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Plastic Stereotomy wins TEX-FAB’s Plasticity competition

2014-10-29T15:11:00-04:00

TEX-FAB's Plasticity is the fourth annual competition that focuses on connecting experimental design practices with industry leaders, while also promoting innovative research in the architectural applications of digital fabrication and parametric design. Out of four finalists, "Plastic Stereotomy" by Knowlton School of Architecture assistant professor Justin Diles was announced as the winner during the ACADIA 2014 conference at the USC School of Architecture in Los Angeles late last week.

Further details on Bustler.

Winning SKIN installation 3xLP to begin tour this Fall in Texas

2014-04-03T17:35:00-04:00

Since 3xLP by Christopher Romano and Nicholas Bruscia won the most recent TEX-FAB SKIN Digital Fabrication competition, the installation was exhibited at TEX-FAB 5 in Austin and will travel to Houston and Dallas along with the other competition finalists this fall. The SKIN competition paired emerging design research practices with fabrication industry leaders to create innovative solutions for facade systems using digital fabrication and parametric design tools.

Find out more on Bustler.

3xLP wins SKIN Digital Fabrication Competition

2013-11-05T20:56:00-05:00

3xLP by Christopher Romano and Nicholas Bruscia has been announced as the winner of SKIN, the international digital fabrication competition from the TEX-FAB Digital Fabrication Alliance. The competition began with 68 entries from 14 countries from which four finalists and four honorable mentions were selected by the First Round Jury back in July. Out of the four finalist entries, which were all exhibited at the ACADIA Adaptive Architecture conference, the Second Round Jury decided on 3xLP.

Previously: SKIN Digital Fabrication Competition Announces Four Finalists

SKIN Digital Fabrication Competition Announces Four Finalists

2013-07-17T15:02:00-04:00

Four Finalists and four Honorable Mentions have been selected in TEX-FAB Digital Fabrication Alliance’s 2013 international digital fabrication competition, SKIN.

UPDATE: 3xLP wins SKIN Digital Fabrication Competition

Cast Thicket, Winner of APPLIED: Research Through Fabrication Competition, Now Completed

2013-03-15T20:41:00-04:00

In October of last year, we reported that the parametric design concept Cast Thicket had been selected as the winning entry of APPLIED: Research Through Fabrication competition. Over the past 4 months, the winning designers Christine Yogiaman and Ken Tracy have further developed their proposal in collaboration with TEX-FAB, and now Cast Thicket is complete and installed in the University of Texas at Arlington’s School of Architecture Gallery.

Previously: Winner of APPLIED: Research Through Fabrication Competition

Winner of APPLIED: Research Through Fabrication Competition

2012-10-31T17:23:00-04:00

In mid-June, we published the first round finalists of the TEX-FAB APPLIED: Research through Fabrication competition, and today it was announced that the overall winner was the entry CAST THICKET by Christine Yogiaman and Ken Tracy. The jury, consisting of Nader Tehrani, Andrew Kudless, Branko Kolarevic, and Vlad Tenu, selected the winning project from the four finalists. CAST THICKET will now be built for the next TEX-FAB Event in Dallas next Spring, 2013.

Previously: Finalists of APPLIED Research Through Fabrication Competition

UPDATE: Cast Thicket, Winner of APPLIED: Research Through Fabrication Competition, Now Completed

Finalists of APPLIED Research Through Fabrication Competition

2012-06-18T21:07:00-04:00

Four projects have today been announced as First Round Finalists in TEX-FAB Digital Fabrication Alliance’s 2012 international competition, APPLIED Research Through Fabrication.

UPDATE: Winner of APPLIED: Research Through Fabrication Competition