Imagine | 04 Rapids

Two volumes of the Imagine series are planned annually. Façades and Deflateables are available. Performance Driven Envelopes and Rapids will appear at the beginning of 2009.<br/><br/>Processes of construction are related to available technologies of production and assembly. IT has made a deep impact on design possibilities and the control of production logistics – enabling feats such as freeform architecture and increasingly precise elaboration. Alternately, the idea of Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Manufacturing Technology provides the chance to create one-off components and elements for architecture. We now have the opportunity to design and construct without the disadvantages of production resistance and assembly needs – to realize genuine IT-driven architecture.