Critical Practices 2022
Critical Practices 2022 took place in Aalborg. A publication of the track can be downloaded here.
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Prototype 01
Probiotic Structures
A probiotic architectural prototype that serves as a microbiodiversity-enhancing intervention for urban environments, made by multi-layered robotic extrusion onto curved surfaces.
Prototype 02
Multi-Storey Rammed Earth Construction
Can rammed earth, without stabilisers, carry multi-storey buildings in an urban Danish context?
Prototype 03
Cast & Place
An experimental design-build pavilion of aluminium panels cast into the patterns of cracking clay.
Prototype 04
Textile Column
3D-printed ceramic cladding for structural steel, reimagining architectural ceramics through textile and dressing.
Prototype 05
Thatched Facades for a Sustainable Future
CO2-neutral fire retardants for vertical thatched surfaces, developed with industry and tested against fire.
Prototype 06
Curved Oak Prototypes
Crooked sawlogs digitised and registered in a database to design with, rather than against, the natural curvature of wood.
Prototype 07
Adaptive Reflective Environments
A more versatile, adaptive approach to daylighting in schools, tested through prototypes, simulation and interviews.
Prototype 08
Multi-Layer Planar Reciprocal Frames
A modular reciprocal-frame structure for floors and flat roofs, assembled layer upon layer without temporary supports.
Prototype 09
Reuse and Misuse with Heat Formed Acrylic
The Acrylic Pixel: a modular system of heat-slumped acrylic panels that warps light and vision.
Prototype 10
Double Curved Stressed Skin Structures
A proof of concept for double-curved stressed-skin plywood structures with great design flexibility.
Prototype 11
Kinetic Thin Glass Building Envelope
Thin glass strips, actuated along the edge and twisted, explore new kinetic tectonics for façades.
Prototype 13
Prototyping Collective Gestures
How a competition prototype shows the reworking of ways of working in the practice of David Chipperfield Architects.
Prototype 14
Physical Model: Goian-Cerveira Footbridge
Mola, an interactive magnetic physical model, used as a design tool for an innovative footbridge.
Prototype 15
Re:Shuffle
Computational workflows for building with reclaimed and surplus timber elements.
Prototype 16
Las Aradas Memorial
Models and fragments that test popular building techniques for a memorial to the victims of the Salvadoran civil war.