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hard.core: soccer ball topology

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Its been a week since the World Cup has ended and I thought we can remember it by looking back at the production of the soccer ball. It was always interesting to see how players would kick the soccer ball to make it bend in ways you think is not possible….part of this is achievable because of the uniformity of the football and its directional spin. I am in the process of assisting in research that is looking into what is the most efficient topology to obtain the greatest uniformity on a soccer ball. There a many ways of developing optimized or most roundest sphere…have a look at how Adidas does it with the production of the Jabulani.

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core.events: NPNY 2010

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New Practices New York 2010 exhibition opening
When: Thursday July 15th 2010 at
Where: The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, NYC

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core.form-ula: craft series August 2010

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After many requests from our readers to conduct a design workshop, core.form-ula will begin its first intensive-hands-on craft series workshop at the de Castellane Gallery located in the heart of Brooklyn, minutes away from Manhattan by subway.  The workshop will cover the use of Ecotect and Rhino/Grasshopper to develop techniques of evaluating performative form in architecture.

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hard.core: Tornado Merc

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The Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany can produce an artificial tornado by re-appropriating  its internal ventilation system.  I think this could be an interesting effect as an experience, but you have to wonder if its helpful to its occupants or was the goal to obtain the record for the Guinness Book of Records???

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core.balance: Inflat by Woods Bagot

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Inflatable Buildings That Could Earn $10 Million a Year

Using clever, super-green construction methods, Woods Bagot proposes a building system that would make use of the stalled sites littering New York.  In New York, the most glaring signs of the Great Recession are the stalled construction sites littering the city–boarded up, dusty, and desolate eyesores.

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