In July 2003 the competition to design the National Aquatics centre for the 2008 Beijing Olympics was won by the consortium of Arup, architecture firm PTW, the CSCEC (China State Construction and Engineering Corporation) and the CSCEC Shenzhen Design Institute (CSCEC+DESIGN). Its radical new design which drew its inspiration from the natural formation of soap bubbles impressed the panel of judges made up of acrchitects and engineers from around the globe as well as pre-eminent Chinese academics.
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Rapid prototyping is a relativly new technology and one which is predicted to play a crucial role in the futre of design and manufacturing. This process takes designs from comuter aided design (CAD) or animation modeling software and divides them into thin horizontal cross-sections. These cross sections are then assembled in real space layer by layer till the model is finished. This method of construction is called additive layer manufacturing (ALM). Applications of this process include medical where replacement bones can be made with the same dimensions to the intended patient. Concept design for the automotive and construction industry, it has also been used by sculptors to produce complex shapes. Exeter Universtity is currently running research into the applications of ALM in the chocolate industy, the idea being that ppeople can design and make their own chocolate however they want to. |
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Energy Efficient Buildings
