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COLLABORATION Conference

admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:33:28 +0000

Brad Bell will introduce the Digital Fabrication Alliance to the audience at the McGraw Hill Auditorium in New York, NY at the Architect’s Newspaper Metals in Construction Facades Conference.

Andrew Vrana will moderate a roundtable discussion:

Facade Innovation: Performance, Optimization and Integration

The ability of computational technology to inform facade design from novel geometries and enhanced environmental performance to rationalized component optimization and digital fabrication is creating new possibilities in the development of intelligent building skins. The confluence of visible forces (structural, functional and physical) and invisible forces (cultural, political and temporal) can now be measured, managed and realized through the integration of enhanced information processing, cross-disciplinary material organization and computer assisted manufacturing ingenuity. From a broad spectrum of expertise representing the professional, academic, applied research and engineering consultation community, the speakers participating in this discussion present a series of façade design case studies that articulate these forces of innovation in practice and lead the speculative dialogue on where this trend will head in the future.

Performative facade systems
Anna Dyson, CASE
Case Study: Helioptix

Optimization of facade systems
Erik Verboon, Buro Happold
Case Study: King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture

Integration of facade systems
Phillip Anzalone, Columbia University GSAPP
Case Study: Columbia University Building Intelligence Project

Dallas Museum of Art C3 Gallery 3D Printing Demo

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:35:17 +0000

On September 25^th Brad Bell and students from the UTA School of Architecture hosted a 4-hour workshop on 3D printing as part of the C3 Encountering Space Exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art. Several hundred visitors were introduced to the application of this technology through architectural models and direct demonstration. The workshop was supported through the generous assistance of the following students: Lance Abaya, Heather Stoker, Jon Holden, Matt Crowly and Stephen Bundy.

http://www.dallasartnews.com/2010/09/dallas-museum-of-arts-center-for-creative-connections-presents-encountering-space/

Minimal Complexity Optimization Model Concludes

admin — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 21:57:54 +0000

Over 2,300 parts were cut and assembled into 144 sets of 16. The sets were then configured into 27 different sub-assemblies that were put into place to complete the final piece. The half-scale model stands just over 7 feet tall and will remain at UTA as a teaching model for future digital fabrication courses. The TEX-FAB Directors would like to thank the following UTA students for their participation in the optimization model construction: Janelle A. Brathewaite, Amy Brooks, Stephen Bundy, Naomi Contreras, Austin Fleming, Navid Tehrani, Rachel Kluger-Weston, & Hai-Lin Yang.

Minimal Complexity Optimization Model Starts

admin — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 21:57:09 +0000

On December 14^th TEX-FAB initiated the construction of a half scaled model of Minimal Complexity in the Digital Fabrication Lab at the University of Texas Arlington. This process was the result of a 3-week collaborative conversation conducted with Vlad Tanu, the winning designer of the REPEAT design competition. The TEX-FAB Co-Directors & Vlad collectively worked through design development issues to resolve fabrication and assembly questions prior to full-scale construction.

Brad Bell lectures at OU

admin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:00:18 +0000

On October 12th Brad Bell delivered a public lecture at the University of Oklahoma entitled “Hybridization, Aggregation, Computation” as part of the semester long series called Managing Dilemmas: Net-Zero Energy / Eco Footprint in the Built Environment. Brad lectured on the application of digital technology and parametric modeling as a method by which performative criteria may be integrated into the architectural design process to provide optimized solutions.

3D Printing Workshop at the Dallas Museum of Art

admin — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:21:20 +0000

Brad Bell Lecture and Workshop at UTSA

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 21:30:09 +0000

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.

TEX-FAB Collaborative Studio

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:10:06 +0000

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.

TEX-FAB in Texas Architect

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:43:06 +0000

The TEX-FAB initiative is featured in the May/June issue of Texas Architect

Partial Architectures Exhibition Design

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:29:14 +0000

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.

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