A few images from last weekends workshop in studio. Rethinking building envelopes to be responsive kinetic entities, no longer static mirrors.
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EPITHELIUM Studio: Fall 2008
PRATT Institute School of Architecture
Philip Beesley and Richard Sarrach, Professors
Che-Wei Wang, Studio Technician
Studio Participants: Thomas Allen,Joanna Cheung, Nicolas Gomez, Changyup Shin, Xuedi Chen, Brad Rothenberg, Shawn Sims,Peechaya Mekasuvanroj, Weiyun Wang
The Epithelium Studio offers a specialized design laboratory examining responsive architectural envelopes. Epithelium, a cellular boundary layer in organic physiology, will be used as an analogy defining qualities of hybrid interactive building systems. A design method based on cycles of accretion and synthesis will be used to organize the work of the term, moving from individual design explorations to collective production of a publication and gallery installation. The work focuses on four key design products: lightweight structural scaffolds, functional devices providing environmental exchanges populating the structure; kinetic mechanisms that integrate physical movement within the system, and integrated control systems employing microprocessors, sensors and actuators. These elements will be developed in pursuit of innovative responsive qualities that include basic life support functions, emotive and iconographic qualities for architecture.
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7 comments:
very nice! hahahahaha
what happened to the other one?
wow, very special, i like it.
when will you go online?
its good to know about it? where did you get that information?
ok. I found an information here that i want to look for.
ive done something here to have you a few cents!
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