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CUTMR 2011 final installation - photos by Connor O’Grady

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:11:00 -0500

CUTMR 2011 final installation

- photos by Connor O’Grady

Thank You!

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:08:14 -0500

A huge thanks to everyone who helped through out the installation!

Heinz Koller, Dan Jessel, Shay Gibson, Richard Lam, Connor O’Grady, Sheida Shahi, Amy Troung and Fiona Lim Tung.

Thanks to Han Dong and Leon Lai for their help with the submission.

- the groundWork team

Installation at the Gladstone began Sunday night! The team is in...

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:00:00 -0500

Installation at the Gladstone began Sunday night! The team is in their final phase of installation, which includes calibration of the video projection and set up of the of the real time video installation.

We are looking forward to the opening and seeing you there!

-groundWork

After 40 hours of milling this week, assembly begins! The...

Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:44:00 -0500

After 40 hours of milling this week, assembly begins!

The installation consists of 25 CNC-milled 2’ x 4’ panels.

Thank You to Our Sponsor

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:49:00 -0500

Thank you to our sponsor George Frankfort and Lifetime Developments for their generous support.

For more information on the company you can visit their site at: http://www.lifetimedevelopments.com/

prototype panel + finish CNC Foam, Latex White Primer, Silver...

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:55:00 -0500

prototype panel + finish

CNC Foam, Latex White Primer, Silver Latex Hygloss Paint

3d digital working model of final installation. We are using...

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:57:00 -0500

3d digital working model of final installation.

We are using T-Splines + Rhino for nurbs modeling as well

as Grasshopper + Rhino for parametric modeling.

CNC milling - prototype

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:12:00 -0500

CNC milling - prototype

Profile: Lily Nourmansouri

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:13:26 -0500

Lily is currently in her final year at the University of Waterloo. She has completed internships at Studio Fuksas (Rome), OFF Architecture (Paris), Leeser (New York), Core Architects (Toronto) and HLW International (New York). She also participated in Philip Beesley’s workshop, Sargasso Field, held in Copenhagen for the COP15 conference, which involved the design and fabrication of a large scale responsive installation activated by user participation.

Profile: Daniela Leon

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:00:00 -0500

born 1989, Regina, Saskatchewan

Daniela is in her fourth year of architecture at the University of Waterloo and has worked in Regina, Calgary, New York and most recently in Toronto at regionalArchitects. In 2010, Daniela was an invited guest critic at the Pratt Institute of Design and in 2009 was involved in prototyping the soffit of Team North’s entry for the 2009 Solar Decathlon.

091210 - Study Model, 3d Print, Resin

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:01:00 -0500

091210 - Study Model, 3d Print, Resin

Profile: Sayjel Patel

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 15:24:00 -0500

born 1986, London, Ontario

At present, Sayjel is a student at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. In 2009, Sayjel launched `Grasshopper for Humanity` with friend Adam Schwartzentruber. Sayjel`s past work experience includes internships at Coop Himmelb(l)au (Vienna), Kohn Pedersen Fox (New York), Gensler (Los Angeles), and Brook McIlroy (Toronto). He also participated in a workshop led by Phillip Beesley in Copenhagen, Denmark, to design and fabricate `Sargasso Field`, an installation that was exhibited at the Cop15 Climate Change Summit in December, 2009.

grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com

Snake Wall Concept Rendering

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:22:00 -0400

Snake Wall Concept Rendering

Profile: Maria Nikolova

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:09:00 -0400

born 1988, Sofia, Bulgaria

Maria is studying at the Universiy of Waterloo School of Architecture and is currently in the last year of the undergraduate program. She has participated in the fabrication and installation of Chora ‘Flight’ (2008), a student theatre production at the University of Waterloo, as well as NuitBlanche ‘Twofold’ (2009), an immersive installation at the heart of Liberty Village. Maria has worked in Toronto, Vancouver and Copenhagen.

marianikolova.com

Portfolio of Fabricated Works 2008 - Present

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:35:00 -0400

Twofold, Toronto Nuit Blanche (2009)

The Dream of Dedalus, Chora (2008)

Concrete Milking Stool, CUTMR (2010)

Steam Bent Wood Chair, CUTMR (2010)

Explore Design UWSA (2008)

Portfolio of Fabricated Works 2008 - Present

Profile: Brian Muthaliff

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:34:00 -0400

born 1988, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Brian is in the final year of undergraduate architecture at the University of Waterloo. Brian has worked for Bjarke Ingles Group (Copenhagen), Kohn Pedersen Fox (New York), Cannon Design Inc (Vancouver) and William Dewson Architect (Toronto). In 2009 Brian’s design Sit|Share|Relax was featured in the CUTMR chair design exhibition, and in the same year Twofold, an installation by GaltStudio (which Brian is a member of) won the People’s Choice Award in the Scotiabank Nuit Banche festival.

http://www.brianmuthaliff.com/