1. Brief, 2. Process, 3. Energy Institute, 4. Software Packages, 5. Outputs. UCL Energy Institute
Representation concerns the abstraction of the real-world. It is critical to any design system, however the role of representation within the design process is not discussed here, rather the focus is on the methods of representation for modelling of microstructures. B-Rep … Continue reading →
The Prototyping Conference took place at the Building Centre, London in February 2013. This was a great opportunity to engage with some of the leading designers both within academia and practice. The conference, flanked by a small exhibition, featured a very diverse … Continue reading →
This entry was motivated by Philip Ball‘s review of material computation in Nature [here]. When looking towards natural design for inspiration, Ball emphasis is on J Scott Turner‘s review published in AD Material Computation. Turner’s critical perspective of architecture is quick to … Continue reading →
Manchester’s creative industry is undergoing a rapid change. At the heart of Manchester Digital is a push from developers, marketing and designers to work together in more integrated and entrepreneurial ways. Recently, events have brought together many different developers and entrepreneurs … Continue reading →
The following are my RD1 presentation slides. These capture the key points of my current RD1 research proposal which can be reviewed in further detail here. The aim of this presentation was to explain to peers the proposal and to … Continue reading →
The workshop runs over 2 days and will end with a series of presentations about established works on the last day. Myself and Danny Richards will be providing support and directing the workshop for MSA MArch studios (QED & … Continue reading →
The literature synopsis 3.0 expands upon the RD1 research project proposal. It starts to frame the background and proposed design method. Feedback received from Supervisory team (Nick Dunn and Martyn Amos) suggests strongly that I need to further unpack the ‘problem’ and … Continue reading →
Abstract – Proposal Here we seek to understand how graded structures and varied properties in materials control their ability to process information leading to self-organisation and also to form-generation, and how structure-property relationships control material behaviour and self-assembly. Those areas … Continue reading →
The following is a summarised analysis and evaluation of Neri Oxman, MIT, PhD Thesis: Material-based Design Computation. The aim is to analyse the design method which has been developed, to evaluate the approach and to identify a gap in the … Continue reading →