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Ronald Rael
Rael San Fratello
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Unnatural Materials
University of Houston College of Architecture Theater
03/26/15
6:00pm
Ronald Rael is the CEO and co-founder of the start-up company, Emerging Objects— a pioneering, creatively driven, MAKE-tank at the forefront of 3D printing architecture using innovative materials, and a partner of the creative practice, Rael San Fratello, with Virginia San Fratello. In 2014 Rael San Fratello was named an Emerging Voice by The Architectural League of New York—one of the most coveted awards in North American architecture. Their work explores architecture, art, culture, and the environment and Rael’s research and creative work transforms the practice of architecture into a cultural endeavor — one that is defiant, inventive and tied to contemporary issues. The work relies upon a deep understanding of place, and its inherent resources, and makes careful links between a broad spectrum of tools that come from manual, industrial and digital approaches to making architecture. He is also an Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley with a joint appointment in the departments of Architecture and Art Practice where he is the Director of the PrintFARM — a printing facility for architecture, research and materials. In 2009, Emerging Objects began to experiment with alternative materials for 3D printing. The advancements led to rethinking the way we might make architecture. By looking at the material palette originating in building traditions, past and recent, they are discovering new and unnatural directions for an additively manufactured future.
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Bill Kreysler
Kreysler and Associates
Composites in Architecture
University of Houston College of Architecture Theater
03/27/15
1:00pm
Bill Kreysler of Kreysler & Associates will discuss the use of composites in contemporary architecture. Case studies will be used to illustratrate examples throughout the world and why composites are being specified as well as where they should and should not be specified. Examples of good and not good applications will be used to explain the advantages and limitations of these unique and versatile materials. Material properties, design standards and building code restrictions will also be discussed as well as potential environmental benefits. The presentation will conclude with an overview of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art addition now under construction which is the largest use of composites on an exterior building facade in the USA to date. -
Justin Diles
Ohio State University
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Andrew Payne
CASE, Inc.
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