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ItemProject: Q-house(The National Library of Australia, 2017)The house is a conscious exercise in developing an alternative domestic environment to the surrounding villas of the new suburban neighbourhood. the solutions for the development so far have typically been compact villas located on abruptly levelled gardens, irrespective of the complex topographical condition of their sites. Our ambition for producing an alternative domestic atmosphere is developed by constructing a more explicit relationship between the house and garden with the existing conditions of the steep site.
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ItemProject: Surface Deep(University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Design (Publisher) / School of Architecture, Nanjing University & University of Melbourne (Venue), 2017)Located in Quebec, Canada, hearkening to the historical presence of low profile walls in gardens, this modern expression pushes a typically mundane element into an interactive public addition. This project provides a temporary entry sequence for visitors to the grounds. The undulating form frames a procession for visitors and becomes a point for reflection before continuing onward.
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ItemProject: Lifestyled. Health and Places(The Austalian Library of Australia; University of Melbourne; Nanjing University, 2017)The research was aimed at developing design models and strategies for improving residential neighbourhoods by addressing current public health concerns and has a specific focus on China's superblock residential developments. Through the use of associative modelling, evaluation and design, the project integrated a range of important health considerations into neighbourhood block models that offered a wide sample of possible neighbourhood designs that could be analysed (offering findings on what design operations could influence health indicators) while also offering immediate design templates and knowledge for designers.
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ItemNo Preview AvailableExtruded Tessellation: Ceramic Tectonics(Cevisama, 2016-02-01)The tessellated wall explores the design space of a novel ceramic customization strategy developed by MaP+S researchers and students. The technique involves the automated cutting of clay extrusions that are industrially produced on a state of the art extrusion line. The ceramic elements have been extruded from a single die, thus reducing tooling costs. Wall A consists of 350 elements and 10 different types. Colors indicate identical cutoff angles. Within each color group several different element lengths exist. Wall B contains 28 different elements. The tessellated wall investigates the design space of this approach with a module design that features interlocking, ornamental patterns which allow for novel structural use of ceramic blocks in planar, folding and curved wall assemblies. The modules are produced with a complex extrusion die. Robotic manipulators equipped with wire-cutters can be integrated into the production system to trim off the end surfaces at custom angles and lengths as the wet clay is extruded. Alternatively, CNC disk cutters can perform automated cutting operations after the large ceramic extrusions have been fired. Both approaches allow for low-cost customization of the ceramic modules to achieve a unique three-dimensional expression, control views and light, as well as address different structural needs in the wall. The modules can be bonded with cement for permanent installations, or be dry stacked and clipped together for easy assembly and disassembly, such as in the case of CEVISAMA 2016. The two walls displayed at the 2016 Cevisama consist of approximate 700 elements with lengths ranging from 15 to 60 cm. Variations in length and cutoff angle lead to 38 unique elements for the installation. These pieces are used to create a unique surface texture on every wall surface, but maintain the overall consistency of a strongly ornamental expression of the tectonic system.
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ItemNo Preview AvailableCeramic Shell(Cevisama, 2014)DRG completed a suspended ceramic installation at the 2014 Cevisama in Valencia, Spain as the centerpiece of this year’s international show. Sponsored by the Valencia Trade Fair Association and by ASCER, the ceramic shell represents the mock-up of a structural ceramic /concrete shell system that is currently under development in collaboration with the Chair for Structural Design at the TU Graz, Austria. The large ceramic stoneware elements are designed to enclose channels that form a perpendicular network of connecting ultra-high strength fiber concrete ribs. Ribs and tiles form a composite structural surface.