December 02, 2005

LECTURE: ReD @ "SCRIPT" Round Table, Beyond Media (Italy)

JPS and MMA particiate at the round table of the Beyond Media Festival in Florence, which also includes Hans Ibelings, Ammar Eloueni, Luca Galofaro, David Serero, Antonino Saggio and others.

December 01, 2005

RESEARCH: JPS @ Spot on Schools, Beyond Media (Italy)

A full-scale prototype of a system of building blocks in cork, produced by JPS in his PhD research, is shown at the Spot on Schools Exhibition in Florence, with the support of IST, FCT and AMORIM.

EXHIBITION: ReD @ Beyond Media Festival, Florence (Italy)

ReD is featured in The Strorytellers exhibition at the Beyond Media Festival in Florence. The show reunites the work of 30 Architecture Offices from around the world and is curated by Marco Brizzi and Paula Giaconina.

PUBLICATION: JPS @ "Arquitectura e Vida" (Portugal)

Directed by JPS, the monthly section called "New Technologies. New Architecture?", of the portuguese architectural magazine Arquitectura e Vida, reaches its 6th article (out of 12) in the December issue.

November 25, 2005

LECTURE: MMA @ AA Symposium, London (UK)

Marta Malé-Alemany is invited to present work a the Surface Intellgence Ambient and Augmented Architectures Symposium at the Architectural Association in London.

LECTURE: JPS Lecture @ ESAP, Oporto (Portugal)

JPS presents ReD's recent work in a Conference on Digital Tectonics organized by the Escola Superior Artística do Porto, and wiith the participation of X-Ref studio.

November 15, 2005

PUBLICATION: ReD @ Il Giornale dell' Architettura (Italy)

In the November edition of this italian journal, Pierre Alain Croset refers the 'intelligent intervention' of ReD that 'valorates the strongly discontinuous and heterogeneous spatial organization of the building', in an article called "M City Osservatorio Critico".

November 11, 2005

LECTURE: MMA Lecture @ University of Idaho (USA)

MMA presents ReD work as part of the "Woman in Design" lecture series of the Department of Architecture, at the University of Idaho.

November 09, 2005

TEACHING: End of the V.S. Workshop @ SCIArc, LA (USA)

The workshop on VIRTUAL STANDARDIZATION gets to its end. Each student has written a comprehensive AutoLISP program with which they built a physical model. Integrating design and fabrication concerns, the scripts allow for the 3D generation of variable components, material area calculation, individual component labeling and 2D surface unfolding for CNC cutting fabrication.

November 03, 2005

EXHIBITION: ULTERIOR MOTIFS Exhibition @ LA (USA)

The work produced by Woodbury students during the summer workshop conducted by MMA at IaaC, is exhiited in Woodbury University's Hollywood Gallery.

October 26, 2005

LECTURE: ReD LECTURE @ LA Forum (USA)

ReD lectures at the LA Forum,hosted at the MAK Center in the maginific Shcindler House in Los Angeles.

October 25, 2005

LECTURE: ReD LECTURE @ Woodbury University, LA (USA)

ReD presents recent work at Woodbury University, as part of the "Materials Now" lecture series, of the School of Architecture and Design.

TEACHING: ReD teaches V.S. WORKSHOP @ SCI-Arc, LA (USA)

ReD starts an intensive workshop at SCI-ARC, called "VIRTUAL STANDARDIATION". During 2 weeks, students are introduced to progamming in AutoLISP to explore an integrated process to design and fabricatie irregular structures, through the use of variable components.

October 15, 2005

LECTURE: LECTURE @ ESAP, Porto (Portugal)

As part of the Calendar of the Seminar in Digital Architecture, ReD lectures on "Computation and MAteriality", showing and explaining some of the studio recente works.

October 10, 2005

PROJECT: VAPOMATIC Loft completed (Spain)

ReD has completed the renovation and interior design of a loft for a photographer in Barcelona. The rooms are organized around the photo studio, a double-height space that can be crossed over a small bridge.

October 07, 2005

EXHIBITION: ReD invited for the Beyond Media Festival (Italy)

The studio has been invited to be part of 'The Storytellers' show, which will present the work of 30 selected international architecture offices. The festival will be held Dec 1-11 in Florence (Italy).

September 30, 2005

PROJECT: M-City Opening + Catalog Launching (Austria)

M-City exhibition is now open in Graz, and is a major event in the city's programme of Steirischer Herbs Festival 2005. The show, designed by ReD, will last to January 8, 2006. ReD's work is featured in the exhibition catalog.

September 26, 2005

PROJECT: M-City Installation completed (Austria)

ReD's installation for the upcoming M-City exhibition at Kunsthaus has been completed sucessfully. Works of 30 different artists (including G. Richter, D. Graham, K. Park, M. Portc and many others) will now begin to be installed for the opening day.

September 21, 2005

LECTURE: Presentation @ eCAADe 2005, Lisbon (Portugal)

JPS presented the paper "Digital Desires, Material Realities." at the eCAADe conference in Lisbon. This paper was part of the session on Fabrication and is published in the conference proceedings.

