Lecture DESIGN = PRODUCTION at KISD, Cologne

Hans Sachs of responsive design talks, together with Sebastian Bächer of CNC Tischlerei Bächer GmbH, about the the potential merge of design and production with the upcoming and intensifying integration of digital tools in both processes. 

The talk "design = production" takes place at the KISD on Tuesday April 1st 2014. Please see more details about this series of lectures on KISD news /calendar..

abstract

Similar to the 18th and 19th century industrial revolution, we are, today, in a process of societal change driven by the 'digital revolution', that, among other factors, significantly influences architecture and design. While information technology and digital, rule-based, robotic processes already dominate large parts of our private and business live, industrial processes still primarily govern the production of (consumer) goods.

But although industrial production still dominates the building and design industry, digital techniques have helped in reinstating basic principles of craft production in which material and form are naturally intertwined into a tradition of making. Hereby digital manufacturing processes are rather related to the principals of crafts than industrial production as they emphasize the qualities of the materials used and provide higher flexibility during the development and production process.

Thus the methodology of the object development process changes: the design development process reaches up to the last produced model in a product series. In the same time the production cycle starts with the first prototype object. In this lecture Sebastian Bächer and Hans Sachs present various personal and cooperative mostly experimental works and projects, which focus on the increasingly blurring boundaries between design, development and production.

FOLD Passagen 2014 Cologne

A pavillon made of 3000 vinyl records and a modular furniture landscape made of folded AluCoBond® octahedrons have been developed and realized by a team of young architecture students and makers for the Passagen2014 in Cologne.




Hans Sachs of responsive design studio in cooperation with students of CIAD (Cologne Institute for Architectural Design), Superartitecture Studios, the Dingfabrik Köln e.V. (Cologne's first FABLAB) realized two experimental architectural design installation on the Passagen 2014 by continiouing the student's elective course Folds 'N' Spaces (Summer 2013) at the faculty of Architecture at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences. The two installations have been developed and produced at the "Labor für Experimentelles Bauen" (faculty of architecture) and assembled in the big studios of superartitecture for the "Passagen 2014 Köln" from Jan 13th until Jan 19th 2014.
The projects have been kindly supported by 3A Composites and Kompakt.FM
please click here to find more detalied information about the projects

Oooglow

Oooglow is a lampshade made from phosphorescent polyester resin.
It's shape is generatively designed based on the same principles as the Tong-Zi-Dan series.

Defined by certain preferences an unlimited amount of forms can thus be produced.



In the present case, the dimensions of the shape and amount of faces were determined by the bed-size of the available laser cutter and foldability of the polypropylene sheet which was used for the mold.








The production is based on a rotational molding technique, also similar to the Tong-Zi-Dan gypsum vases.
However the polyester plastic makes for a much more durable and solid object. The procedure involves mixing 700ml of polyester resin with 100g of phosphorescent pigments. When the pigments are fully dispersed 28ml (4%) of hardener are added and the solution poured into the mold. The mold has to be continuously rotated for about 20 minutes until the resin has solidified. The mold can be removed after 12 hours of curing. It takes another few days until the object is completely hard.




The lamp is equipped with a LED light which doesn't heat up the plastic but sufficiently charges the luminescent pigments.



Once the light is turned off the lamp emits a greenish glow over a period of several hours.



Big Thanks to Achilleas Xydis!

KISD Open Factory

Together with Marcel Odenbach, Hans Sachs from responsive design studio runs a workshop 2D>3D at the KISD Open Factory at the Köln International School of Design.

The 2-day event with various workshops and panel discussions on Nov 29th and 30th addresses the open scource and maker movement and brings people from different professional fields together to experiment, develop and fabricate. Students can still register for several workshops on the conference's webpage (above).

Cardboard Lounge at National Museum of Denmark

For our client WHITE LABEL EVENTS GmbH we provided furniture and accessoires for a "Cardboard Lounge" in the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.

 

The event took place in the spacious entrance hall of the museum on October 23rd. The Cardboard Lounge was part of an exciting event with live acts and gala dinner hold by a German cardboard producer to invite international clients.

