Fabricate 2020
As I sit and write this blog post from my flat in Leeds, I was supposed instead to be in London attending the Fabricate 2020 conference....
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Oliver Haigh
Mar 27, 20203 min read
'Fabric Formwork', book by Alan Chandler and Remo Pedreschi
As well as carrying out my own physical modelling tests, I knew that I could also learn a lot about the fabric formwork process by...
Oliver Haigh
Mar 24, 20207 min read
COVID-19 lockdown and university closure
The last week or so has seen a rapid change at the national level and also at the university level, due to the rapid escalation of the...
Oliver Haigh
Mar 19, 20202 min read
Bamboo bracing studies: physical models
Having roughly devised a strategy for bracing the bamboo against the tension of the fabric and the weight of the cast material, based on...
Oliver Haigh
Mar 16, 20202 min read
Fabric formwork physical modelling: different fabric tests
For the next phase of physical testing, I wanted to look at how different types of fabrics or membranes would affect the casting process...
Oliver Haigh
Mar 12, 20202 min read
Semester 2 interim review
For this latest review, Nick had invited Ian Fletcher, a tutor in undergraduate architecture, to be our guest critic. Joe Mills...
Oliver Haigh
Mar 11, 20202 min read
Technology lecture and tutorial with Rosemarie Andrews of Bryden Wood
Keith Andrews organised for Rosemarie Andrews from Bryden Wood to come and talk to us and then give us each individual tutorials on our...
Oliver Haigh
Mar 9, 20202 min read
Grasshopper as a tool for showing time and process through animation
Over the many hours spent putting together Grasshopper definitions to create the forms that I am proposing, including the indentations...
Oliver Haigh
Mar 6, 20202 min read
Critiquing 1st year undergraduate interim review
I was asked by Anna Pepe, studio leader of 1st year undergraduate architecture, if I would participate as a guest critic in their interim...
Oliver Haigh
Mar 6, 20205 min read
Video call with Chris Matthews of Atelier One
A few weeks ago, Nick mentioned that a contact of his, Chris Matthews, a structural engineer from Atelier One, may be a useful person for...
Oliver Haigh
Mar 5, 20201 min read
Past students presenting their portfolios
This week, Simon Warren invited two students, Hanzla Asghar and Jake Wright, who graduated last year from his studio, Cityzen Agency, to...
Oliver Haigh
Mar 4, 20205 min read
'Collisions' and 'Architects for Social Housing', lectures by Jay Gort and Geraldine Dening
This week in the Open Lecture Series there were two talks which very much focused on what architects can do in the community as a force...
Oliver Haigh
Feb 28, 20203 min read
'Forest of Fabrication' exhibition at RIBA North, Liverpool
This Friday I went on a trip to Liverpool, to see the 'Forest of Fabrication' exhibition at RIBA North, and also to explore some more of...
Oliver Haigh
Feb 26, 20202 min read
'Future Cities', lectures by Paul Cureton and Nadir Kahn
This week's Open Lecture Series lectures were on the theme of Future Cities. Drone Futures: UAS for Landscape & Urban Design Paul Cureton...
Oliver Haigh
Feb 21, 20202 min read
Rhino, Grasshopper and Revit tutorial with Adam Atraktzi
Nick arranged for Adam, who had been the guest critic for our final review of last semester, to come and give us some tuition on Rhino,...
Oliver Haigh
Feb 19, 20202 min read
Presenting project work in the Open Lecture Series
As part of the Open Lecture Series, a number of postgraduate students were asked to present work, to showcase some of the things being...
Oliver Haigh
Feb 16, 20203 min read
Fabric formwork physical modelling: tensioned fabric models
The initial two fabric formwork tests were both based on hanging the fabric loosely from a frame and then draping the material over...
Oliver Haigh
Feb 12, 20206 min read
Context Symposium – Practising Displacement: Modes of Engagement and Representation
The Context Symposium, organised by tutors architecture tutors Mohamad Hafeda and George Epolito, was one of the best symposiums that I...
Oliver Haigh
Feb 2, 20201 min read
Fabric formwork physical modelling: variables to test
For the last couple of weeks, I parked my physical modelling tests whilst I focused on pulling together my DS3 portfolio for the draft...
Oliver Haigh
Jan 30, 20202 min read
DS3 draft submission
Handing in DS3 marks the end of semester 1's work. Overall I was fairly happy with the work that I handed in for this draft submission....
Oliver Haigh
Jan 26, 20202 min read
Third Pomona Island site visit
I returned to the site a week after the previous visit, with the primary aim of attaining the photos for the photographic site sections...
Oliver Haigh
Jan 18, 20202 min read
Portfolio formatting ideas: accordion fold
Thinking ahead to the need to physically print out and bind my design work into portfolios, I have been weighing up different formats...
Oliver Haigh
Jan 17, 20203 min read
Second Pomona Island site visit
With the Technology module out of the way and the DS3 draft hand-in coming up imminently, it has felt like a good time to really...
Oliver Haigh
Jan 16, 20201 min read
Fabric formwork physical modelling: iteration two
In the second iteration, the variable that I changed was the heights of the bamboos. I retained equal heights around the perimeter, but...
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