Material Research Archives

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Bio Ceramic System

Buildings, Citizen Technologies, Energy, Governance / Policies, INFORMATION SOCIETY, Interactive Spaces, Material Research, Matter Cycles, Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive Technology, SELF SUFFICIENCY, ThingsBy Chris Rheeston April 18, 2018

The Bio Ceramic System is a studio experiment which was developed at IAAC by Iker Luna, under Luis Fraguada, inside the Open Thesis Fabrication programme,…

Bio-Photovoltaic System

The bio-photovoltaic panel consists of a battery in which energy is harvested from bacteria inside the soil to release electrons. Installed at the Valldaura campus of…

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Torre Baró Self Sufficient District

3D Printing, Buildings, Citizen Participation, Citizen Technologies, Energy, Food, Governance / Policies, INFORMATION SOCIETY, Interactive Spaces, LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING, Material Research, Material Research, Matter Cycles, New Technologies, Open Source, Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive Technology, Robotics, SELF SUFFICIENCY, ThingsBy Chris Rheeston April 17, 2018

As part of the Self Sufficient neighbourhood project, the City Council of Barcelona invited the Design and Architecture Schools of Barcelona to participate in a…