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“Digital Tectonics – Fabrication Ecologies” Research Line FINAL PRESENTATIONS!

admin — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:12:35 +0000

Today Digital Tectonics – Fabrication Ecologies students presented their final project presentations infront of tutors Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto, and an international jury board composed by Manuel Gausa (IAAC Dean), Areti Markopoulou (MAA Director – IAAC), Thomas Ermacora (Lime Wharf), Ulrika Karlsson (Stockholm Faculty of Architecture), Neil Leach (University of Southern California), Jaume Avellaneda (ETSAV-Department of Construction), Juan Carlos Sanabria (Veritas University in Costa Rica), Edouard Cabay (AA School of Architecture), Jordi Pagés (Max de Cusa Architects), Manja van de Worp (AA School of Architecture). Check them out!

“Digital Tectonics – Fabrication Ecologies” Research Line FINAL PRESENTATIONS!

admin — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:37:09 +0000

On the 26th of June in IAAC from 02:00 pm to 09:00 pm

Tutors:

Claudia Pasquero
Marco Poletto

International Jury Board:

Manuel Gausa – IAAC Dean
Areti Markopoulou - MAA Director – IAAC
Thomas Ermacora – Lime Wharf
Ulrika Karlsson – Stockholm Faculty of Architecture
Neil Leach – University of Southern California
Jaume Avellaneda – ETSAV-Department of Construction
Juan Carlos Sanabria – Veritas University in Costa Rica
Edouard Cabay - AA School of Architecture
Jordi Pagés – Max de Cusa Architects
Manja van de Worp – AA School of Architecture

MAA in Italy – workshop in D-Shape lab with Enrico Dini

admin — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:42:54 +0000

MAA – Digital Tectonics / Fabrication Ecologies >> Research Trip in Italy

Day 6 and 7 // From digital to material workshop, Students are 3D printing architectural components and models from their projects with local sand in D-Shape, Pisa. Thanks to Enrico and Riccardo Dini.

MAA in Italy – workshop about hemp

admin — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:57:49 +0000

MAA – Digital Tectonics / Fabrication Ecologies >> Research Trip in Italy

Day 4 // from the hemp to the fibers workshop in Zola Predosa, Bologna. Thanks to “Signora Luisa” and her team.

MAA in Italy – visit to Lingotto and Pininfarina

admin — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:28:54 +0000

RSIII – Research Studio in Digital Tectonics – Fabrication Ecologies directed by Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto, is now traveling in Italy:

Day 1 // visit Lingotto and Arduino Lab in Turin.

Prof. Ostorero have accompanied the students to visit Lingotto building, the automobile factory built by Fiat, with its amazing rooftop test track, the Jean Prouve Exhibition and the Renzo Piano Bubble .

Day 2 // visit Pininfarina and Comau factories.

Day3 // visit Vyrus and Pagani.

MAA SECOND TERM FINAL PRESENTATIONS

admin — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:03:46 +0000

This week the three studios of MAA presented their projects to an international jury for the second term final presentations.

A moment of the presentation of RSIII Digital Tectonics – Fabrication Ecologies Research Studio, directed by Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto.

Presentation of a group of students of RSII Self Sufficient Building Research Studio, directed by Enric Ruiz Geli and Mireia Luzárraga.

MAA_01 Research III: Digital Tectonics /Fabrication Ecologies. 2nd Term Presentations

admin — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:45:16 +0000

Today, students from Research Studio Digital Tectonics /Fabrication Ecologies of the Master in Advanced Architecure present their 2nd Term projects. Presentation will be at the Auditorium from 10 to 20 hs.

TEI 2013 Demos Showcase at IaaC

admin — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:19:46 +0000

Last Tuesday IaaC and Fab Lab Bcn hosted the presentation of Demos developed during the Seventh International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction – TEI 2013. This event was the opportunity to showcase 45 demos from a diverse group of researchers, designers and students from Eindhoven University of Technology, Keio-NUS CUTE Center, Bauhaus-University Weimar, MIT Media Lab, University of Munich, Microsoft Research Cambridge, University of Madeira and University Hangzhou among others. The demos were made based on the Papers and Works in progress developed during the Studios and Design Challenge, and focused on experimenting with conductive paints and fabrics, different types of sensors, small robots, applications for future smart cities, applications for special interactive tables, tablets and smartphones, etc.

Fab Lab Barcelona presented the Studio 13: From Microcontrollers to Cities, centering the attention in Smart Cities.

Machinic Conversations I: Hacking an industrial 6axis robot

admin — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:34:42 +0000

The first design assignment for the students of the Master in Advanced Architecture 2013 was to develop and test communication protocols to control and manipulate the behavior of a large industrial robot. Since 6-axis machines such as the one in the IAAC Fab Lab are directly inherited from the mass production of cars and other industrial products, the first focus of our design research has been devoted to developing alternative protocols of robotic fabrication that would afford a more direct interaction between machine and designer, as well as machine and the surrounding environment; these protocols will lead to the engineering of mass customized productions.

3D robotic light painting:

Our first experimental set up was the following:

-The robot was controlled by each student via Grasshopper, through the use of the KUKA | Krc plug-in (from association for robots in architecture) for Grasshopper and Rhino. Each group did draw a series of parametric lines that would become the tool paths for the robot.

-A video simulation with the virtual robot in Grasshopper was performed by each student to understand the behaviour of the machine along the path and amend eventual errors; the video would allow also the testing of multiple path parameters and robot behavioural options.

-The tool mounted on the robot contained 1 fixed LED light and 2 or 4 blinking ones; the blinking was also controlled via Grasshopper and related to the robotic arm path.

-A camera was positioned in front of the robot and its exposure tuned to the particular lighting conditions and the length in time of the tool path. Such configuration allowed capturing the ephemeral lighting traces left by the robotic arm movements. The robotic behaviour is therefore translated into a 3D robotic light painting.

FABRICATION ECOLOGIES 2013
Research Line Directors: Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto [ecoLogicStudio]
Robotic Fabrication Assistant : Alexandre Dubor
Students : Venkatakasi Raju, Dolan Alexander, Ali Yerdel, Francisco Castillo, Drew Carson, Georgios Soutos, Niccolo Marini, Priyanka Narula, Gabriela Gonzalez, Jin Shihui, Nasr Chamma, Kartikashok Gala, Aishwarya Sampath, Giannakopoulous Sofoklis, Vincent Huyghe, Peter Malaga, Ahmed Selim, Iker Luna, Yogesh Karekar, Jean Akanish, Charusilawong Marisa, Levidis Stefanos