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- 28 MarHyperbody designs a SynSerre (Synergetic Greenhouse)
- 23 Marguest researcher Ismael Quevedo Medina joins hyperBODY
- 21 MarMarco Verde lecturing at AA Visiting School in Paris
- 18 MarBook launch presentation: Towards a New Kind of Building - A Designers' Guide for Non-Standard Architecture
- 17 MarInteractive Workshop with Prof. Antonino Saggio and Hyperbody
- 09 MarMinor project ‘Linked’ shortlisted project for 3rd International Competition TRIMO URBAN CRASH
- 03 MarLecture by Kas Oosterhuis - New Kind of Building
- 25 FebQuantum Point Cloud Workshop - Spring 2011: Feb 25th - March 15th
- 17 FebProf Kas Oosterhuis entry for the 2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge: QuantumBIM
- 16 FebSilver DDC Award 2011 for InteractiveWall
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Time:
18th October Tuesday, 10:45
Venue:protoSPACE (Zaal D)
Free-form Design by data-driven components
On the example of the remodelling of a house in Lower Austria, it is shown, how free-from design can be used to solve restrictions of local zoning law and how parametric design can be used to structurally optimize a shell construction by local differentiation of each shell component.
Architectural free-form design, though omni-present in the conceptual work of universities and architectural practices, still is a rare feature in the built environment. If such formal concepts materialize, it is usually either a very prominent building brought to life by a huge team of highly educated experts or it is about a small, temporary building, such as a pavilion or booth. The latter usually do not have to meet much of the usual safety and legal standards. Between these cornerstones, there is a surprisingly big gap of every-day architecture, which rarely seems to be affected by the idea of free-form design. Also, there might be a lot of reasons for this fact - from design preferences of the involved planners to strict regulationsn the appearance of buildings -, this basically has to do with a lack of experience of smaller practices and the reluctance of the building industry and contractors to take on unusual building tasks.
Evolutionary Energy Design
Kaleidoscope City - daylight & adaptability
An evolutionary strategy towards a master plan for a super-dense and highly sustainable developement Kaleidoscope School - orientation & radiation. An evolutionary strategy for an efficient and differentiated ambiance
Bernhard Sommer graduated from Vienna University of Technology in 1999 and currently teaches and researches in the field of Energy Design as an Assistant Professor at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna.
In 2003, he founded Exikon, an independent architecture practice based in Vienna, which, since 2006, has a full license as a civil engineer practice. Its aim is to use latest palnning technologies to integtrate engineering skills into the architectural design process.
He was awarded the Arch+ Prize 2000, the MAK Schindler fellowship and the prize for Experimental Tendencies in Architecture.