Municipal arts society's new exhibition.What are the principles of form? Is there an architectural genome genome: see genetics. genome all the genetic content contained within an organism. An organism's genome is made up of molecules of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that form long strands that are tightly wound into chromosomes, which are found in the ? Haresh Lalvani, PhD, has been working for 30 years to uncover the answers to these questions. His work has resulted in a new approach to design, called AlgoRhythms. AlgoRhythms constitutes complex curved metal surfaces for applications in architecture and design that are derived from the advanced mathematics of surfaces and produced by mass customization. This process, which has been developed in collaboration with MILGO/ BUFKIN, a Brooklyn-based architectural metal fabricator fab·ri·cate tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates 1. To make; create. 2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: , will be the focus of a new exhibition at the Urban Center. MorphoGenomics: The Milgo Experiment in Shaping Surfaces will be on view March 23 through April 30. The opening reception will be March 29, 6 to 8 p.m.. There will be a lecture by Lalvani on March 31 at 6 p.m. Explorations of curved surfaces have become common, but Lalvani's and MILGO/BUFKIN's AlgoRhythms approach is unique in three ways: * While infinitely variable, the forms are rigorously algorithmically derived from the higher mathematics of surfaces. * The AlgoRhythms fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. process uses a new form of mass-customization, allowing each item to be fabricated fab·ri·cate tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates 1. To make; create. 2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: differently, eventually with the same speed and efficiency that mass production uses to make identical items. * AlgoRhythms is the result of a collaboration between a designer and a fabricator, providing the designer with resources for the exploration of new design approaches and forms, and the fabricator with marketable Marketable are securities that can be easily converted into cash. Such securities will generally have highly liquid markets allowing the security to be sold at a reasonable price very quickly. products. Lalvani is a professor of architecture at Pratt Institute Pratt Institute, at Brooklyn, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1887. Founded by Charles Pratt as a school for practical training, it now offers general and professional studies, including programs in fine arts, art education, art history, library and where he is also the co-director of the Center for Experimental Structures. He received the Pioneers' Award from the Space Structures Research Center for his contributions in the field of space structures. |
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