Archi-Tech

New 3D Print Technology for the Construction of Houses

Posted by Unknown 10 June 2014 2 comments

A new 3D printer technology has been developed lately to allow the construction of a house by printing part by part of the building and putting them together. There is a specific video where illustrates and explains the new technology by the developers, as well as showing the very...

Limits Architects Set to the Range of Projects They Would Take On

Posted by Unknown 7 June 2014 0 comments

I came accross an article calles 'Weapons, Bribes And Dctators: Where Architects Draw The Line' by Fast CoDesign. The article talks about Zaha Hadid's project for the World Cup of 2022, which hundreds of workers that where working on the project have lost their lives. Zaha Hadid...

Architectural Technology vs Architecture

Posted by Unknown 1 June 2014 0 comments

There are a lot of people that ask me what I am studying and when I tell them that I am an Architectural Technology student they keep staring at me like I am talking nonsense and asking me what is the difference with Architecture. The fact is that most people never heard about this...

The Importance of Sustainable Development

Posted by Unknown 26 February 2014 0 comments

When a construction project is on the go, the functionality of it and its design is not enough to be able to contribute to society. A building to be 100% sufficient and contribute to society and the world needs to me sustainable. The scientific definition of sustainable development...

Ecobuild Exhibition 2014 in London

Posted by Unknown 18 February 2014 0 comments

Between the 4th and 6th of March the tenth Ecobuild Exhibition for 2014 will be hosted in ExCel centre in London, According to the Ecobuild official website the exhibition is the 'world's leading event for sustainable design, construction, energy and the built environment' In...

Concrete Tent

Posted by Pan So 26 January 2014 0 comments

A great technology has been recently discovered that is considered to be a cheap house that can be rapidly built and provide what a normal house does. The concrete tent is made from concrete canvas, a flexible canvas with the exact same properties with concrete. A bendable...

Review: Encyclopedia of Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture

Posted by Pan So 8 January 2014 1 comment

This post will be another review about a book. Specifically it's about an Encyclopedia. This book goes with the title 'Encyclopedia of Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture'. The title says it all. It's a big book full of information about detail drawings in contemporary...

Review: Mastering Autodesk Revit Architecture

Posted by Pan So 25 December 2013 0 comments

As previously referred on a previous post (Building Information Modelling (BIM)), Autodesk Revit Architecture is a pretty easy software to learn how to use regarding Building Information Modelling, however, not everything you want to learn will be clear on this software. You...

Sewage Treatment: Contain, Use & Reuse

Posted by Pan So 8 December 2013 0 comments

It's been a long time since there was a post about sustainable development technologies and this is going to be one of those posts. The sustainable technology that this post will be discussing is the sewage treatment. This type of technology is based on the principle 'Contain,...

BIM DECODING

Posted by Pan So 28 November 2013 0 comments

Normally there is only one post every week, but there is going to be a small exception to this rule that we have and make another post. The reason why I am doing this exception is because if i post this next week it is going to be already too late. Yesterday I received an announcement...

Spacemaker VR

Posted by Pan So 27 November 2013 0 comments

Scrolling down my FaceBook news feed, I came across a blog post by ArchDaily about a new way to present your BIM models to your clients. The Spacemaker VR is a new way to present your projects and designs to your clients making them feel the exact space of your design as...

The Details of Modern Architecture Volume 1 & 2

Posted by Pan So 19 November 2013 0 comments

Two books that are great to add in your collection is definitely The Details of Modern Architecture. It comes in two volumes, the first volume covers the period 1890-1932 and the second volume covers the period between 1928-1988. Both of the books were published in 2003. The...