SURFACE TENSION
Richardson / Schmidt / Mejia
CUMULATIVE GRAIN
Pani / Sedighzadeh
STRUCTURAL PHOTOTROPISM
Keith / Kluger-Weston
MORPHOSYNTACTIC CAMOUFLAGE
Abaya
* DIGITAL FABRICATION ALLIANCE
TEX-FAB 3.0 NEW APPLIED DIGITAL FABRICATION COMPETITION, REGISTER AND SUBMIT BY JUNE 2, 2012
TEX-FAB 3.0 MEDIA PARTNER
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
02/05/10 – 04/05/10
While the capacity to move across various 2D and 3D digital design platforms suggests a new type of agility for architects and designers, this capability is still largely in an early state of gestation. To some extent the role of these emerging methodologies are most profoundly explored at scales and in modalities not directly confronted by full architectural programs or design requirements. Rather, the partial or the abbreviated become micro-excursions into the possibilities of what these tools and technologies might foreshadow. The incomplete, in this regard, provides a critical stage in developing the evolution of digital design. By focusing on more detailed scales of development and fabrication it is possible to test the physicality of this type of architecture in more rigorous terms. To some extent, the process leading to authoring certain qualitative effects becomes the most tangible result of the partial architecture.
The links below illustrate a selection of work produced by students at UTA from 2008-2009 as an exploration of Partial Architectures. These projects were placed on exhibit in conjunction with workshops and lectures held at UTA in February of 2010.
Surface Tension: Nick Richardson, Ronnie Schmidt, Joey Meija
Structural Phototropism: Erin Keith, Rachel Kluger-Weston
Cumulative Grain: Pani, Sedighzadeh
Morphosyntactic Camouflage: Lance Abaya
02/05/10 – 04/05/10
While the capacity to move across various 2D and 3D digital design platforms suggests a new type of agility for architects and designers, this capability is still largely in an early state of gestation. To some extent the role of these emerging methodologies are most profoundly explored at scales and in modalities not directly confronted by full architectural programs or design requirements. Rather, the partial or the abbreviated become micro-excursions into the possibilities of what these tools and technologies might foreshadow. The incomplete, in this regard, provides a critical stage in developing the evolution of digital design. By focusing on more detailed scales of development and fabrication it is possible to test the physicality of this type of architecture in more rigorous terms. To some extent, the process leading to authoring certain qualitative effects becomes the most tangible result of the partial architecture.
The links below illustrate a selection of work produced by students at UTA from 2008-2009 as an exploration of Partial Architectures. These projects were placed on exhibit in conjunction with workshops and lectures held at UTA in February of 2010.
Surface Tension: Nick Richardson, Ronnie Schmidt, Joey Meija
Structural Phototropism: Erin Keith, Rachel Kluger-Weston
Cumulative Grain: Pani, Sedighzadeh
Morphosyntactic Camouflage: Lance Abaya