- Eumeninae’s nest description
Researchers: Alejandro Soffia, Andrés Labra “Eumeninae’s nest description″ Context: XXXII Congreso Nacional de Entomología Location: Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile Organization: Sociedad Chilena de Entomología, Universidad de Tarapacá Date: 3/12/2010 LINKS Conference Site
- Digital survey and fabrication of an Eumenide’s nest
CREDITS Researchers: Rodrigo Gómez, Jaime Pascual, Alejandro Soffia “Digital survey and fabrication of an Eumenide’s nest″ Context: XIV SIGRADI Congress Location: University of los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia Organization: Sociedad Iberoamericana de Gráfica Digital Date: 16/11/2010 LINKS Conference site
- Workshop SEASA PUC 2010
CREDITS Project: “Temporary Voids for Talca″ Context: “Workshop Semana Escuela de Arquitectura PUC“ Location: Campus Lo Contador, FADEU PUC, Chile Organization: Centro de Estudiantes de la Escuela de Arquitectura Date: 12-15/10/2010 Team: Pedro Livni, Alejandro Soffia, Architects. Assistant: María José Gana, Students: PAZ MELENDEZ MARI ITZEL | PELLEGRINI LOPEZ MARIA VICTORIA | PEREZ INFANTE RAIMUNDO … Read more
- Mud wasps nests
Photograph series of done by me
- Biomimicry and energy. Learning from snakes
Society needs must be the focus of architecture development and our enviroment problems have raised as one of the most important ones. Looking through nature solutions of similar architecture problems can be a good strategy for designing more bearable buildings. In this case the Kaohsiung Stadium in Taiwan from Toyo Ito is analized looking for … Read more
- Prefabrication in Chile 1945-1950
This historical research tries to understand what were the main characteristics of “prefabrication” in Chilean architectural production between 1945 and 1950, based on the 18 issues of “Arquitectura y Construcción” magazine. The most interesting article about prefabrication in this magazine, was a Beer Industry designed by Emilio Duhart’s students, that applies his closer knowledge about … Read more
- Structural module prototype
ARTICLE CREDITS Dos ejercicio de modulación. Curso introducción a la Edificación y la Tecnología VÁSQUEZ, Claudio; SCHMITT, Cristián; ARROYO, Diego Cuadernos de la técnica nº 3 Pages 11-15 Editorial ARQ. Santiago, Chile. December 2009 PROJECT CREDITS Architects: Introducción a la Edificación y la Tecnología Teachers, Assistants and Students Professors: Claudio Vásquez, Arturo Torres Assistants: Nicolás … Read more
- Hypodynerus wasp’s nest Tomography
WASP NEST TOMOGRAPHY VIDEO 1 WASP NEST TOMOGRAPHY VIDEO 2 Abstract Common use in Medicine of Tomography for many years had opened an important gap between 3d modelling and 3d digitalization. After a long way through Hospital burocracy we could insert the Hypodinerus wasp nest to a formal scan. Different visualization of Philips own machine … Read more
- Nature and Design
The National Comission on Science and Technology (CONICYT) has a program focused on developing a scientific culture between children called EXPLORA. “1000 scientifics 1000 lectures” is a program that let children and teens meet with ongoing scientific research promoted by the Chilean Goverment. This is the context of this disertation about nature and design, of … Read more
Hypodynerus wasp’s nest digital prototyping
Photodigitalizing produces a vectorial good looking model posible to be edited, but poor in terms of reproducing the original object. Anyway, stereo litography export let 3D print the resulting surface. In a second prototype, opensource web based waffle structure definition for Grasshopper plug in of Rhinoceros, has transformed the digitalized model into cross ribs of … Read more
Hypodynerus Wasp’s nest Photo digitalization
Present design technologies let us develop in digital media abstract complex forms, but also digitalize existing objects with the most strange geometry. Biomimicry’s approach to design inovation looks through interesting forms that in nature solves analog problems to architecture. But there is also architecture donde by nature. Amazing structures that optimize material resources and energy. … Read more
- Reuse of industrial waste
Reuso de residuos industriales Ogno, Sebastian; Soffia, Alejandro AS nº 34 Pages 44-53 Cocepción, Chile. October 2008 LINKS Magazine on Latindex Magazine review on PA
- Recycling industrial waste Prototype
Long term tradition of recycled architecture has been looking how can we turn garbage into constructive components. Famous Heineken Bottle used as a brick in the 70′s is maybe the most paradigmatic example of this kind of search. But what if we look more in product processes than in the products themselves, and develop systems … Read more
