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Y/Surf/Struc* | Centre Pompidou, Paris (4th floor)

*structure part of the permanent collection of the Centre Pompidou, Paris.

Design team : Marc Fornes (Principal), Maurizio Bianchi Design Development : Marc Fornes (Principal), Jeff Quantz, Claudia Corcilius Custom computation protocols : Marc Fornes in Python / Rhinocommon Digital Fabrication: WashU / Ken Tracy, John Dolci, Matt Fromboluti, Jeff Sullivan,... Prototyping : Jeff Quantz, Peter Nguyen Drawings: Dwight Engel, Anass Benhachmi Assembly in Paris : Marc Fornes, Jeff Quantz, Peter Nguyen + Maurizio Bianchi, Nicolas Pouget, Odile Rousseau,... Students : Andrea Buttarini, Kamilla Csegzi, Margarita De Bruijn, Ana Feijao, Petros Giannakakis, Alessia Girardi, Napas Kitirattragan, Marysol Kraviez, Yanisa Niennattrakul, Panpailin Pipattanasakul, Claudio Saccucci.

[gigya src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/xjmkur" width="500" height="281" quality="high" wmode="transparent" allowFullScreen="true" ]Interview of Frederic Migayrou | Deputy Director MNAM-CCI / Centre Georges Pompidou (link)

Many thanks to everyone at the Centre Pompidou for making this project possible: Valerie Guillaume, Odile Rousseau, Frederic Migayrou, Andre, etc...

Many thanks to Washington University for its fabrication support...

Many thanks to Jorge Ayala and AA School Paris Workshop for their help on the assembly, ...

Many thanks to all the helpers without who that project wouldn't be possible...

Support: McNeel, RhinoNest, WashU

Photo Brice Pelleschi

Photo Brice Pelleschi

PROTOTYPICAL INVESTIGATION: “from surface condition to structural network” “from non-linear morphology to descriptive geometrical search into linear elements”