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Transformer
“Transformer” is a layered, light-responsive shading lattice, designed and fabricated by an interdisciplinary team of students and faculty. The system acts as an active shading device, potentially for use within a building envelope.
The prototyped system is comprised of quad-shaped, polystyrene petals arrayed in overlapping, radial clusters. The petals are situated within a lightweight but rigid [...]
tetraMIN
Students Develop Prototypes Reusing RCA Dome Stadium Roof
tetraMIN is a hanging screen aggregate consisting of componentry generated from tetrahedron geometry via Rhino’s Grasshopper parametric modeling plug-in. Comprised of laser cut polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) scraps, each component forms a periodic minimal surface, and is propagated into a regular pattern by a series of reflecting/mirroring operations. The PTFE [...]
Simposium de Arquitectura Progressiva 2011
Kevin Klinger speaks at the “Simposium de Arquitectura Progressiva 2011: Procesos Digitales+Fabricacion” event in Mexico City.
RIMMEA Workshop
The Institute for Digital Fabrication is pleased to help promote the “Research in Materials and Manufacturability for Extreme Affordability Workshop” hosted at Ball State University on 18-19 March 2011. Read the full post for more information and link to event website.
Graduate Certificate Program
Graduate Certificate in Digital Design + Fabrication ::
The Graduate Certificate invites students and design professionals from a variety of backgrounds who wish to enhance their skill sets with the latest digital design and fabrication tools at Ball State University. This 12 credit hour program, which specifically caters to nontraditional schedules, focuses on applying computational [...]
MorphoLuminescence @ ACADIA 2010
MorphoLuminescence, a responsive, kinetic lighting prototype, exhibited at the ACADIA 2010 Conference at the Cooper Union Great Hall. Photos and diagrams of the project were displayed as part of a peer-reviewed projects exhibition at Pratt Institute’s Siegel Gallery. MorphoLuminescence was a collaborative design and prototyping project from four Ball State M.Arch students–Elizabeth Boone, Eric Brockmeyer, [...]
Architect Magazine Rankings
Ball State’s College of Architecture and Planning is one of three schools identified for excellence in Digital Design and Fabrication by Architect Magazine.
SIGraDi 2010 Conference
Kevin Klinger received the Best Paper Award at the SIGraDi 2010 Conference in Bogota, Columbia.
AIA Minnesota 2010 Presentation
Kevin Klinger delivered a presentation entitled, “Manufacturing, Materials and Making: Cases for the Midwest,” at annual AIA Minnesota 2010 Convention in Minneapolis.
2010 Research Fellows: PROJECTiONE
Recent Ball State Architecture and i.M.A.D.E graduates, PROJECTiONE, received a Citation for their BitMaps project in Architect Magazine’s R+D Awards. Two of PROJECTiONE’s principals, Adam Buente and Kyle Perry, are Institute Research Fellows this fall.
Titanium Bridge Design Competition Finalists
A three student team from Ball State’s Department of Architecture and the Institute for Digital Fabrication was recognized as a one of five finalists in the Student Titanium Pedestrian Bridge Design Competition, sponsored by the Defense Metals Technology Center and the University of Akron.
reBarn
275 pieces of barn wood + 350 unique aluminum components + CNC milling + waterjet cutting + students + industry partners + the community
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reBarn
Discovery Grant :: Indiana Limestone Research
i.M.A.D.E was recently awarded a Discovery Foundation Grant for continuing research on integrating digital technologies with the Indiana Limestone industry. Our proposal, entitled “Smart Stone”, will apply emerging digital design technologies to increase efficiencies and minimize waste in the manufacturing of limestone building components. We aim to address a very old, but persistent problem in [...]
PROJECTiONE Featured on Dwell.com
PROJECTiONE’s “LIGHTFORMS” project featured on Dwell.com. PROJECTiONE is a design collective composed of four Ball State Architecture thesis students and last year’s i.M.A.D.E Graduate Student Fellows.
Manufacturing Material Effects Book
Manufacturing Material Effects: Rethinking Design and Making in Architecture, edited by Branko Kolarevic and Kevin R. Klinger and published by Routledge. Designers are becoming more directly involved in the fabrication process from the earliest stages of design. This book showcases the design and research work by some of the leading designers, makers and thinkers today. This highly illustrated text brings together a wealth of information and numerous examples from practice which will appeal to both students and practitioners.
Spot on Schools Exhibition
9-17 July
i.M.A.D.E exhibits work at the Beyond Media Festival in Florence, Italy.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
As a part of the College of Architecture and Planning’s Master of Architecture degree program, a six-week architecture design studio project included proposing a hypothetical renovation and expansion of the existing Indianapolis Motor Speedway museum. The intentions were to spark a discussion about how architecture can align with the legacy of innovation inspired by the [...]
RTKL
i.M.A.D.E wishes to thank Kevin Frank and Alexi Karavokiris, designers from RTKL Associates in Chicago, for being guest critics during the SpeedwayStudio.
Workshop: University of Calgary
i.M.A.D.E was invited to conduct a series of workshops at the University of Calgary’s Environmental Design Faculty.
Klinger: SIGraDi Keynote
Kevin Klinger delivers the keynote lecture at the 2009 Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi) Conference on November 18, 2009 at the FAU Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Sao Paulo, Brasil. Klinger’s lecture was entitled: “Manufacturing Material Effects: Rethinking Design and Making in Architecture.”
Additionally, Klinger presented a paper at the conference entitled: “Digital Design through Production Pedagogy: [...]
Lecture: Florida Atlantic University
Kevin Klinger delivers a lecture entitled: “Manufacturing Material Effects and the Institute for Digital Fabrication, Ball State University” at Florida Atlantic University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on November 24, 2009.
Lecture: Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Kevin Klinger delivers a lecture entitled: “Manufacturing Material Effects and the Institute for Digital Fabrication, Ball State University” at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas: Unicamp in Campinas, Brasil on November 19, 2009.
Lecture: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Kevin Klinger delivers a lecture entitled: “Manufacturing Material Effects and the Institute for Digital Fabrication, Ball State University” at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil on November 13, 2009.
ACADIA 2009
Mahesh Senagala and Joshua Vermillion present their paper entitled “An Inconvenient Studio” at the 2009 ACADIA Conference in Chicago.