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03. architecture, engineering + academia
jean prouve oevre complete vol I [peter sulzer]
![jean prouve oevre complete vol I [peter sulzer]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/1.-formpig_prouve_sulzer_IMG_4534-310x150.png)
images from a pretty fantastic four volume complete works of jean prouve. bravo peter sulzer.
seier+seier on flickr
check out this photostream on flickr and don’t miss the photos of work by utzon, lewerentz and hans christian hansen! [...]
supporting structure for curved envelope geometries [patent]
![supporting structure for curved envelope geometries [patent]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/formpig_supporting-structure-for-curved-envelope-geometries_evolute-310x150.png)
interesting patent on supporting structures for curved envelope geometries: [link to patent] chertok@evolute.at or evolute@universaljointdesign.com | link to buy EvoluteTools PRO
supporting structure for freeform surfaces in buildings [patent]
![supporting structure for freeform surfaces in buildings [patent]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/formpig_supporting-structure-for-freeform-geometries_evolute-310x150.png)
interesting patent by pottmann et. al on supporting structures for freeform surfaces: [link to patent] chertok@evolute.at or evolute@universaljointdesign.com | link to [...]
REX-ramus [ted talks]
![REX-ramus [ted talks]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/formpig_rexramus_tedtalks-189x150.png)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsyuyQ1bel0[/youtube] a nice presentation on architecture. be sure to check out the animation at the end. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/9071481[/vimeo] also a nice [...]
zumthor [kimmelman and kerstens]
![zumthor [kimmelman and kerstens]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/formpig_zumthor_nytimes-kerstens-310x150.png)
catch the march 13, 2011 article in the new york times magazine by kimmelman on zumthor (photos by kerstens). they [...]
rational truss design [calvert]
![rational truss design [calvert]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/formpig_truss-design_calvert-266x150.png)
there’s some very good truss, and other engineering, information under rational design on this site by j b calvert. [link [...]
how calculus is changing architecture [greg lynn on ted talks]
![how calculus is changing architecture [greg lynn on ted talks]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/formpig_greg-lynn_ted-talks-310x150.png)
the inimitable greg lynn on contemporary architecture. [link to ted talks]
institute for lightweight structures [otto]
![institute for lightweight structures [otto]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/formpig_ils_otto-303x150.png)
founded by frei otto and continued by werner sobek et, al. some links to get you started. [link to ils] [ils [...]
foundation sagrada familia [gaudi]
![foundation sagrada familia [gaudi]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/formpig_coudation-sagrada-familia-310x150.png)
there is some very well written and consice geometric information on the foundation sagrada familia site. i visited many years [...]
![monocoque [wikipedia]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/formpig_monocoque_wikipedia.png)
architectural association graduate program [aadrl]
![architectural association graduate program [aadrl]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/formpig_aadrl_architectural-association.png)
you could do worse than getting it done at the aa. [link to aa masters program] [link to the aa [...]
mit open courseware
virtually all of mit’s courses on the web. i guess that is a pun but that’s how they put it [...]
![skyscrapers [wikipedia]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/formpig_skyscrapers_wiki.png)
housing the spectacle [columbia]
![housing the spectacle [columbia]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/formpig_housing-the-spectacle_columbia-292x150.png)
a pretty amazing historical overview of the superstadium hosted by columbia university. replete with technical details. [link to housing the [...]
i-m-a-d-e.org [ball state]
![i-m-a-d-e.org [ball state]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/formpig_i-m-a-e-e_ball-state-310x150.png)
nice site on digital fabrication brought to you by the ball state digital design and fabrication program. [link to i-m-a-d-e.org]
cctv [koolhaas]
![cctv [koolhaas]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_ARUP-cctv_koolhaas1-310x150.png)
koolhas’ ill-fated cctv project in china. arup papers. [link to paper 1] [link to paper 2]
![selfridges [future systems]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_ARUP-selfridges_future-systems-310x150.png)
marysas [kapoor]
![marysas [kapoor]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_ARUP-marsyas_kapoor2-310x150.png)
anish kapoor at tate modern – with a little help from cecil balmond at arup. [link to paper]
the joiner’s workshop [ferguson]
![the joiner's workshop [ferguson]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_the-minds-eye-non-verbal-thought-in-technology-II_ferguson-310x150.png)
the joiner’s workshop from eugene ferguson’s engineering and the mind’s eye.
kunsthaus interior [cook + fournier]
![kunsthaus interior [cook + fournier]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_kunsthaus-graz_interior-copy-310x150.jpg)
kunsthaus graz in austria by cook and fournier. like modern day borromini or something.
