Chris Rheeston, Author at IAAC

BB MAKE

3D Printing, LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING, Material Research, New TechnologiesBy Chris Rheeston April 30, 2018

BB MAKE – A COLLABORATIVE AND OPEN STRUCTURE by IAAC Beijing Design Week 2014 In 2014, Barcelona had the honour of being the guest city for…

PLUJA DE LLUM

Interactive Spaces, Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive TechnologyBy Chris Rheeston April 30, 2018

The intimacy of the existing courtyard, located at Carrer de Santa Llúcia, 1, its distinctive elements, among which the lover's palm tree and fountain, as…

BRILLEN EN LA FOSCOR

Interactive Spaces, Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive TechnologyBy Chris Rheeston April 30, 2018

Brillen en la Foscor is an interactive installation built by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) for the LLUM BCN festival which is…

HYPERHABITAT

Big Data, Buildings, Citizen Technologies, Devices, INFORMATION SOCIETY, Interactive Spaces, Mapping, New Interfaces, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive Technology, SELF SUFFICIENCY, URBAN TECHNOLOGIESBy Chris Rheeston April 27, 2018

HYPERHABITAT is a research project which explores the potential of information technology to reorganise the habitability of the world. From a single small object to…

MEDIA HOUSE

Interactive Spaces, Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive TechnologyBy Chris Rheeston April 27, 2018

The Media House Project is the fruit of a strategic alliance between the Metapolis Group from Barcelona, the MIT Media Lab, and the Fundació Politècnica…

THE ENDESA WORLD FAB CONDENSER

Buildings, Energy, Matter Cycles, SELF SUFFICIENCY, ThingsBy Chris Rheeston April 27, 2018

The ENDESA WORLD FAB CONDENSER is a thermodynamic prototype - a bioclimatic dome installed at the fast-changing Plaça de Glories, within the framework of the…

ENDESA PAVILION

Buildings, Energy, SELF SUFFICIENCYBy Chris Rheeston April 27, 2018

The ENDESA Pavilion is a self-sufficient solar prototype which is installed at the Marina Dock, within the framework of the International BCN Smart City Congress.…

FAB LAB SOLAR HOUSE

Buildings, Energy, SELF SUFFICIENCYBy Chris Rheeston April 26, 2018

The Fab Lab House Project lead by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, the Center for Bit and Atoms of the MIT and a worldwide network of fab labs…

SEAMLESS

Material Research, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, SELF SUFFICIENCY, ThingsBy Chris Rheeston April 26, 2018

The digital fabrication jacket uses a variety of digital and analogue tools including digital computing and fabrication methods which meant that we were able to…

DRESSELLATE

Material Research, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, SELF SUFFICIENCY, ThingsBy Chris Rheeston April 26, 2018

Dressellate explores different folding techniques by transforming 2D patterns and a piece of fabric into a 3D volume. The prototype made from thin plastic sheets…

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