The project is also showcased in suckerPUNCH! Congratulation!

Ramsey Yassa from BD reviews DS13 end of year show.

Smartgeometry is a week long, two part event which consists of a workshop and a conference, bringing together practitioners, specialists and students to explore the ever-expanding possibilities of digital fabrication and parametricism. Teams or ‘clusters’ were formed from the 100 participants, each with a different agenda. I was enrolled with the cluster which was exploring Parametric Acoustic Surfaces. See Photos for more details of the other Clusters.

During the four day workshop the ‘Acoustic’ cluster , lead by Brady Peters and Martin Tamke of CITA, designed and produced a 1:1 installation which explored the performance of acoustic panelling.  The participants were able to design their own panels using Generative Components or other digital means. These were constructed using the CNC machine and laser cutter available at IaaC, and collated on a single form. Orange acoustic foam was used to absorb sound and Di-bond and plywood were used to reflect and scatter sound.

The overall form of the ‘Sound Installation’ had been designed to incorporate a façade which focused sound due to its parabolic curvature, a façade which scattered sound, and an enclosed space which isolated the user from the outside environment, performing acoustically as an absorbent or dull space.

The following attachments detail the design process SoundBox01 SoundBox02

Brady Peters also put together a book of this project which can be previewed here

Check out a couple of interesting entries on vray settings and lasercutting techniques.

Our end of year catalogue has just been published. You can download the DS13 section here.

The project is concerned with a museum typology informed by a very specific architectural language and experiential affect. This affect is based on tangential continuity as a spatial mediator and structural technique.

The connective relationships between the buildings functions have been developed through research focused upon the movement of people between museum spaces. The experiential affect is a product of the transition between the prismic geometry of the surrounding urban context, to which the building’s exterior skin is aligned,  and the specific performative nature of the interconnected, tangentially continuous circulatory network.

More here.

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Students from Stevens Institute of Technology are showcasing GC work at Center for Architecture in New York offering a glimpse of what can be expected at Smart Geometry 2009 in San Francisco.

For a more in depth look at their projets, go to Stevens Class Wiki.