Tag Archives: high genus

SPAN and 7 axis robot.

Written by . Posted on August 9, 2008. Filed under projects, research design, research manufacturing. Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , . No comments.
7axis robot TU Vienna

We were lucky to get access to the 7Axis Industrial robot at the TU-Vienna at a workshop initiated by Sigrid Brell-Cokcan and Anita Aigner . We have been thinking about a specific Sofa & Ottoman in recent times, it came in perfectly handy that we … Read More →

SPAN lecture at Vienna Design Week.

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IMNO Gallery Self Organisation

Gerin Trautenberger, principal of Microgiants invited SPAN to give a talk on beauty, surface articulation and patterns and to join a panel discussion at the Vienna Design Week. The panelists included Dag Holmgren, Elisabeth Menasse-Wiesbauer (Zoom-Kindermuseum), Sybille Straubinger, James Skone and Matias del Campo. The … Read More →

High genus toplological surfaces.

Written by . Posted on December 14, 2006. Filed under research, research design. Tagged , , , , , , , . No comments.
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Recently we started to scrutinize a new software that combines two qualities we were looking for. The first is the application of mathematical algorithms which were developed for the medical field in order to create porous structures. In medicine this algorithms are used in the … Read More →

High genus entity – the butterfly pavilion.

Written by . Posted on November 28, 2006. Filed under research, research design. Tagged , , , , , , , , . No comments.
Butterfly01

After several failed attempts to gain control over high genus entities, we finally found a possible approach to design and visualize this architectonic problem. The basic idea is to create gradient transitions between interior and exterior, as well as to investigate novel approaches for circulation, … Read More →

Manufacturing diversity.

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R. Buckminster Fuller with Elaine de Kooning and Josef Albers, Summer 1948, ©Beaumont Newhall

Some notes on ideas how to break down the geometry of a complex curved surface in order to get individual pieces which can be fabricated and put together. We know some approaches so far, like making individual panels and put them together. Which means that … Read More →

High genus topological bodies.

Written by . Posted on November 14, 2006. Filed under research, research design. Tagged , , , , , , , , . No comments.
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After developing a couple of rough designs in TopMod, it seems that there could be an interesting crossbreeding between Topological Mesh Modeling and Heterogenous Space Frame Structures.