Open Thesis Fabrication
New Prosthesis Exoskeletons
The New Prosthesis project uses digital fabrication techniques to cut and bend wood into lightweight and materially efficient structures. These pieces are bent without form work, using the specific control of the laser cutter to define joints instead, thus avoiding wasteful form work.
OTF Student: Joel Letkemann
¨Sunscreen¨
Sunscreen is a passive solar display system intended for a wide range of architectural applications. The system can be programmed to relay messages or animations depending on the location of the light
source (either the sun or artificial lights). To realize Sunscreen, I collaborated with Kuka, using one of their six-axis robotic arms tofabricate numerous tests. The final large-scale prototype is a solarclock that responds directly to the position of the sun, 365 days of the year here in Barcelona.
OTF Student : Brian Peters
“RESPIRA” the breathing wall
Respira, is a two dimensional panel that works like skin protection and responsive facade, that will change its shape according to the outside temperature and help the air ventilation or protection of the building.
OTF Student : Ilaria La Manna
PNEUmorphosys 2.0 is a CNC formwork system based on the use of pneumatic force. Different air pressure is applied individually to a series of elastic pockets that shape an elastic membrane inside of which the material is poured. As opposed to traditional formwork, that produces a great amount of waste (each shape = new mould), PNEUmorphosys can be used to produce multiple variations without any additional fabrication process. The digital control allows the use of different design or performative inputs and at same time helps the material distribution, using the pneumatic force to push the material trough the membrane.
OTF Students: Brian Miller, Natalija Boljsakov
OTF student: Alemseged G Bishu
