Talk to a Wall

Talk to a Wall

by | Nov 2, 2018

Talk to a Wall explores the intersubjectivities of human and machine in architectural design methods. A neural network was trained (LSTM) by procedurally sketching architectural ideas. The network learnt from the human generated drawings to then search in a high-...
Print Fast Pile High

Print Fast Pile High

by | Nov 5, 2018

Print Fast Pile High seeks synergies between computational masonry and 3D printing with soft-rigid materials. A bespoke Interactive Design Environment (IDE) was used for the design and fabrication of the resultant structures. The IDE enables the synthesis of...
POD

POD

by | Nov 6, 2018

POD is a method for decomposing arbitrary triangulated 2-manifold mesh into blocks, which can be manufactured by exclusively planar cuts. The method employs a projection-based approach (Bouaziz et al., 2014) to minimally perturb an input triangle mesh towards a nearby...

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

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