london UNITED KINGDOM

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

richard BECKETT, sarat BABU, & aleksa RIZOVA: Constructed from less than 1kilogram of plastic, Fragile explores the delicate and the impossible. The project is inspired by the convergence between nature and technology which challenges the aesthetics and constructive methods of human structures and objects. Fragile is the result, a combination of biological minimalism inspired by natures structural efficiency and the fabrication of the impossible through the use of new Additive Layer Manufacturing processes which produce pieces of incredible complexity and detail that would be virtually impossible otherwise.

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los angeles CALIFORNIA

SCI-Arc
advisor: andrew ATWOOD

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

william HU, samuel LIEW, haleh OLFATI, & jasmine PARK: Layered catenary is a series of experiments that explore material behavior and free form fabrication of a rheological material. The material is deposited from a specifically designed end arm tool mounted on a 6-axis robot. The tool is activated through a pneumatic piston controlled by the integrated air system of the robot arm. The motion of the robot is controlled by Thino and a Grasshopper script generated by Andrew Atwood.

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london ENGLAND

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

daniel WELHAM & mark NICOL: Fourfoursixsix were invited to participate as one of the artists for the Fabergé Big Egg Hunt which runs throughout London from 21st February 2012. The city will become home to 200 giant and uniquely crafted Easter eggs for an event that is a first of its kind, aiming to raise vital funds for charities Action for Children and Elephant Family, inviting tourists, locals and visitors to join in a truly magical experience.

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hong kong CHINA

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

KWOK-TUNG chun: This project aimed to partition off two rooms from a tiny flat 4.4 by 7.2 meters, of which impossible to give the rooms windows that are toward to outside. Thus, optimise the qualities of the two rooms is the goal of the design, regarding natural lighting, ventillation and privacy.

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college station TEXAS

Texas A&M University
critic: gabriel ESQUIVEL

Team: Matt MILLER, Dale FENTON, Emau VEGA, Aubrie DAMRON, Adrian CORTEZ
Photos: Emau VEGA

Texas A&M University FabLab, Gabriel ESQUIVEL: The project began as a performative wall system that reacted differently to exterior and interior spaces. We realized we had to confront the fact we had two different surface logics, so rather than trying to blend these conditions, we decided to emphasize the difference indicating two current design directions. This resulted in two polar opposite geometries with opposite personalities that strongly defined exteriority and interiority.

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saint louis MISSOURI

Fall 2011 digital fabrication studio. Students in order by last name: Zephyr Anthony, Andrew Davis, Kyle Fant, Xiaoshuang Hu, Allyson Justmann, Andrew McCready, Kelly Peoples, Xiaofei Ren, Bo Sheng, Jody Smith, Ben Stephenson, Tommy Watkins, Duo Yu.

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

SALTWORKS: The installation requirements were the piece had to be designed on a bio-mimetic principal using parametric modelling, and the end result should be kinetic.

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chicago ILLINOIS

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

stephen COORLAS & dominic PETERNEL: For this installation we were challenged by the gallery curator to exhibit “architecture” in an experimental fashion. Our response was to design an intensive experience that would locate the viewer in the convoluted realm of graphic, product, and architectural design.

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beijing CHINA

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

xin WANG + christoph KLEMMT (ORPROJECT):

1. ANISOTROPIA: Anisotropia is based on Klavierstück I, a composition for piano by Orproject director Christoph Klemmt. The piano piece uses a twelve tone row which is repeated and altered by the different voices, in order to create complex rhythmic patterns.
Anisotropia becomes the physical manifestation of Klavierstück I, a frozen piece of music.

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silivri TURKEY

This project was built as part of the student event MEDS, Meeting of European Design Students, during a two week period in August 2011. The theme was to design a pavilion that relates to the connection between Europe and Asia.

The interior of the Blue Mosque represents the starting point for the concept. The ellipse of light is the geometry that inspired the project. In order to determine the interior space of the pavilion, an ellipse is used to generate a fluid organic shape which eventually has to adapt to the constraints of the diagonals of the box.

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rotterdam THE NETHERLANDS

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

dimitrie STEFANESCU, patrick BEDARF, bogdan HAMBASAN: The project started out as an ambitious student-powered endeavor to design and fabricate at a 1:1 scale the flagship pavilion for the ZA11 Speaking Architecture event in Cluj, Romania. While at the same time integrating into its historically-charged context, the design boasts a strong representational power which was much needed in order to fulfill its main goal: attracting passers-by to the event. The object tries to make legible the new ontology which is slowly defined by computational architecture and is a showcase for the processes empowered by it. At the same time, the pavilion offers a sheltered space for the unfolding of different social events pertaining to the corresponding architecture festival.

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