Architecture Extrapolated

Latest News:

  • Alicia Nahmad invited keynote at ATRICA 2020 organised by LINEA Mexico. December 2020
  • R-Ex collaborates with Rogue product to develop a Custom Fit  Insert for PPE masks. Funded by InnovateUK June – December 2020
  • Alicia Nahmad to present R-Ex vision at Women in Construction Summit. October 2020
  • KnitCandela wins the Digital Futures 2020 project Award
  • R-Ex presents a machine learning collaborative human-robot drawing installation at the Microsoft Reactor during the conference Women Leading in AI. Nov 19
KnitCandela // Photo: Mariana Popescu

Architecture Extrapolated

Latest News:

  • Alicia Nahmad invited keynote at ATRICA 2020 organised by LINEA Mexico. December 2020
  • R-Ex collaborates with Rogue product to develop a Custom Fit  Insert for PPE masks. Funded by InnovateUK June – December 2020
  • Alicia Nahmad to present R-Ex vision at Women in Construction Summit. October 2020
  • KnitCandela wins the Digital Futures 2020 project Award
  • R-Ex presents a machine learning collaborative human-robot drawing installation at the Microsoft Reactor during the conference Women Leading in AI. Nov 19
Top Opt Shell // Photo: Ale Vázquez

Architecture Extrapolated

Latest News:

  • Alicia Nahmad invited keynote at ATRICA 2020 organised by LINEA Mexico. December 2020
  • R-Ex collaborates with Rogue product to develop a Custom Fit  Insert for PPE masks. Funded by InnovateUK June – December 2020
  • Alicia Nahmad to present R-Ex vision at Women in Construction Summit. October 2020
  • KnitCandela wins the Digital Futures 2020 project Award
  • R-Ex presents a machine learning collaborative human-robot drawing installation at the Microsoft Reactor during the conference Women Leading in AI. Nov 19
Talk to a Wall // Photo: Nono Martinez

Architecture Extrapolated

Latest News:

  • Alicia Nahmad invited keynote at ATRICA 2020 organised by LINEA Mexico. December 2020
  • R-Ex collaborates with Rogue product to develop a Custom Fit  Insert for PPE masks. Funded by InnovateUK June – December 2020
  • Alicia Nahmad to present R-Ex vision at Women in Construction Summit. October 2020
  • KnitCandela wins the Digital Futures 2020 project Award
  • R-Ex presents a machine learning collaborative human-robot drawing installation at the Microsoft Reactor during the conference Women Leading in AI. Nov 19

 

Learning from Candela // Photo: Josh Zabel

Full credits

Design

ZHCODE: Filippo Nassetti, David Reeves, Marko Margeta, Shajay Bhooshan, Patrik Schumacher
BRG: Mariana Popescu, Matthias Rippmann, Tom Van Mele, Philippe Block

KnitCrete technology

BRG: Mariana Popescu, Tom Van Mele, Philippe Block
Chair of Physical Chemistry of Building Materials, ETH Zurich: Lex Reiter, Robert Flatt

Fabrication and construction

BRG: Mariana Popescu, Matthias Rippmann, Alessandro Dell’Endice, Cristian Calvo Barentin, Nora Ravanidou
R-Ex: Alicia Nahmad Vazquez, Horacio Bibiano Vargas, Jose Manuel Diaz Sanchez, Asunción Zúñiga, Agustín Lozano Álvarez, Migue Juárez Antonio, Filiberto Juárez Antonio, Daniel Piña, Daniel Celin, Carlos Axel Pérez Cano, José Luis Naranjo Olivares, Everardo Hernández, Ramiro Tena.

Structural engineering

BRG: Andrew Liew, Tom Van Mele

Concrete development

Holcim Mexico: Jose Alfredo Rodriguez, Carlos Eduardo Juarez, Delia Peregrina Rizo

Site construction coordination

R-Ex: Alicia Nahmad Vazquez

Sponsors

COMEX
ETH Zurich
NCCR Digital Fabrication
Zaha Hadid Architects
Steiger Participations SA
Holcim Mexico
Imerys Aluminates
Boston Consulting Group

Special thanks

Grupo Altiva
UNAM Arquitectura