WF is about to present at Arch Film Fest in Katowice

3 11 2009

This Friday WF’s Michal Piasecki will make a presentation on the last day of Arch Film Fest in Katowice.

The venue is Centre of Film Art “Silesia”: Sokolowska 66. The talk will start around 7 pm, on 6th of Nov.

Michal will begin by introducing notions such as parametric modeling, scripting and programming. Then he is going to move to the examples of architectural applications of these tools. He will finish by discussing some of the potentials of optimization with genetic algorithms and augmenting designers in solving of ill-defined problems with other types of artificial intelligence.

You are welcome to join Michal in Katowice, if you will be around.

Many thanks for the invitation to sztuka-architektury.pl.


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CATIA Threshold Lattice

2 11 2009

I have recently started scripting in CATIA. While Rhino is great for conceptual design and intuitive designing, CATIA has a much more robust kernel that allows for the display of hundreds of thousands of parts that can all maintain associativity. This type of program also offers the opportunity for associative documentation and manufacturing information.

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This is a simple recreation of my threshold lattice script using powercopies and automated part instantiation.


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Categories : Erik Thorson, catia

Behavioral Analysis System

1 11 2009

This is a research project done under the guidence of dr. Nimish Biloria and ir. Marco Verde within the infomatters msc3 Design Studio at the Hyperbody TU Delft. We constructed a behavioral system that represents the relations between different factors on the site. By changing the values of those factors ( like activity, noise level a.s.o. ) you can interact with the system in real-time. Finally, the configuration of the particles becomes a rough sketch for the skeleton of the project. The research was done in Processing.

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Categories : Agata Kycia, Krzysztof Gornicki, generative design, processing

Brick wall-3d print

30 10 2009

This is a scale model of a wall designed at Gage/Clemenceau Architects. This model will enable us to get a better idea of the wall’s composition and organization before fabricating it in a larger scale.

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Categories : 3d printing, Monika Szawiola, rhino scripting

WF presents at Arch Film Fest in Lodz

29 10 2009

Last Saturday WF’s Dorota Kabala and Krystian Kwiecinski talked about parametric and generative design at the architectural movies festival “Arch Film Fest” in Lodz, Poland. The presentation was mainly focused on Workshops Factory projects and activities, displaying a wide spectrum of computational design, including scripting, programming, parametric modeling and digital fabrication.

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Many thanks to sztuka-architektury.pl for the invitation.


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WF_093 at OSSA’09 Poznań

27 10 2009

WF_093 workshop took place in Poznań, Poland from Oct 17th untill Oct 23rd.  We started with the introduction to generative and parametric design tools and the introduction to digital fabrication. After the participants developed the idea we started designing. All 13 participants developed the form using Rhinoscripting. We were able to parametrically adjust the final form to the sheets size of the material. The object was fabricated from 8mm MDF sheets using a 2-axis CNC mill.

WF_093 workshop took place in Poznań, Poland from Oct 17th untill Oct 23rd.

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Categories : CNC milling, Dorota Kabala, Krzysztof Gornicki, WF_093, digital fabrication, rhino scripting

Workshops Factory tutoring at OSSA’09

20 10 2009

Workshops Factory was invited by OSSA to tutor one section of the workshop taking place in Poznań from October 17th to 23rd . Our subject was to rethink the relation between the last floor of Collegium Altum building and the eerie feeling associate with the space. After participants developed the idea they started generating a 3D model using Rhinoscripting. When the model is finished we will prepare PLT files and fabricate using 2-axis CNC milling machine. The result will be presented on Friday the 23rd at “Stara Drukarnia” in Poznań, Poland.
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Categories : CNC milling, Dorota Kabala, Krzysztof Gornicki, WF_093, digital fabrication, rhino scripting, teaching

WF started teaching at WAPW

15 10 2009

WF members are now instructing a first year seminar at The Warsaw University of Technology called ” Parametric modeling and CAM technologies ” . With a group of 17 students we are planning to design and fabricate a 1:1 scale installation in the Faculty of Architecture at WAPW during the coming semester


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Categories : Agata Kycia, Dorota Kabala, Krystian Kwiecinski, Krzysztof Gornicki, Michal Piasecki, digital fabrication, parametric design, teaching

Y parametric Table at LDZIGN

13 10 2009

Y parametric table was selected as one of 17 projects that are going to be shown on make me! 2009 exhibition during International Design Festival LODZ DESIGN 2009. The exhibition is on display in ŁÓDŹ ART CENTER from 15th until 31st of October.

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Photos: Patrycja Sołtan

Support: Tomasz Kwieciński + Robert Krzysztofik


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Categories : Krystian Kwiecinski, digital fabrication, parametric design, water jet

WF presented on Arch Film Fest in Krakow

12 10 2009

Last Friday WF’s Michal Piasecki talked about the implications of computational design for architectural practices on the last day of the architectural movies festival “Arch Film Fest” in Krakow Poland. First the notion of parametrization of forms, which allows the designer to move away from creating fixed geometry towards working on hierarchies of elements was discussed. Later the potential of optimization through natural selection in genetic algorithms was mentioned by presentation of two case studies:

- sun exposure optimization by Fred Labbe

- STL microstructure optimization by Sean Hanna and dr. Siavash H. Mahdavi

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The possibility of augmenting the designer in the process of solving ill-defined problems via artificial intelligence closed the talk.

Many thanks to sztuka-architektury.pl for the invitation.


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