RE-USE of "architectural particles" exhibtion design

At superartitecture (facebook page) and Stephan Braungarth Fotografie the exhibition design and display system of "Architectural Particles" has been re-configured for fotoshootings, parties and exhibitions (i.e. Passagen Köln 2013)

 The modular display system has been created and developed by responsive design studio in collaboration with STUDYO architects and the MAKK - Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln for the exhibtion "Architectural Particles - Modular Building Construction in the Digital Age" from May to August 2012. The exhibtion design was then already re-used for the "Köln Design Preis International" organized by the "KISD - Köln International School of Design" and MAKK.

image capture: details of pictures by Stephan Braunbarth, Cologne 2012-2013

Symposium Transmaterial Aesthetics in Berlin

Hans Sachs of responsive design studio has presented his paper "bended - material and process informed design computation" at Transmaterial Aesthetics Symposium in Berlin at the Aedes Network Campus Berlin, on October 2nd, 2013(see programm below). We especially thank Prof. Matthias Ludwig (Hochschule Wismar, Fakultät Gestaltung) and AA Dipl. Sandra Loschke (Faculty of Design Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney) for the organisation of the event. The symposium abstracts can be downloaded here.

In the Symposium Transmaterial Aesthetics various lectures of architects, designers and producers have been presented and discussed experiments with timber in architecture and technology.
































flyer with programm :

Spatial Positions 5 - The Land Workshop

From 31.08.2013 - 22.09.2013 the exhibition "Spatial Positions 5 - The Land Workshop" at the SAM  Swiss Architecture Museum displays important steps the collaboration project "The Land", which is located in the north of Thailand near the town Sanpatong, twenty kilometres southwest of the city of Chiang Mai.

"The show itself functions as a workshop anticipating the realisation-phase planned for the year 2014. In addition, London-based graphic designer Zak develops a new alphabet for the Land Workshop that is based on the participatory logic of the "corps exquisite". Thus the concept of the exhibition reflects the different conditions of collaborating, exhibiting and building." (http://www.sam-basel.org - accessed on 13.09.2013)

 

























































Details of pictures 1-5:  Philip Heckhausen / Picture 6: Hans Sachs

Within a workshop with CIAD, Hans Sachs of responsive design studio developed and realized a modular connector system made of laser-cut MDF board that is now installed in Basel until Sept. 22nd.

People:

The Land Workshop Building: Nico Dockx, Nikolaus Hirsch, Christina Koschowsky, Zak Kyes, Philipp Misselwitz, Michel Müller, Sabina Priese, Luisa Roth, Att Poomtangon, Hans Sachs, Emmi Wegener, Benjamin Windhoff

The Bridge: Nico Dockx, Kris Kimpe, Helena Sidiropoulos
The Alphabeth for the Land Workshop: Ed Atkins, Nico Dockx, Jimmie Durham, Joseph Grigely, Nikolaus Hirsch, Hu Fang, Zak Kyes, Maria Lind, Chus Martínez, Michel Müller, Molly Nesbit, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Radim Pesko, Att Poomtangon, Raqs Media Collective


also published on...

to the exhibition at the SAM on facebook  

domus.it architecture magazine

in the Baunetz

E-Flux 

Final Presentation of "Folds & Spaces" at CIAD

Students of the the Folds & Spaces bachelor module present their conceptual and experimental works on a folded architectural structure which they developed during the summer semester 2013. 

 


One of the concepts will be chosen by a jury to be realized as "CIAD pavillon" in the courtyard of the faculty of architecture at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences.
Special guests will be Dipl. Ing. (FH) Klaus Wetzstein from 3A Composites AG , Gregory Epps - founder of Robofold Ltd., Prof. Andreas Muxel - chair of interface design at KISD and more...
The event starts at 16:00 Uhr (4 pm) in Room 323 at CIAD - Cologne Institute for Architectural Design (IWZ Altbau, Köln-Deutz)

The modul was kindly supported by 3A Composites AG

CurveCube

CurveCube is a very spontaneous proposal for a walk-through, human-scale pavilion made from corrugated cardboard.



The design connected two geometrical forms. Towards the outside it represented a closed cubic shape but merged into an organically appearing surface on the inside.

From the original project description (in german) "Architektonisch entsteht ein Spannungsfeld zwischen der Komplexität der Innenform im Kontrast zur formalen äusseren Kubatur in einem sich gegenseitig beeinflussenden und durchdringenden Formenspiel zwischen Klarheit und Vielschichtigkeit."