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This instructable will cover my own experiments with laser kerf bent wood, also known as lattice hinges, and how I tried to create it parametrically t...

Royal College of Art graduate Oluwaseyi Sosanya has created a loom that can weave in three dimensions and used it to create a shoe sole.

There are two main constraints preventing 3D printing from becoming a major factor in the manufacturing of large scale objects. First and foremost is speed, and

Small robots printing big structures. A research by Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia focused on the future of robotic construction. #Minibuilders #3dprinting

Instructables designer Natalie Walsh has created a stunning fiber optic dress that is covered in a free-flowing array of fiber optic filaments. She's posted detailed instructions on how to make the...

Our initial intention for the project was in fact to problematize the connection amongst-form, space, and structure. The project came toour studio after a year of being on hold due to the client’s dissatisfaction. The skeleton and barrier walls of the structure were thoroughly constructed. There was a central, octagonal void surrounded by columns, which …

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Instead of designing for the extremely rare maximum load scenarios, why not build with minimum material input and have buildings adjust to varying dynamic loads like snow and wind? Researchers at the University of Stuttgart teamed up with Bosch Rexroth (an engineering firm specializing in drive and control technologies) to create an ultra-lightweight wooden shell which owes its adaptive structural behavior to a specifically designed hydraulic drive system. SmartShell is only four centimeters thick, covers a surface area of 100 square meters (1076 square feet), and features hydraulic drives positioned at its four support points. The system produces imperceptible movements and adjusts the shell’s geometry to compensate deformations and ma...

This is amazing!

An artist virtually flies the globe via Google Earth, capturing its most eye-popping aerial views along the way.

The workshop was part of our module "New Technologies", driven by Linda Hildebrand. Within the module we had a closer look on traditional Buildingpart connections, trying to rethink them by using computational tools.

The latest project by Ed Burtynsky focuses on our relationship to water -- how we use it and abuse it, and how that shapes our world.

The Architects Brain 11/11 ‘In pre-modern epochs, renewal of practice was always initiated by looking backwards, as a return to the fundamentals.

The roots of CGI lie in the first mechanical aids to drawing and painting. The earliest of these were developed to help solve a problem every artist has found to be sticky: perspective.

Lighter and stronger.

Los Angeles California based Bot Laboratory, founded by Zachary Schoch, has showcased a giant 3D printed 1.9m wall, called the m_Wall at the 2014 Maker Faire.

In this excerpt from his new book, Max Tegmark proposes that our reality isn't just described by mathematics, it is mathematics.

Pattern Exploration + Innovation