we have completed the fabrication and construction of the hub for sustainable arts and culture (saac) and city of sydney. it will debut at this year’s peats ridge festival and will be housing the eco living area which will host presentations and films providing information on living a more ecologically friendly lifestyle. Read the rest of this entry »

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due to the complexity the SAAC educational hub components that we have been developing, the part layout and stack order of each node required a large number crunching exercise to resolve intersecting geometry.  there are 46 nodes across the pavilion with up to 7 stacked parts on each connection (7 elements produces 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 5040 permutations of stack orders) meant a LOT of possible combinations per node to review & resolve clashes… an unbelievable amount of variations when dealing with the entire 46 nodes.

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a vb script which checks whether a curve intersects a box geometry - if so, the geometry will be subdivided into child geometry. the recursive script is repeated a number of specified generations to produce subsequent offspring.  the script can be modified to create a datatree of parts with a recording of subdivision topology included in the output.  this script is a voxel-type recursive patterning version of the recursive subdivision panelling script posted earlier.

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the veil house in surry hills has now been completed. click through for more photos of the interior and exterior.photos by felix forest.

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this vb script takes a list of separate lines, checks if endpoints are coincident and will attempt to create a tri-mesh if any set of 3 lines in the list form a planar closed shape.  more vb utilities being uploaded to the grasshopper3d repository (located in the sidebar).

download the sample package here.

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the development application for the maroubra house has just been approved with the construction now underway. the design proposes a new level on an existing interwar cottage & includes gradient louvred facades for the east and west that have referenced the coloured hues reflected over the ocean during the sunrise and sunset. more visualised images will be uploaded within the next week.

click the image to view more on the project.

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we recently entered the school of architecture at UTS’s annual research competition, open agenda and received an honourable mention, just missing out on one of the top three spots.  winners gain seed funding in order to develop a body of research showcased at the end of the year in a public exhibition and publication.  congratulations to the three winners rory hyde, nick sargent & mark leong and daniel fink.  you can check out their projects on the open agenda microsite.  we have included our research proposal entitled ‘vernacular differentiation’ below for those of you who are interested in having a read. Read the rest of this entry »

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this semester at usyd we taught alongside dagmar reinhardt and alex jung of reinhardt-jung and rob beson of ar-ma. the student’s brief was to develop a theatre / performance / stage project for the sydney festival 2012, a one-month festival with hundreds of events occurring in the city. the project was designed along a number of briefs and locations that varied in program, size, character, and location. Read the rest of this entry »

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wish magazine (the australian) have recently featured dirk anderson from urban future in their nextGen leadership series which presents the ‘household names of the future’.  the fourth series highlights young and globally focused innovators and entrepreneurs with this months magazine covering four successful australians who are redesigning the way we live.   Read the rest of this entry »

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very excited that the laser-cut screen arrived on site today.  the veil house is completed in one day!  when the screen is installed.  fingers crossed that the 1870′s building envelope is aligned enough that the builders can install without too much packing out of the bowed walls. Read the rest of this entry »

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