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La Llum Tafanera
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La Llum Tafanera

Interactive Spaces, Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive TechnologyBy madsystemsJuly 11, 2018Leave a comment
La Llum Tafanera, The Curious Light, is an interactive kinetic light installation that wants to make technology more friendly and close to the public through the simulation of the…
IAAC Chromatic Skins
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CHROMATIC SKINS

Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGNBy Chris RheestonMay 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…
drone
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TRANSLATED GEOMETRIES

Material Research, Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive TechnologyBy Chris RheestonMay 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…
project-terraperforma
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TERRAPERFORMA – OTF 2016/2017

3D Printing, LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING, Material Research, Material Research, New Technologies, Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive Technology, RoboticsBy Chris RheestonMay 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…
library of lost books
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FREEDOM: The Library of Lost Books

Material Research, Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive TechnologyBy Chris RheestonApril 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…
Pluja De Llum
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PLUJA DE LLUM

Interactive Spaces, Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive TechnologyBy Chris RheestonApril 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 project
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BRILLEN EN LA FOSCOR

Interactive Spaces, Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive TechnologyBy Chris RheestonApril 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…
Media House Project
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MEDIA HOUSE

Interactive Spaces, Performance Facades, RESPONSIVE DESIGN, Responsive TechnologyBy Chris RheestonApril 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…
bio-ceramic-system
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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 RheestonApril 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 systems
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Bio-Photovoltaic 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 RheestonApril 18, 2018
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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