MAGLAB

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MAGLAB

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Barcelona-Damascus

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MAG LAB focuses on optimizing complex geometry with parametric design tools in conjunction with economic efficiency, structural performance, environmental impact, and programmatic progress. MAG LAB aims to create adaptable spatial organization by integrating architecture, landscape, infrastructure and urban planning, of which the formal consequences are generated through a variety of information in order to accommodate more possibilities of future.

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08JUN 2012

X-tra / Biodigital Architecture Master: MAGLAB + Co-de-iT

Posted in Design - Furniture by MAGLAB

The aim of the workshop is to give an introductory understanding of key concepts such as topology, information (in morphogenesis), redundancy and pluripotency as a mean to undisclose performative potential through morphology, from biological development to architectural design, within a general framework of an ecology of design.

Efficiency and performance in nature are the result of processes of self-organization in material systems which rely entirely on information exchange flows and the organization of these flows.

Within such a framework, redundancy and flamboyancy coexist with optimization at different scales, triggering emergent potential extra-qualities.

The use of digital tools is strongly and inevitably involved for their unique capacity to embed complexity in the design process via information flow management and rule-based patterns.

Participants will investigate specific geometric strategies such as those of lightweight and voluptuous bodies: folds, frazzles and plications as a mean for efficiency and performance (structural, movement, thermal). Animation and other techniques will be used to tease out differentiations and gradients between key configurations (attractors), as well as exploring the emergence of complexity and effects out of simple starting elements.

Aim Aim of the workshop will be (one of these 2 options): a.

to design an open-air stage for a dance festival.

to design a beach facility Getting advantage from the parametric features of Autodesk® 3D Studio MAX®, participants will generate and represent the the project's materials, from form generation and management up to renderings and, in best cases, animation.

Participants will use the software Autodesk® 3D Studio MAX® as main parametric modeling software.

Optional linkages can be made to other software listed below: . McNeel Rhinoceros® + Grasshopper (free plugin) Upon completion of this workshop, participants will understand: Creating objects – modifying – transforming .

use modifiers as parametric features .

design and modeling integrity and data consistency Constraints.

City:
barcelona

Design team:
. Credits
Workshop Organization:
Research:
Genetic Architectures
Research Group & Ph.D
Teaching:
Biodigital Architecture
Master’s Degree
Profession:
Genetic Architectures
Office, Barcelona

. Workshop directors:
. MArch.Aref Maksoud
MAGLAB Director, Authorized Training Center of McNeel (Robert McNeel & Associates– United States) in Middle East.
Visitor professor of architecture, College of architecture, fine arts and design
AIU "Arab International University", Syria.

Assistant professor of Biodigital Master and PHD program, EsArq - UiC (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya), Spain.
. PhD MArch Alessio Erioli
Professor in Architectural Design and Researcher at Università di Bologna (Italy)
Co-founder, designer and coder at Co-de-iT.

Participants :
Susana Martins
Claire Gordon
Homer Garcia
Milos Raonic
Pelin Dogan
Ryan Bostic
Serra Avsever
Michelle Lavayen
Renata Stefanelli
Pankaja Bagul

Status:
Completed

Website:
http://www.biodigitalarchitecture.com/workshops.html

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