- Biomimetics. Technological Innovation for sustainable design
Alejandro Soffia “Biomimetics. Technological Innovation for sustainable design″ Context: Taller de Arquitectura 6, Universidad Católica de Perú Location: Skype Organization: Professor Jean Pierre Crousse. Assistants: Oscar Malaspina, Alessandra Calmell Date: 14/03/2011
- 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
- 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
- From digital model to physical prototype
Tomographic scan of a Mud wasp’s nest, done insisde the MARQ was selected to represent EAPUC’s 2009 best projects of 2009. “Curso optativo MARQ 2ºs Del modelo digital al prototipo real“ Profesor: Claudio Labarca, Ayudante: Juan Eduardo Ojeda, Estudiantes: Rodrigo Gómez, Jaime Pascual, Alejandro Soffia Anuario EAPUC 2009 Santiago, Chile. April 2010. Págs. 168-169 LINKS … 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
