3D Printing Pre-Formed, Expandable Structures
In what could be a preview of the future of architectural design, Los Angeles-based architecture office ID4A has created a method for creating pliable, reconfigurable 3D prints. READ MORE
Manipulate pliable 3D printed structures
ID4A has recently created a method to generate tractable systems for a range of architectural and industrial applications. Their patent pending design process, sort of architectural “hyper-prototyping” employs “a rigorous exchange between computational design, physical prototyping and additive manufacturing. READ MORE
Logistical Morphologies and Rigging Matter in Motion by ID4A
This investigation started as an interest in challenging existing methodologies of design and fabrication that are based on the logics of rigid bodies and structures and the use of static materials. The process explores forms, structures and objects that can be pliable and transformative until being fixed by taking advantage of vectorial geometry manipulations, material programming and applied robotic motion. READ MORE
“Now, using a methodology developed by Rania Hoteit and Malek Idriss, 3D printers are being used to make materials as scaffolds and preforms for further manipulation and fabrication. These materials can then be fitted with motion sensors (the kind used to track human movements for animation) to follow the changes in the material as it is manipulated ... using 3D printing to make materials as scaffolds and preforms for further free-form fabrication processes is a new development, and the methodology invented by Hoteit and Idriss... ”
ID4A Technologies introduces Flō at the Engineer Design and Innovation Show in the UK.
ID4A Technologies introduces Flō at the first ever 3D Printing Conference & Exhibition in the GCC.
