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SOM, AIME for Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 2015
Lawrence Weiner, "Declaration of Intent," 1968
Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter, New Nordic at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, c. 2014
Achim Menges + Jan Knippers, Institute for Computational Design (ICD) Research Pavilion at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2014-5 (via archatlas)
‘The ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2014-15 demonstrates the architectural potential of a novel building method inspired by the underwater nest construction of the water spider. Through a novel robotic fabrication process an initially flexible pneumatic formwork is gradually stiffened by reinforcing it with carbon fibers from the inside. The resulting lightweight fiber composite shell forms a pavilion with unique architectural qualities, while at the same time being a highly material-efficient structure.’
Mary Jane Jacob, "Foreword" to The Artist’s Guide to Public Art, 2008
Diagrams of the Aluminum Casting and Extruding Processes, c. 2000
Interloop Architecture, Specialty Engineering and Fabrication Company, Houston, TX, 1997-2000
Porous Mould, c. 2013
Anagram Architects, Facade for the South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC), Delhi, India, 2012 (via hivelive)
Herzog & De Meuron, Schaulager Museum and Art Storage, Basel, Switzerland, 2003 (via subtilitas)
'The shape of the distorted window frame was decided on after numerous tests bending and twisting metal pipes, and then digitally fabricating a mold from their shape that was used in the concrete formwork.'
Gramazio & Kohler with Bearth & Deplazes Architects, Gantenbein Winery, Fläsch, Switzerland, 2006 (via architectsnewspaper)
"The design and fabrication of the façade for the Gantenbein Winery was the first field test for the concept behind R-O-B. In a pilot project 400 sqm brick façade divided into 72 single segments was fabricated on the robot facility at the ETH Zurich. Each brick is rotated by a different value and thus creating a plasticity of the façade, which when seen from afar creates an image of an oversized basket filled with grapes. Approached from a close range the figurative image, which appears soft and almost textile, dissolves in favour of the hard materiality of the brick."
