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Invited to exhibit ReConfig at TSE during the Venice Biennale 2025
We are excited to announce our participation at the Time Space Existence exhibition invited by the European Cultural Center with our project Re:Config. If you are visiting the Venice Biennale this year drop by Palazzo Mora #16B to see our project!
Work exhibited at the Inaugural Open Studio exhibition of Cornell Design Tech
On display March 26 - April 11 at Bibliowicz Gallery, Millstein Hall, Ithaca, NY
May 15 - May 21 at NYC x Design, Cornell Design Tech NYC
May 15 - May 21 at NYC x Design, Cornell Design Tech NYC
New article on Collaborative Bending presented at Caadria 2025 in Tokyo.
Paper co-authored by Alexandra Pittiglio (Lab for Creative Computation EPFL), Xiliu Yang (ICD, University of Stuttgart), Marirena Kladeftira (Design Tech AAP, Cornell University), Felix Amtsberg (ICD, University of Stuttgart), Prof. Stefana Parascho (Lab for Creative Computation EPFL), Prof. Achim Menges (ICD, University of Stuttgart) was presented in Tokyo in March during the Caadria 2025 conference.
Lecture at Cornell University as part of the lecture series of Design Tech Spring 2025
At Milstein Auditorium.
Info here: https://aap.cornell.edu/news-events/lecture/marirena-kladeftira-post-digital-perspective-architecture-and-humanity
Info here: https://aap.cornell.edu/news-events/lecture/marirena-kladeftira-post-digital-perspective-architecture-and-humanity
New Lecture Series "Restoring Human Agency"
Lecture series with invited experts on human-robot and human-machine interaction and collaboration in construction hosted throughout the spring '25 elective "Anthropocentric Models of Making" at Cornell Design Tech offered by Marirena Kladeftira.
diffCheck Plugin Release
DiffCheck Plugin released for Rhino/ GH: A scan-cad error evaluation tool for timber construction.
Link to preprint: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389315437_DiffCheck_a_Scan-CAD_Evaluation_Tool_for_Digital_Manufacturing_and_Assembly_Processes_in_Timber_Construction
Link to preprint: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389315437_DiffCheck_a_Scan-CAD_Evaluation_Tool_for_Digital_Manufacturing_and_Assembly_Processes_in_Timber_Construction
Invited Talk
Invited Talk at Georgia Tech, School of Architecture
Talk at the GSD
Invited Lecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, February 2025
Talk at Texas Tech, College of Architecture
Hosted by Dr. Sina Mostafavi and the Hi-DARS lab. February 2025.
Talk and Panel Discussion at Digital Futures
Invited for the Emerging Greek Hybridities Panel on February 1st, 2025
Workshop "Real Time Instruction of Construction Robots" at Future of Construction Symposium 2024
Workshop offered at the FoC 2024, organized in SUPSI, Switzerland
Invited Public Talk during the AAA Experiments in AI, Art and Architecture
Invited by the Chair of Circular Engineering for Architecture (CEA), at the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geomatic Engineering (D-BAUG) at ETH Zurich, Marirena will give a talk on Nov 19th at Kunsthalle Zurich about her work towards sustainable building practices.
More info here: https://www.kunsthallezurich.ch/en/kalender/9344-marirena-kladeftira
More info here: https://www.kunsthallezurich.ch/en/kalender/9344-marirena-kladeftira
New article out on 3DP+ Journal!
Large-scale Hollow-Core 3D Printing (HC3DP) - Variable Cross Section and Printing Features for Lightweight Plastic Elements.
Invited Talk at Yale School of Architecture
Invited talk on personal work and research . Response by Hakim Hasan.
Workshop "Human-Robot Interaction" at DMS 2024
I will be giving a workshop on human-robot collaboration focusing on remote intervention in complex asseblies with Eleni Skevaki, Ziqi Wang and Stefana Parascho at the Design Modelling Symposium 2024 at Kassel. More info here: https://design-modelling-symposium.de/workshops/human-robot-interaction/
Prōtóplasto is a finalist for the 3D Pioneers Challenge 2024!
"Prōtóplasto" paper in the proceedings of Fabricate 2024.
See you in Copenhagen in April!
Upcoming paper at 3DP+
Our paper "Large-Scale Hollow-Core 3D Printing: Variable Cross-Section and Printing Features for Lightweight Plastic Elements" has been accepted for publication at the 3D printing and Additive Manufacturing Journal. Link to the paper soon!
Talk at Princeton University School of Architecture
Invited Talk "An architecture of systems for the digital age” at Princeton University, School of Architecture, NJ
ACADIA 2022
Paper presentation on Digital Bamboo at ACADIA 2022 in Philadelphia, PA
Shortlisted FRAME awards 2022
Digital Bamboo shortlisted for best use of material at Frame awards 2022.
Design Modelling Symposium
Paper presentation “Self-interlocking 3D printed joints for modular assembly of space frame structures.” at the Design Modelling Symposium in Berlin 2022.
Paper presented at IASS 2022
Davide Tanadini presented our paper on the application of graphic statics for the Digital Bamboo at International Association for Shell and Spatial structures IASS 2022
Swiss Sustainability Forum
Invited exhibition on bespoke joints and the Digital Bamboo at the “Swiss Sustainability Forum” in Bern, Switzerland
Impact Finance
Invited exhibition of bespoke joints and the Digital Bamboo at the "Impact Finance" event in Switzerland.
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