About this Event
How can manufacturing knowledge be utilised to create value within the realm of design?
"Manufacturing", a term largely dependent on our understanding of the industrial revolution, is laden with knowledge and experience that is rarely applied to the design of our built environment. How can knowledge of manufacturing and digital design tools challenge building culture in order to enable sustainable, informed, and materially intelligent design solutions? Grappling with these questions, Design for Manufacture (MArch) students at the Bartlett School of Architecture will present the outcome of their research projects.
"Architectural Ceramics" formed the starting point of projects this year, serving as an anchor point for our research activities. As one of the most abundant naturally occurring materials on the planet, ceramics are attracting renewed interest in meeting current social, economic, and environmental challenges. Recent advancements in engineering, computational design, and digital manufacturing have created new opportunities for innovation, leading to the re-emergence of ceramics as a versatile, sustainable, and culturally inspiring material in architecture.
The event will be punctuated with a keynote lecture by Paul Michael Pelken (13th December, 17:30)
Paul Michael Pelken is an experienced registered architect and innovator with a consistent track record of award winning and patented developments in design, architecture, and engineering. Building upon his foundation as a German carpenter and builder, he has extensive experience working on projects ranging from industrial design to large scale architectural structures, and has practiced in Germany, Italy, the UK, USA and China. His work has been widely published and exhibited in high level professional forums, design, industry, and museum venues.
He has lectured and contributed to over 40 conferences internationally that focus on innovation in the built environment. Prior to assuming industry leadership roles to manage Research & Development portfolios, he was a tenured Research Professor at Syracuse University, Research Fellow at the New York State Center of Excellence for Energy and Environmental Systems, and Director of SU's London Architecture Program.
Agenda:
Day 1 (13th December)
13:00 to 14:00 "Impact Printing"
Speakers: Nikhil Raj, Rozhin Hadavi, Honey Gupta, Dhruv Thakker, Vijayalakshmi Vijayappan
14:00 to 15:00 "Fabric-clay-tion"
Speakers: Ying Zhu, Calvin Kwan, Minran Xue, Shu Xiao
15:00 to 15:15 Break
15:15 to 16:00 "Robotic Cera-Cutting: Optimising Tectonic Workflows"
Speaker: Harsh Shah
16:00 to 17:00 "Selective Earth Forming: A Novel Method in Rammed Earth"
Speakers: Adam Meyrick, Krit Chatikavanij, Sadek Ahmed
17:00 to 17:30 Break
17:30 to 18:30 Keynote Lecture by Paul Michael Pelken
Day 2 (14th December)
10:00 to 11:00 "Innovations in Earthbag Construction"
Speakers: Lijun Qiu, Yuni Zheng, Kai Zou
11:00 to 11:45 "A Nonlinear Curved Wood Music Sheet Stand Made by CNC Milling"
Speaker: Xuanzhi Huang
11:45 to 12:30 "Ceram-Screens"
Speaker: Monisha Sridhara
12:30 to 13:30 Lunch
13:30 to 15:00 "Architectural Ceramics and the Urban Soundscape"
Speakers: Jiade Wang, Bingze Li, Yao Zheng, Joe Krcma, Zijian Wan
15:00 to 16:00 "TerraCool"
Speakers: Dilara Temel and Lachlan Fahy
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
UCL at Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