![kunsthaus fabrication [cook + fournier]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_kunsthaus-fab-copy-310x150.jpg)
![rapid prototyping [foster and partners]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_f-+-p-rp-310x150.jpg)
100 11th ave north [nouvel]
![100 11th ave north [nouvel]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_100-11-ave-n_nouvel-310x150.jpg)
some interesting script work went into this one by nouvel in nyc. [images forthcoming]
![kunsthaus graz [cook + fournier]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_kunsthaus-exterior-310x150.jpg)
uni kassel [spuybroek]
![uni kassel [spuybroek]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_building-the-isocurve_uni-kassel-310x150.png)
if i had to do it all over again i think i’d do it at uni-kassel. some very good digital [...]
computational methods for tall buildings [hesselgren]
![computational methods for tall buildings [hesselgren]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_computational-methods-for-tall-buildings_kpf-dritsas-310x150.png)
excellent technical article. [link to article]
computers and the design and construction process [williams]
![computers and the design and construction process [williams]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_computers-and-the-design-and-construction-process_williams-310x150.png)
nice insights by williams at arup. [link to article]
designing and manufacturing architecture in the digital age [kolarevich]
![designing and manufacturing architecture in the digital age [kolarevich]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_designing-and-manufacturing-architecture-in-the-digital-age_branko-kolarevic-310x150.png)
branko kolarevic on the state of the state. [link to article]
digital architecture tools [schnabel]
![digital architecture tools [schnabel]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_digital-architecture-tools_schnabel-310x150.png)
nice pedagogically-oriented survey on architecture and digital technology by schnabel. [link to material]
digital fabricators [stacey]
![digital fabricators [stacey]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_digital-fabricators-catalogue_acadia-310x150.png)
nice early acadia catalog on digital practitioners’ work edited by stacey. [link to catalog]
dissertation [unknown]
![dissertation [unknown]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_do-computer-design-techniques-enhance-or-retard-the-production-of-architectural-design_unknown-dissertation-II-310x150.png)
this essay asks: “do computer design techniques enhance or retard the production of architectural design?” one might also attempt to [...]
glas als sekundartragwerk [oszwald]
![glas als sekundartragwerk [oszwald]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_glas-als-sekundartragwerk-thema_14_ozwald-310x150.png)
very nice article with very good illustrations on glass technology (text in german). [link to paper]
the mind’s eye [ferguson]
![the mind's eye [ferguson]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_minds-eye-nonverbal-thought-in-technology_ferguson-310x150.png)
a very important essay by eugene ferguson, the historian of technology, on invention. it has been followed by a book [...]
shifting from analog to digital [dritsas]
![shifting from analog to digital [dritsas]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_research-and-design-in-shifting-from-analog-to-digital_kpf-dritsas-310x150.png)
i really like the title of this paper and i think the topic in general could use a little more [...]
salter – boyarsky [aa files]
![salter – boyarsky [aa files]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_salter-boyarsky-interview_aa-files-310x150.png)
old interview from aa files by alvin boyarsky with peter salter. still very pertinent for the architecture school crowd. [link [...]
simple computer programming to enhance spatial recognition [burry]
![simple computer programming to enhance spatial recognition [burry]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_simple-computer-programming-to-enhance-spatial-cognition-in-architecture-and-design_burry_-310x150.png)
a very nice paper on spatial cognition and parametric cad in architectural education by mark burry. wouldn’t be complete without [...]
![weatherhead construction [gehry]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_gehry-bard-college_shelden-310x150.jpg)
![moma [nouvel]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_moma_nouvel-310x150.jpg)
newark earthworks
a drawing of the original earthworks across the city of newark in ohio. these have been mostly covered up by contemporary [...]
robert le ricolais
an image from le ricolais’ workshop. father of isoflex tubes and the hollow rope. [link to le ricolais collection at [...]
ten suggestions for the budding avant-gardist [rhowbotham]
![ten suggestions for the budding avant-gardist [rhowbotham]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_10-suggestions-for-the-budding-avant-gardist-310x150.png)
in school i always got a kick out of this tract by kevin rhowbotham. i also dug some of the [...]
utzon’s sphere [mitami]
![utzon’s sphere [mitami]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_utzons-sphere-310x150.jpg)
yuzo, mikami (2001) utzon”s sphere: how it was designed and built. tokyo: shokukusha. perhaps the nicest book on a built [...]
philosophy of structure [torroja]
![philosophy of structure [torroja]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_torroja_truss-compilation-288x150.jpg)
torroja, eduardo (1958) philosophy of structures. berkeley: university of california press. torroja is a giant in the field of architectural [...]
bishopsgate [kpf]
![bishopsgate [kpf]](http://formpig.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/formpig_bishopsgate-288x150.jpg)
a pair of excellent articles on the bishopsgate tower by kpf (hesselgren, charitou and dritsas). well worth your time. [link [...]
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