Fabrication and Materials

M7 Local yew design competition introduction

M7 Local yew design competition introduction

Introduction If science is a theoretical approach to understand nature, construction is a practical approach to make the most of what we have in nature. In this way, construction is a moment we face directly with nature, our environments as…

M4 Material Ecologies – Guest Lectures

M4 Material Ecologies – Guest Lectures

M4 Guest Lectures Tomasz Jaskiewicz and Stefan Dulman, 25th February 2013 More info here about our guest presenters here:  http://www.mas.caad.arch.ethz.ch/blog/caad-lecture-series-35-tomasz-jaskiewicz-stefan-dulman/ Weixin Huang, 18th February 2013 More info here about our guest presenters here:  http://www.mas.caad.arch.ethz.ch/blog/caad-lecture-series-weixin-huang-lei-yu/   Lei Yu, 18th February 2013…

M4 Material Ecologies

M4 Material Ecologies

Within this course we look at the potential of smart materials to create a performative, responsive architectural installation. The proposed project takes its inspiration from nature, in particular the behaviour of organisms and the for- mation of cellular colonies, in…

Phototropia

Phototropia

a self-sufficient architectural vision Phototropia is part of an ongoing series on the application of smart materials in an architectural context and was realized in April 2012 by the Master of Advanced Studies class at the Chair for CAAD.

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