3D printing and the Sustainable Future
Nowadays, we experience a lot of discourse around the 3D printing industry and its advances since its inception in the 1980s. 3D printers have revolutionized many industries, one of them [...]
Nakagin Capsule Tower, the future of living.
“Metabolism is the architectural movement of the age of life” - Kishō Kurokawa The Nakagin Capsule Tower was built in 1972 as a response to a problematic, in one of [...]
Emergency Architecture: a response through design.
"If an identical natural phenomenon affected three different geographical locations, the consequences would be different for each location" - Ian Davis. An emergency architecture is a response, through design and [...]
History of 3D Printing
Striatus, is a project created by Zaha Hadid Architects together with ETZ Zurich, developed by Block Research Group, the company incremental3D and Holcim. Striatus is a 3D printed bridge exemplifying [...]
Benefits of prefab construction
Prefabricated Architecture poses great benefits for construction and design, such as the efficiency and accessibility at the time of on-site construction. Today, more people are adopting these projects that allow [...]
Jean Prouvé and the history of his prefabricated houses.
Jean Prouvé (Paris, 1901 - Nancy, 1984) is considered by many to be the "guru of French midcentury modern". In 1924 he finished his training as a metal craftsman. [...]
Architecture Mechanization
Prefabricated construction, or “prefab”, has been around for quite some time. However, recent changes in technology have taken the industry to a new level. A systematized architecture is emerging, [...]
School design: thinking about mind and body
In recent weeks we have delved into the relationship that children have with their classrooms. We had very interesting conversations about technology applied to teaching and how it can promote [...]
Self-organized learning environments
The SOLE experience (Self Organized Learning Environment) is a concept and a project of Indian born academic, Sugata Mitra, who proposes the need for a profound change in education, where [...]
Thinking about the educational space from a human- centered point of view
In June of this year, María Adelaida López became the first Colombian to receive the Lego Award for her contribution to early childhood education. This prize has been awarded since [...]