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What is D-Shape?
d_shape is a new robotic building system using new materials to create superior stone-like structures.
This new machinery enables full-size sandstone buildings to be made without human intervention, using a stereolithography 3-D printing process that requires only sand and our special inorganic binder to operate. d_shape is a new building technology which will revolutionize the way architectural design is planned, and building constructions are executed. By simply pressing the “enter” key on the keypad we intend to give the architect the possibility to make buildings directly, without intermediaries who can add interpretation and realization mistakes.
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I have been researching and collecting information on airports recently and came across an interesting project by Foster + Partners. The project is for the Spaceport America and is located in New Mexico. It’s 110,000-plus square facility was designed using cost effective, energy-efficient green building practices. In accordance with New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson’s executive order 2006-001 for state buildings, Spaceport America’s terminal hangar facility will be built to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED rating system.
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I recently came across an article in the NY TImes Magazine . The article describes the architectural organization of the airport and raises some key ideas pertaining to the efficiency’s of an airport. What is interesting is how one day, we may be able to fly without much delay……maybe, but I will still not fly Delta.
For most of the 20th century, airports were designed to connect two modes of transport: the automobile and the aircraft. But as global air travel expanded, that seemingly simple function resulted in ever-larger and more complex airports. Most hub airports are now plagued by air-traffic congestion, inconvenient parking, crowded check-in halls and undignified security procedures.
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We are pleased to announce the launch of the Apo Mechanes studio and workshop to be held in Athens this summer.
Apo Mechanes is an intensive 2.5 week computational design studio dedicated to furthering the techniques and concepts of computation as means for the production of spatial environments. Apo Mechanes will investigate the modes of algorithmic processes in architectural design and fabrication. Apo Mechanes is derived from “από μηχανής”, literally “from the machine”, and refers to the machinic nature of the studio in both an abstract/diagrammatic and a literal fabrication sense. It will run from the 27th of July till the 11th of August.
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We at core.form-ula are pleased to announce that Evan Douglis will be the new Dean at the School of Architecture at RPI. We are very excited for Evan and look forward to working with him in the near future. With this decision, we feel RPI has made an incredible move to secure their position as an excellent design school. Please read the public announcements from both RPI and Pratt.
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