August 31, 2005

PUBLICATION: Article Series in 'Arquitectura e Vida' (Portugal)

JPS's monthly contribution to the magazine "Arquitectura e Vida", directing its new section "New Technologies. New Architecture?" has successfully been launched. The first 3 articles were dedicated on CAD/CAE/CAM, Convergence and Non-Linearity, and Digital Tectonics.

PROJECT: MCity Design @ Graz starts fabrication (Austria)

ReD's M-City Exhibition Design has begun fabrication, with the collaboration of local architect Niels Jonkhans. The 574 hanging elements + 6 large cones are being produced by the company Procedes (Germany).

August 01, 2005

PROJECT: DRAGORAMA completed (Spain)

ReD decorative panels -DRAGORAMA- for the waiting hall of a Chinese Medicine Center in Barcelona are installed. A computed ornamental pattern was engraved in acrylic panels with a CNC router, creating an effect of variation and continuity.

June 28, 2005

PROJECT: ReD Project @ Kunsthaus Graz (Austria)

ReD is designing the "M-City" exhibition at Kunsthaus Graz, which will open on September 30rd. 2005 and is curated by Marco de Michelis and Katrin Bucher.

June 25, 2005

PROJECT: "SkyShelf" Design for house in Oporto (Portugal)

ReD is designing "SkyShelf", a 7-meters high interior bookshelf structure for the ZM2 House in Oporto, a building designed by JPS (ReD) and Pilar Luz.

June 06, 2005

PROJECT: VAPOMATIC Loft - Construction Starts (Spain)

ReD's renovation project of a loft space for a photographer in Barcelona goes into construction with site supervision of Sarah Collado.

June 01, 2005

PUBLICATION: Editorial comission for Magazine (Portugal)

JPS began a 12-article contribution for the Portuguese monthly magazine "Arquitectura e Vida", developing the new section "New Technologies. New Architecture?".

PUBLICATION: ReD in "Il Giornale dell'Architettura" (Italy)

Stefano Converso writes on ReD in "L'Ornamento Diventa Programmabile", an article published in the italian magazine "Il Giornale dell'Architettura" N.30, June.

TEACHING: Workshop @ IaaC, Barcelona (Spain)

MMA is directing a summer workshop on Digital Fabrication at IaaC (Barcelona) for a group of architecture students from the Woodbury University, USA.

TEACHING: Workshop @ IaaC, Barcelona (Spain)

MMA is directing a summer workshop on Digital Fabrication at IaaC (Barcelona) for a group of architecture students from the Woodbury University, USA.

May 04, 2005

TEACHING: ReD @ Smart Geometry Workshop, New York (USA)

MMA + JPS participate in the Generative Components Workshop organized by the Smart Geometry Group / Bentley Systems at Columbia University in New York.

April 30, 2005

TEACHING: Review - Design Studio @ U.PENN (USA)

Final review of MMA's Spring Design Studio. The jury includes D. Mertins, C. Veikos and G.Riggall (U.PENN), I. Lamar (NY), J.L. Echeverria (111) and JPS (ReD/IST).

April 26, 2005

TEACHING: Review - Parametric Design @ U.PENN (USA)

Final review and exhibition of MMA's Spring Seminar on Parametric Design. The jury includes D. Mertins, P. McLeary, L. Falk and B. Kolarevic (U.PENN), A. Killian (MIT) and JPS (ReD/IST).

April 21, 2005

LECTURE: Quaderms/COAC Event @ Barcelona (Spain)

MMA lectures in the session "New Tools and New Processes" of the Symposium on Architectural Education organized by Quaderns Magazine at the COAC.

PUBLICATION: Paper in Quaderns/COAC Event, Barcelona (Spain)

MMA paper "Beyond Form" is selected to be presented at the Quaderns Symposium on Architectural Education, hosted by COAC in Barcelona. This essay will be published in Quaderns Magazine.

April 01, 2005

LECTURE: Lecture @ Montana State U., (USA)

MMA and JPS lecture at Montana State University on "Virtual Standardization", a concept that ReD has been elaborating in the last year.

March 23, 2005

PUBLICATION: Paper in the eCAADe' 05 Conference, Lisbon (Portugal)

JPS paper "Digital Promises. Material Realities." is selected to be presented at the eCAADe Conference, which will be held in Lisbon next September.

March 10, 2005

LECTURE: Lecture @ ESAP, Oporto (Portugal)

JPS presents recent work by ReD in the conference "Projectar e Construir na Era Digital" organized by the ESAP in Porto, Portugal.

January 07, 2005

TEACHING: ReD @ University of Pennsylvania (USA)

During Spring' 05 term, ReD will be involved with the School of Design at University of Pennsylvania. MMA will teach a design studio and a seminar in Parametric Design, and JPS will be a visiting scholar to pursue independent PhD research.

November 28, 2004

LECTURE: Lecture + Workshop @ U. Newcastle (UK)

JPS lectures and directs a design workshop on Parametric Thinking at the University of Newcastle, for the students of the MSc in Digital Architecture Programme.

November 20, 2004

LECTURE: MORSlide @ Fabrication Conference (Canada)

ReD participates and exhibits the MORSlide Project at the AIA/ACADIA Fabrication Conference, held in Toronto and Cambridge, Canada. The work is published in the Conference Proceedings.