Computational Design

2013/05/17 By rcd

Oxford Brookes Forum sculpture

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Working in collaboration with the staff and students of Oxford Brookes School of Architecture we are prototyping the new Forum sculpture, a 4metres high by 25metres long installation which is  to be built within the courtyard of the new Abercrombe building. The structure is to be a series of aluminium plate boxes following the lines

2013/04/22 By rcd

RCD talk at Building Envelopes Asia

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Duncan Horswill and Mark Pniewski represented Ramboll Computational Design at the 4th Annual Building Envelopes Asia conference in Singapore on the 17th and 18th April. The conference is in its fourth year and brings together 25 world class speakers to discuss cost efficient design as well as engineering and material technologies for high performance building

2013/02/27 By rcd

Searching for Innovation and Elegance in Complex Forms paper presented at Prototyping Architecture 2013

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Harri Lewis and Stephen Melville of the Ramboll Computational Design team presented their paper ‘ TRADA Pavilion – Searching for Innovation and Elegance in Complex Forms Supported by Physical and Software Prototyping’ (authors Harri Lewis, Stephen Melville and John Harding) at the the Prototyping Architecture conference at the Building Centre, London. An e-book of the conference

2013/02/12 By rcd

KREOD wins best temporary structure at the Surface Design Awards

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The KREOD, a temporary exhibition space designed by Pavilion Architecture and Ramboll Computational Design, has won the best temporary structure at the 2013 Surface Design Awards. The Surface Design Awards recognise progressive design and the use of innovative surfaces in design projects, both in the UK and internationally. The awards also highlight the wealth of

2013/02/02 By rcd

Finding Form: Embedding materiality in Computational Design lecture

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John Harding and Harri Lewis of the Ramboll Computational Design team recently gave a talk on ‘Finding Form: Embedding materiality in Computational Design’ at the Materials, Tectonics and Structures Colloquium at the University of Nottingham School of Architecture. The talk was well received and generated a lively debate.

2013/02/02 By rcd

Planar re-meshing of a high resolution mesh

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Planar re-meshing of high resolution mesh

2013/02/02 By rcd

Belvedere Vodka RED sculpture

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Belvedere Vodka Sculpture    

2013/02/02 By rcd

Tetra Shed

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Working with Architects Innovation Imperative, Ramboll Computation Design have helped with digital fabrication advice and structure analysis of a small and potentially adaptable ‘garden office’. Tetra Shed is a free standing single-storey timber structure designed to create an architecturally striking and comfortable space that can be internally adapted to suit the unique requirements of every

2013/01/03 By rcd

Arts Alliance mobile venue

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In this unique project the client, digital film distributor Arts Alliance, wanted a lightweight, easily transportable venue to house its new performance of ID: Identity of the Soul on a worldwide tour. The brief required a structure that would meet the technical requirements for video projection and surround sound during live performances, as well as

2012/12/03 By rcd

RCD helps Manhattan see (RED) for world AIDS day

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Rambøll Computational Design (RCD) and artists Loop.ph have completed the design and erection of a 6m tall carbon fibre and perspex arch structure for Belvedere Vodka’s RED street party in New York, USA. Taking over Manhattan’s Meatpacking district with a dramatic light show and music, the event was a one of a number of international