london UNTIED KINGDOM

The Bartlett, UCL
GAD, Research Cluster 2
critics: Isaïe BLOCH & Moa CARLSSON.

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Wangshu ZHOU & Jieru DING: This project explores the relationship between material properties of solid wood and CNC-milling technology. In the material study, by investigating the physical effects of drilling in wood, including traces and residual byproducts, a design system is proposed to covert these uncontrollable “misfits” into designable elements within their size and distribution.

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melbourne AUSTRALIA

RMIT University
critic: Gwyllim JAHN

Stephen ANNETT & Grant TREWELLA: Our project is not about using algorithms to optimize architectural production in any fashion. Rather, it is in pursuit of fragile qualities: ridges, spires, aperiodic pattern and the suggestion of stress that in unison form a building with a unique, singular language and character.

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