About

The Center for Architecture and Situated Technologies (CAST) investigates the evolving relationship between emerging technologies and the built environment.

Research

Functionally Graded Textiles

This research intends to investigate the architectural and structural potential of helical auxetic yarns (HAY) as a component in new fiber reinforced composite materials and tensioned membranes.

Publications

Initiatives

Hida Workshop

The semi-annual Hida Workshop combines Japan’s traditional craftsmanship with current digital design techniques.

Courses

ARC 605: Flexible Architecture

Instructor: Nick Bruscia | Type: Studio
Some composite materials are designed to return to their initial form after deformation by bending or stretching back into position. The studio will explore the scalability of flexible materials, and how we might organize them to produce stable but intentionally flexible architecture.