The 8th edition of “How virtual becomes real” continued the research into the applications of form-resistant structures. The virtual and the real were synthesised by means of both physical form-finding and numerical/digital models. The studio began dedicating five weeks to experimental and numerical form-finding techniques (on elastic gridshells, concrete shells…

Sofia Colabella, Alessandro Liuti and I completed a 3-day workshop on “Mixed Reality”, directed by Fologram and NExT Lab at the Melbourne School of Design (MSD). Workshop Overview Mixed reality overlays physical environments with digital content (holograms), fixed in place and at full scale. Holograms can be used as direct…

The International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) is currently celebrating Frei Otto – recipient of the 2015 Pritzker Architecture Prize – with a Special Issue of the IASS Journal (Vol.59, No.1, March 2018). This publication was edited by Juan Gerardo Oliva (Vice President of the IASS and Professor…

The 7th edition of “How virtual becomes real” continued the research into the applications of form-resistant structures. The virtual and the real were synthesised by means of both physical form-finding and numerical/digital technologies. The studio began dedicating 4 weeks to experimental and numerical form-finding techniques. The students were also exposed to…