SHIFTING FERROFLUID. 2010 Design Topology Lab is a research platform dedicated to the ontology of space defined by mathematics. Unlike typical parametric methodologies base on fixed linear hierarchical structures, DTL focuses its works on developing and manipulating flexible generative engines which allow computational worlds to be embedded inside one another. DTL also designs; emphasizing that [...]
Free Form Vault View 01 100 Days of Freeform Timbrel Vaulting from XYZoo on Vimeo. Freeform Catalan Thin-tile vault This research project presents important advances in timbrel vaulting, made possible through innovation in form finding, guidework systems and construction methods. A full-scale prototype has been realized with the application of new research in the following [...]
Rizophoras´s Resort View Open publication – Free publishing – More red mangrove RHIZOPHORA This project is the result of an extensive research of biomimetic patterns and parametric architecture based on the principles of biology expressed on the design. Rhizophora is a resort located in Puerto Juarez; an ecological resort in the gulf of México north [...]
Art of Sneakers View 01 The hidden Art of Sneakers Ora-ïto from Evolo The natural acrylic stone material HI-MACS® was chosen by eminent French artist Ora-ïto for his entry into the recent Wallpaper/Reebok exhibition in London. Fabricated by Candido Hermida in Spain, HI-MACS® was selected for its outstanding properties, visual and tactile effects and the ability to [...]
Human Artware 01 BASICO UNO Workshop results This Project is the outcome of the workshop research done during the first half of the first academic semester of the students that participated in the workshop BÁSICO UNO. This “origami” project consists in the creation and transformation of spaces. Questioning the way of experiencing common spaces reasoning [...]
Workshop destinado principalmente para Arquitectos y Diseñadores interesados en el aprendizaje de diseño paramétrico y en la creación de algoritmos generativos para su implementación en distintos procesos de diseño, el curso cubrirá los conceptos básicos para abordar proyectos de diseño a través del desarrollo de herramientas algorítmicas mediante un proceso de programación visual, se utilizará [...]