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    Patchwork

    <p>It may be difficult for modern man to believe that what is known as handicraft was once the advanced manufacturing of the day. These techniques…

  • Generative Design Tool featured image

    Generative Design Tool

    <p>The piezoelectric facade as a self-sustained technology can generate a considerable amount of energy by converting swaying motions (actuated by…

  • Algorithmic Patterns for Facade Design featured image

    Algorithmic Patterns for Facade Design

    <p>Recently, building envelopes have been exhibiting complex shapes and patterns, a trend supported by current digital technologies. Likewise, the…

  • Hydroformed Shading

    New approaches to lightweight metal forming have the potential to advance architectural fabrication, particularly in the design and engineering of

  • Geometric Patterns as Architectural Forms featured image

    Geometric Patterns as Architectural Forms

    <p>Facade design is a key component of architectural expression, and increasingly a key design consideration due to growing importance of factors…

  • Developments in Gridshell Design featured image

    Developments in Gridshell Design

    <p>In 1959 Heinz Isler challenged the world of concrete shell design by proposing a series of shapes for shells that were very different from what…