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Current Contributors:

Jon Bailey
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bsArch, Southern Illinois University 2009
mArch, University of Michigan 2011

Jason Pierce
bsArch, Southern Illinois University 2009
mArch, Rice University (current)

Past Southern Illinois University Contributors:
Mitch Newbold – Life Cycle Building Challenge 2, [mi]NERVOUSystem
Kaitlin White – IaaC | 07 Self-Fab Home
Tzu-Ching Lai – IaaC | 07 Self-Fab Home
Bennet Bossert – Iaac | 07 Self-Fab Home, [mi]NERVOUSystem

Past Ball State University Contributors:
Kathryn marinaro – IaaC | 07 Self-Fab Home
Kyle perry – IaaC | 07 Self-Fab Home
Dustin headley – IaaC | 07 Self-Fab Home

Past Contributors, academia:
Charles Hinshaw – a2so4
William Marquez – a2so4
Shai Yeshayahu – southern illinois university
Maria Vera – southern illinois university
Joshua Vermillion – ball state university
Wes Jans – ball state university


Theme

Taking advantage of modern computational and communication technology, how can architecture, biomimetics, technology, and design create systems that . . .

  1. Enable people to learn by engaging them in their environment and in their place in the world?
  2. Give people the control to sustainably design, assemble, build and modify their environment?
  3. Let people solve problems and share solutions, even Local, fine grain problems and solutions that may be uninteresting or not well understood from the outside-Global?—

We are finding it useful to measure our designs and innovations against a test set forth in Benyus’ Biomimicry, “Is there a precedent for this in nature?” If so the answers to the following questions will be yes:


Does it run on sunlight?
Does it use only the energy it needs?
Does it fit form to function?
Does it recycle everything?
Does it reward cooperation?
Does it bank on diversity?
Does it utilize local expertise?
Does it curb excess from within?
Does it tap the power of limits?
Is it Beautiful?

“Imagine, instead of today’s solid bricks and walls, smart bricks and smart walls incorporating capillary-like structures…”
Dr Rupert Soar


Honors

Year – Competition/Event – Result

2007 – Life Cycle Building Challenge
2007 – Institute of Advanced Architecture in Catalonia Self-Fab Home Competition – [finalist]
2007 – Smart Geometry Conference [2008] Call for Papers -[accepted]
2007 – Communications of the ACM Publication-Advanced Algorithms in design. -[publication]
2008 – Life Cycle Building Challenge 2
2008 – SIUC REACH Grant
2008 – ACADIA Papers
2009 – Beyond Media Festival (/soIL) -[publication]
2009 – Rouse[d]etroit Competition (/soIL) -[1st place]
2009 – Life Cycle Building Challenge 3
2009 – d3 International Housing Competition
2010 – Sukkah City: Y[our-s]UKKAH
2010 – UofM Robotic Research -[publication]
2011 – Biophilia : Technophilia [publication]
2011 – Featured on Digital-Served
2011 – Featured on suckerPUNCH
2012 – anonymous.a(rchitect) 02 – [honorable mention]
2012 – Featured on suckerPUNCH
2012 – Featured on World Landscape Architecture
2012 – Jury Selection in suckerPUNCH’s Land of Tomorrow exhibition
2012 – Featured on arch2o

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Based on a work at archimorph.wordpress.com.

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2 Comments on “about”

  1. February 20, 2009 at 2:53 pm #

    Fitting function to form will be the true test.

  2. September 22, 2010 at 1:08 am #

    Hi, nice to meet you !

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