Formworks - Spring 2009

Formworks - Fall 2008

Formworks - Summer 2008

Formworks Class Brief

Class brief: Challenge the repetitive nature of casting and formwork by developing a parametric, dynamic formworks system and produce a series of elements using that system.

Products of the formworks system might include:

• a series of parametrically related casts (parametrically related castings)
  
  
  
  • the formwork is performative and dynamic
    
  • the formwork is a recombinant kit of parts.
    
  
  
• a repetitive series that can recombine (flexible unit / kit of parts)
  
• a casting that is itself dynamic (material dynamics)
  
• a flexible structural system which employs the products of your formworks
  

Goals:

• Develop a sophisticated, well made formworks system
  
• Produce and assemble a large quantity of products from your formworks system
  
• Identify the architectural performance of the casting
  
• Site the products of your formworks
  
• Experiment with and present an argument for the material you used in your castings.
  
• Develop a tectonic between cast parts
  
  
  
  • How do the products of your formwork aggregate and fit together?
    
  • What other kinds of details, structure and materials can you integrate? The products of your formworks can be part of a larger system