Living Prototypes #1

Living Prototypes #1

The mid-term workshop in Barcelona of a European research project on digitally fabricated building components made with bio-based materials.
Partners:Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), Bonn; IAAC Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona; WASP, Massa Lombarda; ITKE, University of Stuttgart; FibR, Kernen; CITA, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen; COBOD, Copenhagen

ACCESS THE FUTURE: Connecting Us to New Habitats

ACCESS THE FUTURE: Connecting Us to New Habitats

On-demand living spaces hovering inside a building, fluid shared environments and new access opportunities for hybrid living/working spaces are the stunning outcomes of this ANCB Student Applied Innovations Lab.
Partners: Schindler, Ebikon, Leibniz University of Hannover; TU Braunschweig; TU Berlin

d.fragmentation

d.fragmentation

Professors of architecture share and discuss their positions on teaching in times of digital transformation.
Partners:Masterstudiengang Architektur Media Management AMM, Hochschule Bochum

OSLO: Small City, Big Ideas

OSLO: Small City, Big Ideas

Oslo is European Green Capital of the Year 2019 and aims to put its inhabitants at centre stage: Technology-friendly population, car-free city centre, inter-disciplinary collaborations, children’s participation, green leadership, few hierarchies and digital services.
Partners:Royal Norwegian Embassy in Berlin

Precision, Prototyping & Prefabrication

Precision, Prototyping & Prefabrication

The lecture and discussion gives an insight into the methodology and creative cogitations of Archi-Tectonics, combining the use of latest digital technologies with philosophical approaches.
Partners:Archi-Tectonics / Winka Dubbeldam & Justin Korhammer, New York

Shenzhen – Shape of the Future

Shenzhen – Shape of the Future

The Exhibition Talk brings together experts who discuss theoretical approaches and presented built examples from Europe and China, with a focus on Shenzhen—a megacity where Industry 4.0 is affecting the urban living environment.
Partners:SZFIEC; City Think Tank; DEEP DIVE; School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong

University of Kentucky – Architectonic Characters in the City: Berlin

University of Kentucky – Architectonic Characters in the City: Berlin

Students of the University of Kentucky explore the intersection of digital design and urban innovation and create interactive, animal-inspired installations in Berlin's Tiergarten and groundbreaking housing prototypes for Schumacher Quartier.
Partners: University of Kentucky

Lab Talk Series: Craftsmanship in the Digital Age

Lab Talk Series: Craftsmanship in the Digital Age

The five-part Lab Talk Series on architecture, values and digital fabrication explores and co-articulates a craftsmanship approach to incorporating digital fabrication into architecture with manufacturers, proponents of newer digital production tools, architects, and building industry representatives.
Partners:Forschungsinitiative Zukunft Bau (BBSR), Bonn; Netherlands Embassy in Berlin; Baunetz; NOWlab@BigRep, Berlin; Rieder Group, Maishofen

Craftsmanship in the Digital Age #5: Craft in Code

Craftsmanship in the Digital Age #5: Craft in Code

A lecture by Richard Sennett, concluding the ANCB series Craftsmanship in the Digital Age.
Partners:Forschungsinitiative Zukunft Bau (BBSR), Bonn; Netherlands Embassy in Berlin; Baunetz; NOWlab@BigRep, Berlin

Craftsmanship in the Digital Age #4: Alternative Sketch to Site Processes

Craftsmanship in the Digital Age #4: Alternative Sketch to Site Processes

The digital era enables new structures for managing communication in the building process, like BIM. These frameworks involve manufacturers of building components and facilitate closer communication between architects and the production of finished components.
Partners:Forschungsinitiative Zukunft Bau (BBSR), Bonn; Netherlands Embassy in Berlin; NOWlab@BigRep, Berlin; Rieder Group, Maishofen