Monthly Archives: October 2010

This quircky 3-D print was made by Ergun Akleman. Its organic shape is fluid, curved and interlocked. Although not excessively complicated it is a beautiful example of the possibilities of 3D printing. The design brings across a sense of unity which I feel is reserved for objects printed with this technology. In addition to the [...]

The structure of dunescape has been used sometmes as an architectural concept. The contribution  of the modeling  software has been valuable in those cases. Two “examples” of such an attempt follow. The first is the city of culture of Galicia by Eisenman Architects.  The topography of the site distorts the geometry of the  model which is [...]

RCO Office, Mumbai, Serie Architects. I came across this unfamiliar process called Rapid Prototyping method (3d Model Printing) for the first time when I was working with an architectural firm (serie architects) at Mumbai in 2008. The office building that I was working on had a complex membrane in the form of a twisting atrium, [...]

Croatian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale The floating pavilion is built on an existing barge with dimensions of 10m x 20m x 3m. The pavilion structure is in the form of a cargo of 32 tons of welded wire mesh, with more than 40 layers spaced so that they form a solid volume with approximate [...]

material systems // c-wall The c-wall project is the latest development in an ongoing area of research into cellular aggregate structures that has examined honeycomb and voronoi geometries and their ability to produce interesting structural, thermal, and visual performances. The voronoi algorithm is used in a wide range of fields including satellite navigation animal habitat [...]

emergent architecture // european solidarity center The massing of the project relates very specifically to the existing landform of the Solidarity  Square. This square has an existing topography which is inclined toward the ESC site. The proposal is to extend this slope upward to define a low, stealthy building mass which becomes a long-span Shell. [...]

          Project Drift Bench Author Amanda Levete Dimensions  Height: 420mm (Seat Depth: 420mm) x Length: 2880mm x Depth: 870mm Description A future classic from the Established & Sons stable. The exaggerated, elongated form of the Drift bench has a modulated, fluid language that is characteristic of the work of Future Systems architects. With this [...]

          Client: The Eden Project Size: 23,000 sq m Completion: 2001 Cost: £57m Structural engineer: Anthony Hunt Associates Services engineer: Arup Cost Consultant: David Langdon & Everest Main contractor: Mc Alpine Join Venture The Eden Project is the largest plant enclosure in the world, built in the lightest most ecological way possible. The [...]

Advanced computational modelling helped develop the product and establish a dialogue with Melissa and Zaha Hadid in order to bring the design to the production line. This challenging process employed 3D printing and rapid prototyping techniques as key tools for refining the ergonomics of the shoes. The fluidity of the design was a perfect match [...]