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LifeCycleBuilding Challenge 2

Competition layout for the Life Cycle Building Challenge 2. This is Archimorphs second year entering in the competition. OPEN is a project based off the idea that solving the problems of the many, by the many, through open source, peer-to-peer cooperation will solve our problems. Sustainable housing solutions will come from the help and cooperation […]

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ARCHIMORPH + LBC2[008]

Presentation boards have been electronically submitted to the Life Cycle Building Challenege 2, and are awaiting judging. For more information on the project you can visit the updated Archimorph website, under the Projects category. After the judging is complete, an in-depth analysis, of both text and images will be posted on the blog. In the […]

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OpenSource Housing

The above image is an early concept rendering of the 3d printed modules creating a formed wall. OpenSource Housing is the concept we are currently developing for the LifeCycleBuilding Challenege 2, where the competition looks at the entire lifecycle of the designed building, from building materials to the systems incorporated. Where rectalinear and uniform building […]

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ACADIA:08 Silicon + Skin

Climatic data has been employed in the architectural discipline since its onset as can be seen in the placement of xxxx buildings to maximize xxxx. The advancement of digital and building technologies has continued to generate a field of dynamic responses to the environment through the implementation of responsive apertures and fins as well as […]

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Social Erosion

REACH Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Award Southern Illinois University, School of Architecture (Statement of Project Objectives) Are there any clues to our innate social desires imbedded in the way we move through public space? If so, can these clues be identified and given a discreet value which can be codified in algorithmic form, and used to […]

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Smart Geometry 2008

For the 2008 Smart Geometry Conference in Munch, Germany we are submitting our “Cultivating Spaces” proposal. We will be developing a paramatric model in Generative Components that is responsive to a complex set up constraints, such as; environmental data, human behavior, spatial qualities, economy, and fabrication. More details will be posted later as they are […]

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eVolo:: 08 Skyscraper

We will now be looking at the typology of the skyscraper for the 2008 eVolo competition. This competition challenges us to look at the history of the skyscraper and the podium tower typology and redifine it. Research will be posted in coming weeks.

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.:IaaC:. Final Submittal

The presentation boards have been submitted to the 2007 IaaC Self-Fab Home Competition. The presentation boards, new graphs, images, and a powerpoint shall be posted at a later date. The site will now switch gears focusing work towards the genetic evolution script of these structures, which is ongoing and will continue to be researched and […]

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Final Presentation

After hours of 3d rendering and scripting, the presentation boards have finally been completed. Enjoy!

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