Everyday life at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia
With the Team of Jordi Pagès i Ramon and Lluis Viu the Theme of ‘Multiple Results or the exuberant world of possibilities’ has started. In the current paradigm of architectural design, scripting and parametric control,the idea of multiplicity takes a new momentum.A bigger importance is given to the projects “solution” rather than to the resulting formal [...]
The Theme in Eco-Machinic Apparatus with Tutors from Ecologic Studio-Marco Poletto and Claudia Pasquero - www.ecologicstudio.com – has started. Students were presented with examples of prototypes of the eco-machine, the apparatus and what the thinking behind it. This is a Thesis framework which will concentrate on the development of suchinstrument, the “eco-Machinic Apparatus”, an architectonic platform [...]
Freedom of Creation have been exploring the field of 3D printing for over a decade. They believe that one of the promsing technologies that will bring losts of new opportunities to 3D printing is printing in paper. They are one of the first to print a FreshFibre iphone cover using the matrix 300 printer. The [...]
Steven Holl Architects wanted to do experiments in porosity and decided to take on the Porosity project. Random porosity involves a non-linear repetition of individual components in varying scales, while recursive porosity employs mathematical strategies to generate infinitely complex patterns. Name: Porosity Program: experiments in porosity Size: 50 m2 Material: Developed in collaboration with Albefex [...]
DEX Showroom designed by Italy-based firm Studio 63 architecture and design. The project maintains its reputation due to the facade design that appears like a pixelized picture of the trees, filtering the natural and indoor lighting between inside and outside, creating a dramatic screen along the street. Project: DEX Showroom Location: Florence, Italy Area: 360 [...]
The movie I am working with is SPIRIT AWAY (Hayao Miyazaki 2001). It is about a family that got lost in an “enchanted” place where is located a HOTEL which main guests are Gods that travel there in order to relax and take herbal and aromatic baths. So, while the human lose materiality, gods win [...]