Monthly Archives: May 2012

Christine Otto Kanstinger MAA Lecture _Form Finding

¨We do not force a form, we search for a form¨ said Christine Otto. Christine Otto talked about the importance of the physical model experimentation for the structural security apart from others. Digital models on the other hand do not offer that! Her lecture included information on projects of her father Frei Otto as well as different projects that [...]

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DS1 – Workshop with Edouard Cabay

The Emergent Territories studio just finished an intense 2 week workshop with Edouard Cabay. The aim of the workshop was to study, design and fabricate a responsive prototype of a component developed within their studio projects located in the Port of Barcelona. Students were able to study detailed diagrams of the systems proposed explaining the [...]

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Final reviews MIT- Barcelona studio review May 21 in Boston.

Image above: Critics discussion around a wind prototype. MIT and IAAC´s  Self Sufficient Building studio has developed a common agenda of work during the last months. They had conducted a common workshop with both groups, at IAAC on April and 2 months later they conclude their projects in Boston in MIT.

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MAA Seminar: Form Finding with Christine Otto Kanstinger

During the seminar Form Finding the MAA students disconnected  themselves from  digital modeling and worked on physical models that they could help them find form and structure at the same time.

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S.10 Robotic Sand/Clay forming – Presentations

The students presented their outcomes out of the experimentation that they had with clay and Kuka Robot from the MAA seminar with Michael Knauss and Mirjan Ammar. Most of the teams were working with compression techniques  to form their clay mold so as to cast concrete.  Each group fabricated their own tool that they adjusted with the [...]

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¨Studio Stories¨ by Benedetta Tagliabue at IAAC

Benedetta Tagliabue yesterday presented the most recent projects of her office EMBT. From her presentation the audience could distinguish a sentimental spectrum. Benedetta´s ¨stories¨ included information on transparency and light, comfort, crafts and artisans among others. Spanish pavillion in Shangai fullfilled a dream that she had from child to build projects in China and opened to her office, the [...]

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S.10 Robotic Sand Forming with Michael Knauss and Mirjan Ammar for ETH Zurich

This workshops aim is to  research the use of granular materials such as sand as a reusable molding material to fabricate unique building elements in concrete with a minimum of waste resulting from the formwork. The application and modeling of the sand is controlled through an industrial robot to guarantee sufficient precision and repeatability of the process. The 4 [...]

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