We are pleased to announce YEE-O 2020 – Year End Exhibition – Online edition for this 2019-2020 academic year. This annual event celebrates the hard work and creative achievements of over 500 undergraduate and graduate students from every unit and level in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba. Unfortunately, COVID-19 led to the cancellation of this in-person event, but sharing and celebrating student achievements must go on!
C.A.S.T. Researcher in Residence
Structural Anthropometries: Compactos and Inflatables in Fabric Formed Pre-Cast Elements
Frederik Petersen
PhD, cand. arch., C.A.S.T. Researcher in Residence
Structural Anthropometries develops techniques for the construction of formally complex and intellectually ambiguous pre-cast elements. Compactos are used to control the spherical expansion of the formwork while pneumatic inflatables make it possible to obtain cavities in the pre-cast elements. The combination of multi-piece formwork, compactos, and inflatables with dedicated digital modeling and unfolding tools affords the designer an array of approaches to control the interplay of tensile and compressive forces at play in the casting process. In parallel with its technical motivations, the project develops the characteristic formal and suggestive aspects of fabric formed structures as an active and integrated part of the built environment.