architectual experiments. “Wetware ’ 09 is Alisa Andrasek’s DRL Studio this 2009.”
by Reuben Margolin. “On the spiral wave the original concept came during a rafting trip, every time you paddle, there is this spiral sort of eddy coming off the back of the paddle in the water, and after 10 days of looking at that thing i had a spiral wave more or less figured out. So then i came back here to my shop [..]” via make magazine, hazel-lim
new books
1 Modular Structures by Asterios Agkathidis. ”this book examines morphogenetic processes based on a combination of digital and analogue modelling and manufacturing techniques. The introduction of the module, as the main instrument of geometric and structural determination, becomes crucial.”
2 Bio-structural. Analogues in architecture by Joseph Lim. “This book seeks to discover the architectural potential of biological structures as they can be found in nature. The structures that give biological forms strength, movement, firmness, and flexibility are studied, illustrated, and used as an inspiration for a huge number of design experiments of which the thinking, working, and final prototyping process are shown.”
by john douglas powers, 2006. wood, steel, paper, cat iron, typewriters and electric motors. video. dont miss dream and undulations.
via hazel.
kinetic architecture by autoxic. “This building does not have a definite shape. It is always changed by the occupation of people. The lifted up ground creates interior space for conference, lecture hall, theater, etc. This building is a new type of the monument disigned by human activity.”
Kinetic Design and the Animation of Products
by Ben Hopson for core77. An article about designing kinetic objects driven by “new technologies, new materials and increasingly sophisticated consumer tastes all demand colossal transformations. [..] Because motion is so elemental and so completely unexplored in design aesthetics, there is no limit to how it will be capitalized upon in the future. Kinetic Design will lead to new kinds of architecture, food, and chemical processes just as easily as it will lead to a better DVD player aperture.” But how do we get there? How can we design movement in 3-dimensional objects? How do we learn from science fiction? What is the language of movement, what is the vocabulary for motion, what are methods for sketching motion, how to record motion? Article includes a series of videos with kinetic sketches [1] [2] [3]
via toxi delicious, related Arthur Ganson, Theo Jansen, Jean Tinguley
Machines that almost fall over
by Michael Kontopoulos. “A system of sculptures that is constantly on the brink of collapse. Michael Kontopoulos’ intention was to capture and sustain the exact moment of impending catastrophe and endlessly repeat it.”
