Students from UHCOA and UTA worked together as a Collaborative Studio this past Spring on a “nested” development project. The UH students designed the Transit Hub and the UTA students worked on the mid-rise mixed use complex attached. Sean Garrison and Evan Sheets worked on an impressive scheme that shared some parametric skin systems and formal organization. Sean’s final review and model.
The TEX-FAB initiative is featured in the May/June issue of Texas Architect
The students at University of Texas Arlington have initiated preliminary investigations into the design and production of a display system for the Partial Architectures Exhibit set to open concurrently with the TEX-FAB Workshop. The exhibition will be up on February 2nd, 2009 with the formal reception taking place on Friday February 5th, 2009 @ 6:00pm on the second floor of the architecture building.
Scheme 01
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Brad Bell Lecture and Workshop at UTSA
Brad visited UTSA on March 26th to give a lecture on the work being done at UTA. Brad spoke about the TEX-FAB effort and the success of the February workshops, the impact on the school and within the architectural community there. His lecture covered a broad range of topics nested within the discourse of digital design, its implementation and processes. Additionally Brad lead a day-long workshop that covered both 2D and 3D parametric techniques within Adobe, Rhino/ Paneling Tools which resulted in small laser cut prototypes and digital structures.