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# Digital Fabrication

Emotion Reader: Responsive art Installation


MRAC-01 2024-2025 by
MRAC-01 2024-2025

Github: https://github.com/elicolds/emotionreader/ Introduction In the realm of architecture and art, installations serve as powerful mediums to explore the intersection of technology, human emotion, and design. Our project reimagines the relationship between viewers and spaces by creating an interactive structure that reacts dynamically to human presence and emotions. Combining hardware, software, and creative ingenuity, we designed … Read more

Studio I_Anatomy of a Machine: Shape


MRAC-01 2024-2025 by
MRAC-01 2024-2025

INTRO As part of the “Anatomy of a Machine – Shape” course, we engaged in an exercise that explores the possibilities of robotic material manipulation through various tools and techniques. Our objective was to research and experiment with sustainable, accessible, and locally available materials, applying scientific and creative principles to produce unique prototypes. This process … Read more

Studio I_Anatomy of a Machine: Spill _ FLOWPRESS


MRAC-01 2024-2025 by
MRAC-01 2024-2025

Introduction This seminar invites students to explore making custom made spillers controlled by Arduino and a 6-axes robotic arm in order to paint spills on canvas with black acrylic paint. Context   Recently we have clearly observed immense changes in production, prototyping, and innovation that has been influenced by open source software, firmware and hardware. Human … Read more

ReSkin


MRAC-02 2024-2025 by
MRAC-02 2024-2025

Context EU  generates 25-30% of all waste from construction and demolition (C&D) activities, much of which remains underutilized or sent to landfills Context while global temperatures are rising towards +4°c, building facades are a main contributor to the urban heat island effect within cities. BY 2050 about 70 % of the world’s population will live … Read more

Cacau I


MRAC-02 2024-2025 by
MRAC-02 2024-2025

Brasil is the seventh biggest productor of Cacao worldwide and 60% of its production is from family agriculture located in the states of Pará and South of Bahia. The Chocolate Supply Chain produces substantial amounts of waste, specifically the Cacao Pod Husk and the Cacao Seed Shell. The process of producing the Chocolate goes from … Read more

BACK TO ZERO


MAA-01 2024-2025 by
MAA-01 2024-2025

NARRATIVE Back to Zero is a regenerative concept that targets oil refineries and other aging infrastructures that pollute our world. The narrative is inspired from the “skin in the game” concept, and calculates lifetime co2 emissions for high emitting “hosts”, which then becomes a target for that same “host” to sequester through the carbon sequestration … Read more

El nacimiento de la ciudad nube y la Memoria del Agua


MaUP 2024-2025 by
MaUP 2024-2025

“Imaginemos un mundo donde las nubes no solo son un sueño, sino una realidad habitable, donde coexistimos con la atmósfera y regeneramos el planeta.” Tomás Saraceno Preludio Las ciudades latinoamericanas han crecido históricamente en desequilibrio con su entorno natural, enfrentando problemas como el crecimiento desordenado, la degradación ambiental y la crisis climática global. Ante estos … Read more

Directional Strength: Glulam Components in Force-Responsive Design


MAA-02 2023-2024 by
MAA-02 2023-2024

This research explores the optimization of glulam in architectural design by aligning material grading and grain orientation with force trajectories. Combining glulam offcuts and higher-grade timber, the study minimizes waste while maximizing structural efficiency. Computational workflows and generative algorithms are used to design force-aligned components for scalable applications. Prototypes demonstrate enhanced performance and sustainability, offering … Read more

Bio-Receptive | Interfaces I


MAA 2024-2025 by
MAA 2024-2025

Designing Bio-Digital Hybrids for Environmental Intelligence The project aims to addresses 3 key problems, by creating a system that brings together anthropogenic mass and bio-mass, sequesters carbon and purifies the air within it’s immediate context. The project is envisioned as an adaptive system, that can be aligned towards solving different problems through biological and digitally … Read more