Category: Portfolio

Detail image of ferro-tile cast in epoxy resin

November 9, 2018

Fluid Equilibrium

Researchers at the Material Processes and Systems Group have developed a computationally-based manufacturing process that allows for variable pattern casting through the use of ferrofluid – a mixture of suspended magnetic nanoparticles in a carrier liquid.

Photo of the Material Systems project exhibition at GSD

March 25, 2018

2018 Material Systems: Digital Design and Fabrication

SCI-6317 Material Systems: Digital Design and Fabrication, co-taught by Prof. Martin Bechthold and Jose Luis García del Castillo y López, positions material systems as combinations of design technologies with material processing and manipulation environments.

Photo of front view of the Tile Grid Shell with people passing by

March 5, 2018

Ceramic Tectonics: Tile Grid Shell

Developed by researchers and students from the Material Processes and Systems (MaP+S) Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Ceramic Tectonics: Tile Grid Shell explores the structural capabilities of thin, large format ceramic tiles – a product commonly used as an interior surface finish or exterior cladding.

ceramics

November 22, 2017

MaP+S / ITE Research Pavillion: Structural Ceramics

The recent opening of a ceramic pavilion celebrates the completion of a multi-year research collaboration between MaP+S and the ITE at TU Graz. The project involved the development of a novel tectonic system where structural ceramic elements, custom-designed, combine with high-strength concrete into an efficient tectonic construction system for loadbearing shells and surfaces.

ceramics

March 24, 2017

Brick Geometries: 5-Axis Additive Manufacturing for Architecture

This thesis research compiles multiple open-source frameworks and proposes a novel approach to the geometries embedded within 3D printed ceramic building components specifically fabricated by a 3 & 5-axis Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) printer. The investigation using Multi-Axis Additive Manufacturing (MAAM) as a function to rethink geometric form for architectural building components.