Communicating Design
Category
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.
Blumer-Lehmann visit – Feb. 13-18
A visit to Blumer-Lehmann to discuss the impending secondment and how the research could be integrated.
Molds and prototypes
Quick update to show some photos of molds and the laminating process. Progress is much slower than planned and we experienced some setbacks – technical and scheduling – but things are moving and slowly improving.
Data management and a workpiece model
Data management issues and the development of a flexible workpiece model to cross-reference and contain fabrication data for individual glulam components.