Research-based design
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Project • By DDF • Exhibitions
TerraTimber
TerraTimber introduces an innovative method for the digital upcycling of waste wood to create circular construction systems enabling the sustainable transformation of reclaimed materials into structural elements.
DDF_dos_KIT
This approach utilizes computational tools and Augmented Reality (AR) fabrication processes to manage the complexity of diverse, non-standard waste wood materials. Starting from the generation of digital inventories through image processing, the wood pieces are then computationally assembled into large structural elements, which are finally physically assembled with nails made of wood and with the aid of AR. Earth is integrated to form a hybrid material system, enabling the construction of sustainable floor slabs... More
Project • By Atelier Starzak Strebicki • Urban Green Spaces
Constellations
In spring 2016, the European Parliament (EP) commissioned a design for temporary creative street furniture and greenery that would be installed on the Esplanade Solidarność 1980, the main thoroughfare that links the different buildings of the Parliament campus in Brussels.
With Constellations, instead of designing temporary furniture, the architects however proposed the EP to invest in a set of 100 chairs, 10 tables and 50 plants. While the actual design project consisted of arranging and testing these solid and sustainable objects during one year in various configurations.
A group of circles, a long line, several small clusters, a series of stars : throughout one year, the chairs, tables and plants, in a variety of colour... More