Reflexive Architecture machine

REFLEXIVE ARCHITECTURE MACHINE by University of Buffalo and AA London .

HINT: Arch. that transform itself in responses to changes in its environment.

"It re-imagines how we shape and assemble conventional materials, like rubber, plastic, and wood through a combination of material and computational processes to develop more complex relations between parts and wholes. This fundamentally challenges the static nature of conventional building materials and sensitizes them to the ephemeral and dynamic qualities of environmental conditions like heat, moisture, air chemistry and gravity."*

*from the the Center for Architecture and Situated Technologies at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Architectural Association - Designing Fabrications (LDF09)

Designing Fabrication Prototypes 2008-2009.

HINT: future definition of architecture by the use of digital tools to expand design possibilities.

"Designing Fabrication is an exhibition that presents the work of the AA|FAB Research Cluster - a two-year research programme at the Architectural Association School. The programme acted as an agency to foster interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration between members of the AA school community and outside participants who share a common interest in the emerging application of digital design and fabrication technologies within architecture."*

* from AA|FAB Designin Fabrication brochure by Alan Dempsey.