Chris Rheeston, Author at IAAC

KALEIDOSCOPE

It was an intense 4 months of research and testing procedures in order to get a working prototype with digital fabrication and material experimentation. The…

CHROMATIC SKINS

Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGNBy Chris Rheeston May 7, 2018

This design/research endeavour undertaken at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia for the Academic year 2013/1, presents an exploration of potential Architectural applications of…

TRANSLATED GEOMETRIES

Material Research, Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive TechnologyBy Chris Rheeston May 3, 2018

We propose an architecture of transition. A series of transitions between forces, (material) phases, people, spaces and functions. The form doesn't always follow the functions…

MINIBUILDERS

LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING, New Technologies, RoboticsBy Chris Rheeston May 3, 2018

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), based in Barcelona, has, for some time now, been exploring and investigating the potentials of additive manufacturing…

MATAERIAL

3D Printing, LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING, Matter Cycles, New Technologies, SELF SUFFICIENCYBy Chris Rheeston May 2, 2018

MATAERIAL is a brand new method of additive manufacturing. This patent-pending method allows for creating 3D objects on any given working surface, independently of its…

PYLOS

3D Printing, LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING, Material ResearchBy Chris Rheeston May 2, 2018

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), based in Barcelona, has been, for some time now, exploring and investigating the potentials of additive manufacturing…

TERRAPERFORMA – OTF 2016/2017

3D Printing, LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING, Material Research, Material Research, New Technologies, Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive Technology, RoboticsBy Chris Rheeston May 2, 2018

TERRAPERFORMA3D Printed Performative Wall The project, TerraPerforma, focuses on large-scale 3D printing, the influence of additive manufacturing on building with a traditional material - unfired…

UNFOLDING SENSES

Interactive Spaces, Material Research, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive TechnologyBy Chris Rheeston May 2, 2018

The IAAC installation, developed in the occasion of the Festival des Architectures Vives 2014 in Montpellier, proposes to create a space within space, a pavilion…

DATA NET

Citizen Participation, Citizen Technologies, Governance / Policies, INFORMATION SOCIETY, Interactive Spaces, Open Source, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive TechnologyBy Chris Rheeston April 30, 2018

In the courtyard of the Museu Frederic Marés in Barcelona, IAAC planted DATA NET, a new artificial tree, on the occasion of the Llum BCN…

FREEDOM: The Library of Lost Books

Material Research, Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive TechnologyBy Chris Rheeston April 30, 2018

BCN Re.set is a circuit of ephemeris architecture in the streets of Barcelona that took place from June to September 2014 in the enclaves of…