July 31, 2023
Recently, digital design and fabrication developments in free-form shell structures have flourished, allowing for novel uses of ancient techniques such as stone carving, which can be implemented with contemporary robotic fabrication to customize geometries of discrete parts.
July 31, 2023
This ongoing project examines the potential to utilize 3D-printed ceramic technologies to produce variable, positive-less molds for the production of architectural elements in cast metal. The research addresses the formal limits and fidelity issues of gel extrusion; computationally assesses the variable infidelities involved in the drying, vitrification, and casting process; and assesses the technical limits of cold-mold, gravity-cast metal.
July 31, 2023
Negotiating the environment requires a functional relationship between multi sensory input and our brains. Our sensory systems gather information that the brain integrates and interprets as perceptions of events and objects in the world. Proper functioning of this process is crucial for safe functional performance and independent living. When the processing mechanisms from sensory input to integrated perception are affected by illness or trauma we are unable to navigate our environment safely without aids, re-training, or both. This projects studied 1) if using architecture and occupational students working together to understand home modification problems improves performance outcomes, and 2) what is the effectiveness of home modification questionnaires commonly used in occupational therapy at predicting problems of spatial configuration.
July 29, 2023
Growing access to digital production tools invites new construction technologies that combine the best aspects of conventional lightwood framing with the benefits of digital prefabrication and customization. Viable new solutions must present a compelling combination of economic, environmental, and social advantages. Designed to balance “high-tech” production technologies with accessible “low-tech” material and assembly solutions, the Sim[PLY] framing system, developed at Clemson, offers a critical reference point for high-performing, digitally-fabricated construction.
July 27, 2023
USDA AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH INITIATIVE. “An Interdisciplinary Approach to Building the Bioproducts Workforce.” (applied but not awarded), July 2016. Four-year grant in the total amount of $2,653,854 for developing interdisciplinary online certificate programs in the area wood and timber design and engineering. The grant also targets K-12 outreach activities relating to sustainable wood structures. […]
July 27, 2023
CALL SUMMARY – ONLINE EDUCATION Recent events have brought into full light the various agendas around online education and research. As universities, schools and colleges closed across the world in 2020, teachers and students adapted to new pedagogical tools. Some educational establishments survived, others thrived, while some struggled and have already gone ‘out of business’. […]
July 25, 2023
Jobs in AI and data science are booming, and the trend is showing no sign of abating. A new research report on the current state of the AI labor market in the UK found that close to 110,500 job opening were posted in the past year for roles related to AI and data science.
July 25, 2023
The Community Engagement Award goes to Michael Carlos Barrios Kleiss, PhD, Assistant Professor from Clemson University’s School of Architecture. See more in PCI Foundation 2020 annual report.
July 25, 2023
pacecraft Design Competition The “SPACECRAFT DESIGN” is a design competition developed to explore the creative potential of architectural design through one of the most iconic architectural drawings: the axonometric projection. Participants are asked to design a vehicle that responds to the requirements of the brief and one axonometric projection to represent it, with absolute freedom of interpretation, technique, and level of abstraction.
July 25, 2023
The Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) invites practitioners, researchers, and educators to join us at our 53rd annual conference to engage in a conversation around the role of the built environment in promoting health, equity, sustainability and resilience through environmental design research and practice.
