THIS COURSE EXAMINES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES. IT IS A RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION SEMINAR, WHICH STUDIES STRUCTURES AND ORGANIZATIONS AS THEY OCCUR IN NATURE AT MULTIPLE SCALES, AND IT, UTILIZES GENERATIVE DESIGN AND FABRICATION TECHNIQUES TO ARRIVE AT INTRICATE ARCHITECTURAL ASSEMBLIES. THE EXPLORATION IS BASES ON THE STUDY OF RECENT ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND LINEAGE OF NATURALISTS, ENGINEERS AND DESIGNERS WHO PIONEERED ECOLOGICAL THINKING AND BUILDING.
AFTER AN IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF PATTERNS AND THEIR FUNCTION IN NATURE A FAMILY OF VESSELS WERE CREATED TO EXPLORE AND TEST THE LIMITATIONS OF ABSTRACTED PATTERNS AS THEY ARE PROJECTED ONTO THE VARIOUS FORMS.
PLA AND POWDER PRINTS
NANOTECTONICA: JONAS COERSMEIER
GROUP: MAELEEN TAYLOR
SPRING 2016