LAVA Architects

A big thanks to Chris Bosse for coming in today to speak to the students about some really interesting projects he has worked on. Chris' work can be found on the LAVA website:
http://www.l-a-v-a.net/

[image sourced from http://www.l-a-v-a.net/projects/beijing-watercube]

Studio underway!

Reinhardt Jung

A big thanks to Dagmar Reinhardt for delivering a great talk to the students today! For those of you interested, you can find more of Dagmar's work on the Reinhardt Jung website:

http://www.reinhardtjung.de/

The fold...

If you're interested in exploring folded patterns check out Polly Verity's work with paper for inspiration:

http://www.polyscene.com/

[image sourced from http://www.polyscene.com]

End of Childhood 2.0 by Gabriel Dawe

[images sourced from http://www.gabrieldawe.com]

Plexus series by Gabriel Dawe

 [images sourced from http://www.gabrieldawe.com]

Crochet Playgrounds

Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam's woven wonderlands.

Above 'ground':

Below 'ground':

[Images found on http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/07/crochet-playgrounds-by-toshiko-horiuchi-macadam/]

Machine inductions underway...

Kin has been doing a stellar job inducting the BEIL0014 students to the laser cutter and 3D printers. Inductions will continue all week.

Meshmixer Tutorial

A mesh editing software tutorial - great for getting files ready for 3D printing!
https://www.youtube.com/user/meshmixer 

Children's Play Areas + Safety

Here is where you can find some info regarding safety + codes for children's playgrounds.
http://www.kidsafensw.org/playground-safety/playground-standards/

Some inspiration...

Net Hasselt / Belgium / 2011 / Numen/For Use

http://www.numen.eu/installations/net/hasselt/

BEIL0014 Course Introduction

Through new methods in designing objects and spaces, new challenges in making and creating the objects and spaces arise. Digital design and fabrication promises new ways of designing, different, cheaper and faster but are these predictions real promises or are they are misleading the future designer and builder? The BEIL studio sees only one way to get an answer to the questions raised above – through digital making! Consequently the studio engages in designing a children's playground using digital and parametric design tools, and building prototypes of the outcome as 1:1 mock-ups.