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Material innovation awards '20

Worldwide

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1 Entry

Yi-Liang and Ester

Precise Imprecision

Flexible Construction with Robotic Fabric Formwork Precise Imprecision defines a new robotic construction technique through stack casting fabric molds by KUKA industrial robot and human, and re-defines "precise" and "imprecise" in digital fabrication.

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2 Entries

Nick

Greatham Creek Seal Hide

A Seal Hide design in a nature reserve in North England, a habitat of recovering Seal Population. The hide is a final stage of an ambitious wetland regeneration project. Aiming to appeal to both the serious enthusiasts while also attracting casual visitors. The Hide is a complex faceted weathered steel structure, made up of twin perforated layers.

Feiyi

Kaleidoscope-Periscope

The Kaleidoscope-Periscope is an inhabitable viewfinder. People leave the world of the city only to encounter a distorted world mixed with fragments of their own images. The mirrored steel surfaces and the conical shell structure create a rigid kaleidoscope that produces patterns reflected from Biltmore Park’s tree canopy and the city skyline beyond.