I’m giving a public lecture this Wednesday in Porto at the University of Porto. Details here:
https://sigarra.up.pt/faup/pt/noticias_geral.ver_noticia?p_nr=52763
Category Archives: Integrated design
Integrated design related to engineering & architecture
Interview in Site Magazine
Read the interview with me about Sidewalk Labs Smart Cities proposals in Site Magazine.
EVs as Portable Batteries for Renewable Energy
TIPSlab has completed research on how to align intermittent renewable energy with EV charging to enable storage of renewable energy by charging EVs around the city.
Autonomous Vehicles Front Page Article
This article made the front page of the Province newspaper in BC. Check it out:
Wooden Shell Structure Prototype
Here is the first wooden shell structure prototype!
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Parkades of the Future Report
The Parkades of the Future Report for UBC Living Lab is complete.
Large Scale Timber Shell Structures
Just awarded a grant with collaborators Prof Thomas Tannert (Civil/Wood Sciences UBC), Prof Oliver Neumann (SALA UBC) and Iain Macdonald (CAWP) to research the design and fabrication of large scale timber shell structures using advanced fabrication methods.
I hope this expands the perception of wood in the world to make it the material of choice for curved architectural design. Renewable and easily fabricated with today’s advanced technology. Read more under Research.
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Timber fabrication projects
Completed in research courses led by Oliver Neumann and myself, these projects are designed and then built on site by students. The projects are fabricated with a Hundegger which does 3 dimensional CAD controlled cuts to create exact jointing of timber elements to each other. Tolerances on the timber are mm (not so on the foundations on site!).
