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Here we present the final projects by the students at the Harvard GSD Mass Timber run by Hanif Kara and Jennifer Bonner. Hanif Kara (AKT II) Professor in Practice and Jennifer Bonner (MALL) Associate Professor of Architecture along with 14 graduate students at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, published ideas on mass timber through the design of houses located in the American South. The studio titled “Mass Timber and the Scandinavian Effect” tackles questions of the aesthetics of wood and CLT Blanks (15m x 3m panels) as a pedagogical experiment. CLT TOWER “The inherent axial strength of CLT blanks…
[maxbutton id=”14″] Christina Cogdell is an associate professor and chair of the design department at University of California. She is also the author of award-winning book “Eugenic Design: Streamlining America in the 1930s”. Cogdell teaches design history, theory and criticism through a large number of lectures and seminars with a focus on bio-design, self-organization and emergence. In the last few years, she has been researching generative architecture and design for her current book “Toward a Living Architecture? Complexism and biology in Generative Design” with fellowships she received from the Mellon Foundation, American Council of Learned Societies, The Canadian Centre for Architecture…
[maxbutton id=”12″ url=”https://vagon.io/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=parametric” text=”TRY NOW” ] Stockholm based startup vagon, provides private cloud computers built to run high-performance applications like Revit and 3Ds Max. It’s like owning the best workstation without buying it. They began out of the frustration a lot of us have faced – the lack of computer power required for the software we use. Their focus was a “Click & Use” computer system that would provide the processing power whenever you need it with the ability to add more power with one click. Each computer is an individual virtual machine with flexible super performance accessed via an…
Neil Leach is an architect, professor, curator, and writer. He teaches at Tongji University, European Graduate School, and Harvard Graduate School of Design. Leach has also taught at many prestigious institutions, such as the Architectural Association, Cornell University, IaaC, and SCI-Arc. In addition to his teaching career, he is also a widely known author with more than 30 books published in the fields of critical theory and digital design. His books include Rethinking Architecture (Routledge 1997), Designing for a Digital World (Wiley,2002), and Computational Design (Tongji University Press, 2018), for which he collaborated with Philip F Yuan. Philip F Yuan…
SETUParchitecture, led by Dutch-Iranian architect Sina Mostafavi, completed the construction of Softstone, a mid-rise office building in Tehran, Iran.
The Khesht Baf building is in the west of Tehran. Khesht-Baf has 4-storeys, two of which are underground and include a swimming pool, a gym, a parking lot, a storage room, and a mechanical room.
Khesht Baf Villa by Image Architects Tehran based practice, Image Architects, has completed Khesht Bad Villa in Tehran, Iran. Text description provided by architects: Khesht Baf building located in west part of Tehran. The architecture of the building was handed over to the IMAGE ARCHITECTS when the construction of the skeleton and concrete was completed. Khesht-Baf 4 floors, two of which are underground and used for swimming pool, gym, parking lot, storage room and mechanical room. The first and second floors are residential units. The main challenge in this project was to create a space that meets the needs of…
PA Sense: Trailer Hello, I’m Hamid Hassanzadeh. I’m the founder and editor in chief of Parametric Architecture Magazine known as PA. PA is an online magazine about art, architecture and technology, which covers the latest news in parametric and computational design. And this is PA Sense podcast where you’ll find a mix of our PA Talks video series, Design Therapy interviews, my keynote speeches, team PA Next meetings, and fireside chats. We had the privilege to hold interviews and meet the pioneers of architecture and design and talk about their career, experiences, methodologies and their visions. Join me over…
Rhino for Architects MasterClass by HowToRhino Rhino for Architects Masterclass is an online event organized by How to Rhino taking place from March 19th to April 2nd. The admission to this masterclass is free, all you need to do is to register herehttps://howtorhino.com/masterclass The goal of this masterclass is to spread the word about Rhino and parametric modeling with Grasshopper and how to implement it specifically for the architecture industry. Our goal is to reach as many architects as possible and show them the opportunity that lies within this software and show them what are some of the best workflows,…
Advanced Design Architects at UNStudio – Shanghai Skills: Rhinoceros 3D (Grasshopper 3D and RhinoScript / Python a plus), AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite Education: 5-8+ years of experience as a Design Architect Location: Shanghai, ChinaOffice: UNStudioType: Full-time [maxbutton id=”13″ url=”mailto: [email protected]” ] UNStudio is looking for an Advanced Design Architects to join their team at Shanghai office. As an international architectural firm, UNStudio is active in the broadest fields of architecture. Our project portfolio covers every aspect of architecture, ranging from small to large scale projects, research and theory. The atmosphere within our offices in Amsterdam, Shanghai, and Hong Kong is…