responsive design blog

Inspiring Matter Conference

2012-02-01T02:43:00.001-08:00

Manuel Kretzer is invited to present his research at the Inspiring Matter Conference in London on Monday, 02.04.2012 at 14:20.
The event is hosted at the Royal College of Art and will feature plenary talks by Sir Richard Friend, FRS, Cavendish Professor at the University of Cambridge; Anna Valtonen - Rector at the Umea Design Institute and former head of Design Research & Foresight at Nokia; Mike Davies, CBE - architect at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners; and Susanne Kuechler - anthropologist and Professor of Material Culture at UCL.
More detailed programme here: http://inspiringmatter.org/programme/

Floater at Swissbau

2012-01-15T03:07:00.000-08:00

Floater is exhibited together with Sleepbox by Caspar Lohner from 17th to 21th January at Swissbau 2012, the most important meeting point for the construction and real-estate industry in Switzerland and one of the biggest specialist exhibitions in Europe.

Superartitecture - Responsive Design Studio with CNC Tischlerei Bächer and morphe.de at the Passagen 2011

2012-01-08T10:21:00.000-08:00

exhibition with Responsive Design / Exelsia / Jan Paul Evers / Okinawa 69 / JH Design / CNC Tischlerei Bächer GmbH / morphe.de

18.1.2012 I 20:00 I presentation by Hans Sachs

Maxim Tyrakowski und Jonathan Haehn link architecture, design and art.
At the "Passagen" they provide an insight into their new studio in Cologne-Ehrenfeld, where architectural objects, furniture and documentations of completed projects will be presented. During the exhibtion week of the "Passagen" artitecture invites you to several events, such as presentations and installations by the participating design studios and artists. Please find the event time schedule here.

The "Passagen" is an anual exhibition event taking place in Cologne, focusing on current trends in
design – particularly interior design. The exhibitors are international manufacturers, furniture stores, initiatives, galleries, showrooms, networks, design offices, institutes and universities." (Passagen-Website)

Please find the location here (spot 140)

Vogelsangerstraße 231, superartitecture studios TOR 7/8, 50825 Köln

www.superartitecture.me

Lecture at Hyperbody, TU Delft

2011-12-16T14:50:00.001-08:00

Manuel speaks at Hyperbody, TU Delft on Monday, 19.12.11.

Responsive Design at BDA's "Positionen", Domforum, Cologne

2011-12-09T16:34:00.000-08:00

Hans Sachs speaks at the BDA Montagsgespräch "Positionen" in the "Domforum", Cologne

Positionen - Domforum, Köln - 12.12.11 ab 19:30 Uhr

Cardboard Chaise Prototype I Quarter Iso Grid

2011-11-25T14:58:00.001-08:00

This prototype chaise is modelled in Rhino 3D. The "Quarter Iso Grid"- Cutting Files are generated by a grasshopper definition which is inspired by Mike Sheldrake's great iso grid cardboard surfboards. This prototype development is kindly supported by Mike Sheldrake (http://sheldrake.net/cardboards/), Oliver Fritz // CIAD - Cologne Institute for Architectural Design // Chair of CAD.CAM Tischlerei Bächer GmbH.

The prototype and further droducts and design studies of will be displayed at the DQE, Design Quartier Ehrenfeld at the "Passagen 2012" from January 16th to 22nd in Cologne, Germany.

next generation materials

2011-11-22T01:30:00.001-08:00

Manuel speaks at the Ambience Conference, Boras, Sweden on Tuesday, 29th November 2011.

Wind!Up - Warming Hut Competition

2011-11-18T19:47:00.000-08:00

Our proposal for the 2012 Warming Hut Competition in Winnipeg, Canada. Unfortunately not selected...

Cardboard Surfboards I Quarter Iso Grid

2011-11-18T10:30:00.000-08:00

Von schwimmenden Blumen und drehenden Pyramiden

2011-10-16T11:55:00.000-07:00

Saturday, October 15 at 7:00pm - November 10 at 10:00pm
recent works of responsive design studio at "R. - Raum für drastische Maßnahmen" Berlin, Oderstr. 34

SleepBox

2011-10-15T08:39:00.000-07:00

SleepBox represents a contemporary furniture, designed for the demands of an increasingly urbanised environment. A human-scale object, which creates a space of comfort and relaxation within airports, offices or other semi public areas. The hard and uniform shell excludes the exterior and at the same time creates a soft and smooth interior. The project was designed by Caspar Lohner and supervised by Manuel Kretzer and Mathias Bernhard at the Chair for Computer Aided Architectural Design, ETH Zürich and realized in collaboration with Kläusler Acrylstein AG.

Zufall und Strategie im Design

2011-10-10T13:27:00.000-07:00

Manuel speaks at Inkjet Seminar, Winterthur on Friday, 14.10.11.

Actuated Matter Workshop

2011-09-07T11:21:00.000-07:00

The Actuated Matter Workshop forms part of a recently started research initiative – a collaboration between the Zurich University of the Arts Interaction Design (DDE), Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology (DMU), and the ETH Zürich’s Chair for Computer Aided Architectural Design – that explores the application of smart materials in architecture with respect to their ability to transform architecture into an “Emotive Environment”, a space that relates to its inhabitants in an emotive and responsive way. The focus is placed on the capabilities and limitations of materials themselves in generating kinetic, visual and acoustic feedback.

Floater Production Process

2011-09-01T10:31:00.000-07:00

Floater Chaise Longue
Design: Manuel Kretzer, Mathias Bernhard
Chair for Computer Aided Architectural Design, ETH Zürich

KUKA VK360

2011-05-08T13:29:00.000-07:00

Purchase of KUKA VK360 with Tischlerei Bächer GmbH for experimental prototype production.

towards a new softness

2011-03-01T13:23:00.000-08:00

Manuel speaks at the Adaptive Architecture Conference on Friday, 4th March 2011.