May 6th – June 5th, 2022 Opening Friday May 6th 18-21 There is something intriguing in the way a textile moves in the wind. Through the flexibility and adaptability of a lighter textile it is possible to create structures in motion with soft, billowing shapes that seem to dance…
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(in)Formed By Wind showcased at Southern Sweden Design Days 2021
During Southern Sweden Design Days in Malmö, May 27-30, SPARK participates with a digital event, (in)Formed By Wind, a film where architect and researcher Erica Hörteborn presents a kinetic, knitted design prototype that challenges and explores the textile material within architecture. Wind is both used and dampened, merging engineering, architecture,…
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Grant for research on 3D printed nodes
The Architecture and Engineering research group has received a grant for research on 3D printed nodes for structural steelwork connections in civil engineering and architecture.
Continue ReadingPhilippe Block – How he became passionate about masonry structures
Emil Adiels had the opportunity to sit down with the inspiring Philippe Block, professor at ETH Zurich, during AAG2018 at Chalmers University of Technology.
Continue ReadingChris Williams on Frei Otto
In this interview Chris Williams shares his thoughts about the architect Frei Otto, who was awarded the Pritzker award just before his passing in 2015.
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Swiss around in 144 hours
In October 2018 we went on our yearly study trip to Switzerland along with our third year Architecture and Engineering students. Here follows (in Swedish) an attempt by Alexander to describe the journey, some of his impressions and a reflection on the study trip as a tool.
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Wood Fusion Pavilion
The Wood Fusion Pavilion 2018 has been exhibited at the Wood Products & Technology fair in Gothenburg 28-31 August. The pavilion explores the possibility of strengthening an actively bent geodesic timber gridshell by the addition of pre-stressing cables.
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AAG2018
The Architecture and Engineering Research Group is proud to be in the organization team for the Advances in Architectural Geometry symposium 2018 (AAG2018). The 2018 symposium is due in September starting with workshops 22-23 followed by conference 24-25, all at Chalmers University of Technology.
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Geodesic Gridshell Workshop
Emil Adiels and Isak Näslund hosted a workshop where a geodesic gridshell was constructed.
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AHA! Festival 2017
The AHA! Festival celebrates Art and Science. It has been arranged annually since 2014. The theme of the 2017 AHA! Festival was Autonomy.
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