- 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

- 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

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

- Public Ecosystems

Ecosistemas Públicos Soffia, Alejandro CA nº 136 Pages 17, 54-57 Santiago, Chile. August/September 2008 Since the sustainable revolution has started, Architects got very fast in this new mood. So nowadays every building with a green basket can be called as sustainable design. In terms of public design we are not talking about baskets anymore, we … Read more

- PUPA & MNHN+

“Entre el año 2004 y 2006 llevaron a cabo el proyecto PUPA que consistió en la recuperación de la Biblioteca de Entomología ubicada en el Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Santiago de Chile. Para ello gestionaron 2 Fondos para las Artes en su línea de Infraestructura Cultural. El primero de ellos financió el estudio … Read more