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Architectural Association, Design Research Lab (DRL)

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

SoftKill Design (nicholette CHAN, gilles RETSIN, aaron SILVER, & sophia TANG): Softkill Design investigated the architectural potential of the latest Selective Laser Sintering technologies, testing the boundaries of large scale 3-D printing by designing with computer algorithms that micro-organize the printed material itself. With the support of Materialise, Softkill Design produced a high-resolution prototype of a 3D Printed house at 1:33 scale. The model consists of 30 detailed fibrous pieces which can be assembled into one continuous cantilevering structure, without need for any adhesive material.

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suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

nicholette CHAN, gilles RETSIN, aaron SILVER, & sophia TANG: Body topologic explores processes of self-organization which result in complex topological forms. Working with non-linear dynamics and local rules, node-networked bodies generated a variety of surface and volume organizations. These organizations explore algorithmic notions of material intelligence, ultimately producing topological entities that have coherent order when nearing a dynamically stable state.

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