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TexTile update 1

By admin | Published: February 14, 2012

TEXtile – crochet structure – was designed by Clare Olsen & Vasilena Vassilev as part of the REPEAT digital fabrication competition hosted by TEX-FAB. The students of University of Texas Arlington, working under the supervision of Brad Bell and with the designers worked to prototype a portion of the runner-up scheme. Progress on the mock-up still on-going.

  

  

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Dallas Museum of Art C3 Gallery 3D Printing Demo

By admin | Published: February 14, 2012

On September 25th 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/

  

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ACADIA Parametricism Conference

By admin | Published: March 14, 2011

Brad Bell and Andrew Vrana presented a paper co-authored with Kevin McClellan at the ACADIA Regional Conference in Lincoln, Nebraska. “Tex-Fab: A new model for collaborative engagement” was part of the session called Reconfiguring Collaboration by Computational Means. Joe Meppelink and Andrew presented “Perforating Material Performance: Ceiling Cloud” in the Simulations: Quantitative and Qualitative session.

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Minimal Complexity Video

By admin | Published: March 14, 2011

Minimal Complexity 2011 from Vlad Tenu on Vimeo.

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Minimal Complexity completed

By admin | Published: February 7, 2011

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Assembly wrapup

By admin | Published: February 7, 2011

Special thanks to Thomas Behrman, Production Manager and students in the UH Digital Fabrication seminar.

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Progress shots in the Atrium

By admin | Published: February 4, 2011

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Digital Fabrication complete

By admin | Published: January 23, 2011

We picked up the last run of parts for Minimal Complexity at CROW Corporation in Tomball, TX. They were cut out of 14 gauge aluminum on theirAmada 4000 Watt laser.  We passed the parts through an automatic tumbler to de-burr them which will make assembly a safer process and produces a beautiful finish on the material.

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Minimal Complexity First Subassemblies

By admin | Published: January 11, 2011

288 full-scale components have been digitally fabricated out of 14 gauge aluminum and assembled in Houston.  Tolerance and fastener types are being tested along with material fitness.  Thomas Behrman is heading up the assembly team.

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Minimal Complexity Optimization Model Concludes

By admin | Published: January 8, 2011

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.

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