RHINOSCRIPT, GRASSHOPPER, & FABRICATION | AUG 9TH-12TH, 2010
Hosted by Washington University in St. Louis Sam Fox School of Art and Design
Sponsored By McNeel Rhinoceros
Material Resonance will be a four day, intensive workshop focused on practical application of Rhinoscripting or Grasshopper. The workshop will also train participants in CNC fabrication using MasterCAM and the Washington University DIL fabrication lab. There will also be demos of the new plug-ins Firefly and Kangaroo.
The workshop is meant for professionals or students with a working knowledge in Rhinoceros. Prior experience with Grasshopper or Rhino VB scripting is not necessary. The workshop will start from first principles and cover topics from tessellation, components and connections to part organization, nesting and labeling.
Instructors
Marc Fornes _ theverymany Rhino VB scripting
Andy Payne _ LIFT Architects Grasshopper
Kenneth Tracy _ Associated Fabrication MasterCAM
For more information and to register go to:
http://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/events/workshops/3630
