Robotic Arm Fabrication

Radlab is currently hosting and conducting a new course exploring robotic arm fabrication for architectural applications.  You can visit the course blog here.

Armstrong Teasdale Rhino Script

This is a script that was written at Radlab for CW Keller, enabling them to CNC mill a series of compound curved surfaces by subdividing them into horizontal, sectional ribs.

Architecture Competition

I'm running an architecture competition.


http://allthatglittersisgood.tumblr.com/

The rules are simple.
Submit any drawing that is 1.) of architecture 2.) uses glitter and win $500 USD. All you have to do is upload a picture of your drawing. (The jury is also pretty rad.)

WIT // SP10

Well, we've kicked off the spring semester of Design Computing and Digital Fabrication at Wentworth.  This semester we're thrilled to have sponsorships from Z Corporation, Epilog Laser, and it looks like Au Bon Pain is going to sponsor the final review with delicious coffee and pastries!  Thank you all for your wonderful support.  It's going to be an exciting semester.

WIT // FA09

Below are some samples of work from the Design Computing and Digital Fabrication class at Wentworth (WIT) this fall.  Further details of the projects can be seen on the class blog.  Most of the models were built using Zcorp 3d printing at Radlab.  Rhino was used as the primary modeling software, in conjunction with Rhinoscripting and Grasshopper.

Adams Pendant

At Radlab we recently completed a light pendant, and for both the process of generating design possibilities, and for solving issues of fabrication, vbscript for Rhino helped enormously. I've included some process images and photographs that we didn't post to the website.

Custom designed for a private residence in Southern California, the twin lanterns serve as hanging center pieces for the main gathering space. Given the height at which they were to be positioned and the space they were intended to illuminate, the goal of the design was to elicit a continuous fluidity of light and motion around each pendant. By developing an algorithm that referenced a volume, an external 'point' of view, and an array of surface control vertices, a textured volume of non-repetitive sections was achieved. A selection of unique isoparametric curves that undulate in both latitude and longitude were then sampled to produce the resultant form.

New Workshop

I'm going to be teaching a new workshop in Rhinoscripting geared towards architects in Portland with Kenfield Griffith.

I'll be updating the workshop progress and outcome here. Kenfield is currently setting up a class site with all the materials, most will probably be very familiar to anyone who's taken a workshop with us.