Plasticity


PLASTICITY, the quality of being able to be made into different shapes, to be molded or altered, is a quality that is pervasive in contemporary design. This idea can manifest as a material providing haptic experience or as a concept defining relational interaction with performative consequence. Plasticity extends beyond the design disciplines into biologics where organisms with the same genotype vary in developmental pattern, in phenotype, or in behavior according to varying environmental conditions. Plasticity seeks to frame this concept within an architectural proposal that foregrounds the application of parametric design and digital fabrication with a broad range of possible outcomes. Composite material systems, casting, forming, 3D printing, fluid assemblies of profiles and even activated networks of robotic components are techniques to consider as potential building components in an architecture of plasticity. Download Press Release.

Jury
Plasticity is a two-stage competition. In that TEX-FAB invited leading figures split in the First Round to select the finalists and Final Jury to determine the winner. The jury members are recognized as leaders in world of digital fabrication and parametric design who provide unique and robust experiences in their respective areas of interest.

  • Second Round

    Craig Dykers

    Snøhetta

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    Greg Lynn

    Greg Lynn Form

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    Roland Snooks

    Kokkugia

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    Bill Kreysler

    Kreysler & Associates

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    Jeanne Gang

    Studio Gang

  • First Round

    Benjamin Ball

    Ball-Nogues Studio

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    Alvin Huang

    Synthesis d n a

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    Virginia San Fratello

    Rael San Fratello

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    Ken Tracy

    yo_cy

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    Christine Yogiaman

    yo_cy

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    Joshua Zabel

    Kreysler & Associates

Finalists
The jury has selected these four finalists to move forward to the second round for additional funded prototyping. They will be exhibited in October at ACADIA 2014 Design Agency conference at USC where the winner will be announced.

  • Monolith Translucent Lattice

    Vasily Sitnikov, Designer. Alvin Huang was especially interested in the challenges proposed by Monolith Translucent Lattice. He noted that the project tackles “an original and novel fabrication method that explores what is arguably one of the most challenging design constraints in...More

  • Puff’d Composites

    Design Team:  Nels Long, Brennen Huller and Nikita Troufanov. The jury agreed that Puff’d Composites offered a range of unique features that would benefit from additional research and full-scale prototyping. Huang was “intrigued by the formal articulation of the soft puffed interior vs....More

  • Plastic Stereotomy

    Justin Diles, Designer. Joshua Zabel was drawn to Plastic Stereotomy’s “formally compelling use of FRP,” wondering if “the fabrication tolerances and the manner of connection between courses” would be possible, and looking forward to how the “EPS foam as a finish material would...More

  • ViscoPlasty

    Design Team: Alexandra Singer-Bieder, Sofia Bennani and Agathe Michel. The jury narrowed their selection down to projects that were both innovative and had the potential of accomplished resolution. Of ViscoPlasty, Kenneth Tracy and Christine Yogiaman noted, “the investment in previous...More

Entries
TEX-FAB received 70 entries in the Plasticity call from 16 countries on 6 continents. The first five in this gallery were awarded Honorable Mentions by the jury. Navigate to the Press Release for more info on those outstanding projects. Download Press Release.

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