The Center for Architecture and Situated Technologies (CAST) investigates the evolving relationship between emerging technologies and the built environment.
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.
The Situated Technologies Pamphlet series aims to explore the implications of ubiquitous computing for architecture and urbanism.
The semi-annual Hida Workshop combines Japan’s traditional craftsmanship with current digital design techniques.
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.