Weather Frogs
This set of small plastic creatures was hand-molded from a self-made color-changing plastic.
As the environmental temperature increases the frogs slowly adjust their color and become white. Great for fun in the bathtub, too!
Architecture of Play
Dipl.-Ing (arch) MAS LA ETH Christine Baumgartner, Dipl.-Ing (arch) Manuel Kretzer, Dipl.-Ing (arch) Hans Sachs, 2013
The aim of this paper to highlight the enabling powers of participative architectural design strategies and thus leaving space for uncertainty and surprise, with a particular focus on the work of Responsive Design Studio, a young emerging practice based in Zurich and Cologne. The playful synergies that can result from a constant dialogue between designer and user, object and function and the successful application of digital design and fabrication techniques as new, encouraging tools rather than dominating drivers are exemplified in a number of international projects that the studio has realized within the past few years.
Abstract
The aim of this paper to highlight the enabling powers of participative architectural design strategies and thus leaving space for uncertainty and surprise, with a particular focus on the work of Responsive Design Studio, a young emerging practice based in Zurich and Cologne. The playful synergies that can result from a constant dialogue between designer and user, object and function and the successful application of digital design and fabrication techniques as new, encouraging tools rather than dominating drivers are exemplified in a number of international projects that the studio has realized within the past few years.
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