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8.1.13

The Round House

The Round House in Wilton, Connecticut is on the market for $1.75 million. Designed by the renowned architect Richard T. Foster assisted by Philip Johnson in 1967, this home was fully renovated in 2005. Walled in glass, this circular house can rotate 360 degrees, capturing beautiful landscaping and water views. This place is very space age; it looks like a landing spaceship to me. It seems impossible that the tiny base supports the entire home, but apparently it works.

Seattle Space Needle

The first revolving restaurant built in the United States was built by John
Graham, a Seattle architect and acolyte of Buckminster Fuller. La Ronde
(1961) was on the top of the tallest office building at the time, Ala Moana
Shopping Center in Honolulu. The72-foot wide restaurant was cantilevered
from a thirty-eight foot diameter concrete core which contained stairwells,
elevators, the kitchen and other facilities for the restaurant.64 Operated by a
three horse power motor, the structure made a 360-degree turn every hour. In
the following year, Graham repeated the revolving restaurant concept at the
Seattle Space Needle for the 1962 World Fair.

http://www.spaceneedle.com/discover/funfacts.html

Rolling Bridge

This ingenious little pedestrian bridge was designed by Heatherwick Studio to span an inlet of the Grand Union Canal at Paddington Basin in London. The Rolling Bridge provides an access route for workers and residents, yet needed to be able to open for the boat that is moored in the inlet. Instead of using the typical approach of a rigid element that simply lifts and lowers, Heatherwick wanted the bridge’s movement to be extraordinary. Rolling Bridge, then, is formed by eight segments which slowly uncurl to span the inlet, and then slowly curl up to form a circular sculpture while the boat passes through.

7.1.13

Responsive Skins

The workshop asks how material behavior can be introduced into architectural design and which consequences this has on design. The workshop focused on the behavior of material in larger arrays and how one can design and steer these.

http://www.arch2o.com/responsive-skin-iii-workshop-mag-lab/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=responsive-skin-iii-workshop-mag-lab

19.11.12

Forschungspavillon ICD/ITKE - 2012

Im Sommersemester 2012 realisierten das Institut für Computerbasiertes Entwerfen (ICD) und das Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen (ITKE) der Universität Stuttgart einen temporären bionischen Versuchsbau aus faserbasiertem Verbundmaterial, der an der Schnittstelle von Lehre und Forschung zusammen mit Studierenden entworfen, geplant und ausgeführt wurde. Das Projekt erforscht die Übertragung biologischer Form- und Materialbildungsprinzipien der Arthropoden in Architektur und Bauwesen. Neben den klassischen Entwurfsmethoden wurden neuartige computerbasierte Entwurfs- und Simulationsverfahren entwickelt, sowie computergesteuerter Fertigungsmethoden eingesetzt. Eine besondere Innovation beim Einsatz des faserbasierten Werkstoffes in diesem Projekt bestand darin, die Materialität bei Formfindung, computerbasierter Simulation und robotischer Fertigung von Beginn an im Entwurfsprozess zu integrieren und zu berücksichtigen. Durch das optimale Materialdesign wurde es möglich bei einer Spannweite des Pavillons von 8m, eine Schalendicke von nur 4mm Laminatstärke zu realisieren. Die Herstellung des Pavillons konnte dabei direkt auf der Baustelle durch einen Roboter erfolgen.

http://www.itke.uni-stuttgart.de/entwicklung.php?id=30#forschung_bilder

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=413576568700271&set=a.400837763307485.87944.181265925264671&type=1&theater

13.11.12

Hoberman Sphere

One of Chuck Hoberman's best-known museum pieces, the original Hoberman Sphere was installed in 1992 as the central exhibit in the Liberty Science Center's atrium. The sphere was re-installed in 2007 in the newly renovated museum's entry hall. Suspended by cables, the 700-pound aluminum sphere expands and contracts smoothly and continuously. Throughout its long history, the sphere has become the icon for Liberty Science Center, logging millions of cycles.

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670878/a-giant-working-hoberman-sphere-made-from-aluminum#1

8.11.12

Peristaltic Locomotion

This robotic concept uses a braided mesh that can be continuously deformed to create smooth waves of motion. The improvements in kinematics result in a much faster and effective motion. You can learn more at http://www.peristalticmayhem.com

Theo Jansen, a new form of life

Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move -- and even survive -- on their own.

6.11.12

Shape Shifting House

http://www.dezeen.com/2012/11/06/shape-shifting-house-by-the-dhaus-company/

Moving Stage Design

Sans Objet , Compagnie 111, Directed by Aurélien Bory

Les sept planches de la ruse, Directed by Aurélien Bory

Cirque du Soleils KA show

5.11.12

Hyperbody

Selected works of the Hyperbody group at TU Delft, directed by prof. Kas Oosterhuis.

31.10.12

Lotus Dome

Lotus Dome project by Atelier Rossgaarde made up of aluminium pieces that are responsive to light.

Ron Resch

https://vimeo.com/36122966

Origami and tesselation patterns as researched by Ron Resch. THis movie shows his process.

Responsive Kinematics

This is an architectural design project that began through conversations with Ron Resch in December 2008 regarding kinetic and kinematic structural systems. The goal was to create a mutable structural surface out of rigid bodies that can be controlled to adapt to changing conditions and parameters. Unlike much parametric design that is pre-adapted to a given desire, this system offers the potential for continual adjustment.