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Design Communication & Stakeholder Network Fragmentation
ESR5 – Alternate Means to Communicate Measure
AUTHOR: Dimitrie A. Stefanescu (@idid)
In order to better understand the issues of design communication, stakeholder network fragmentation and how they reflect on the complex process that is the production of the built environment, we propose to...
Open Thesis Fabrication – CFD Study of a Large Scale 3D Printed Clay Wall
The Open Thesis Fabricaion applied research programme at the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IaaC) is focusing this year on constructing a large scale 3D printed clay wall, which has just been erected at the Green Fab Lab in Valldaura.
As part of my research I have been...
Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2017 folly competition
Paul Poinet (ESR06) and I recently collaborated on a competition proposal for the Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2017 folly competition. After a qualifying round and long discussions with the organizers and jury, we placed second in the end.
Mud, Wind, Rough Skins & Piercings
Mud Shells Fabrication Technique
– Building up on knowledge gained from Phriends* for Shells Iaac seminar 2016 on robotic fabrication for mud shells.
www.iaacblog.com/life/maa-advanced-robotic-fabrication-seminar/
www.iaacblog.com/life/iaac-at-smartgeometry-workshop-2016-hybrid-domains/
Earthen...
The Elytra Filament Pavilion at the Vitra Campus
Relocating a Modular Fibrous Pavilion
Following it’s highly successful premiere at the V&A Museum in London, the Elytra Filament Pavilion was demounted, transported to southern Germany and reinstalled at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein.
The Vitra Campus is a field of experimentation for...
Blumer-Lehmann visit – Feb. 13-18
A visit to Blumer-Lehmann to discuss the impending secondment and how the research could be integrated.