MaP+S joined forces with IACC Barcelona (Alex Dubois), the University of New South Wales (Kate Dunn), and Sydney University (Dagmar Reinhard) for a RobArch 2016 workshop on interactive 3D printing.
The tessellated wall explores the design space of a novel ceramic customization strategy developed by MaP+S researchers and students. The technique involves the automated cutting of clay extrusions that are industrially produced on a state of the art extrusion line. The ceramic elements have been extruded from a single die, thus reducing tooling costs.
New collaborative work of the ALivE group and the Harvard SEAS Bertoldi group was featured at the 2015 Wyss Retreat in Boston. The experimental system featured 12 different elastic surfaces that are perforated such as to produce a controlled expansion and contraction when actuated through an external mechanism.
