Author: Hamid
In 2019 one of our new strategies was to share architecture quotes from famous and pioneer architects on pur Instagram page as an inspiration source for designers. So we will share the quotes which we share on instagram on our website once in a two months. “I like thinking big. I always have. To me it is very simple: if you are going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.” Rem Koolhaas “In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to…
PA Talks 003 | Ferda Kolatan – Hybridity in Architecture | at GAD Foundation This article is the written format of our interview with Ferda Kolatan as PA Talks 003 which has been released recently. This interview is sponsored by GAD Foundation. Hamid Hassanzadeh: Dear Ferda, Thanks for being at the GAD Foundation for an interview. This interview is sponsored and organized by GAD Foundation and Parametric Architecture magazine. We invited you here to ask a couple of questions about your academic and work experience in architecture, you are an associate professor of practice at the University of Pennsylvania, and…
Tune in to Episode 03 of the PA Talks series with Ferda Kolatan, Founding Director of su11 and an associate professor of practice at the University of Pennslyvania on ‘Hybridity in Architecture’, interviewed by Hamid Hassanzadeh at GAD Foundation. Kolatan received his Architectural Diploma (Dipl. Ing) from the RWTH Aachen and his Masters in Architecture (MSAAD) from Columbia University where he was the recipient of the LSL Memorial Prize and the Honor Award for Excellence in Design. Ferda Kolatan has lectured widely and taught design, fabrication, and theory courses at institutions such as Columbia University, SCI-Arc, Pratt Institute, RWTH Aachen, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,…
After successfully conducting over 50 design workshops worldwide, rat[LAB]EDU (Educational subset of rat[LAB]-Research in Architecture & Technology) is hosting PARAMETRIC DESIGN WORKSHOPS for design students and professionals.
Win Your Adidas Interview! Having long since been overwhelmed by the untapped talent within our community, we wanted to find yet more ways to represent and enable designers to fulfil their potential in industry. Therefore, when we reached out to Adidas Talent we not only learned of their admiration for the page, but we learned they also already use @lacelessdesign as a valuable talent scouting tool! With this shared appreciation for the footwear design community, we set out to find a way to focus a search for skillsets that would be required for a genuine work opportunity at one of the…
Fractals 22.0: The Digital Vernacular Time: November 13, 2018 to November 15, 2018 Location: Dubai City/Town: Dubai Design Week, Dubai Website: www.designaware.org Workshop Type: Digital Vernacular Organized By: Takbir Fatima Fractals x Revival presents a hands-on workshop exploring generative design through the use of vernacular materials. It is a 3D thinking workshop in which participants work in teams and develop algorithms that are demonstrated through geometric aggregation models, resulting in large-scale installations. The workshop can be attended by enthusiasts of design, art, making and mathematics, as well as local craft and vernacular architecture. At Dubai Design Week, the two-day workshop will focus…
When searching for genuinely sustainable building design and technology – designs that go beyond conventional sustainability to be truly restorative – we often find that nature got there first. Over 3.5 billion years of natural history have evolved innumerable examples of forms, systems, and processes that can be applied to modern green design. Aimed at architects, urban designers, and product designers, this new edition of Biomimicry in Architecture looks to the natural world to achieve radical increases in resource efficiency. Packed with case studies predicting future trends, this edition also contains updated and expanded chapters on structures, materials, waste, water,…
This book by Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler, and Jan Willmann acts as the connection between data and building materials. Where these two phenomena are growing ever closer, with digital information not just informing plans but actually being used to create the material that will construct a building?robots are necessarily playing a large role in architecture. The synthesis of data and material, which failed to develop in the early digital age, is being realized in today’s architecture. This becomes apparent in various medial, spatial, and structural manifestations; where data and material can no longer be interpreted as parallel features but rather…
eVolo Skyscrapers 2: 150 New Projects Redefine Building High by Carlo Aiello is the follow-up to the highly acclaimed book eVolo Skyscrapers. 150 new skyscrapers submitted to the eVolo Skyscraper Competition are categorized and examined.
The book explores the development of the latest digital tools including advanced-modeling software and computer-aided design in the production of architecture.