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The Lithuanian architectural magazine NAMASirAS has selected the Weaving Enclosure experimental installation for its publication dedicated to MADE expo 2015 Fair. Weaving Enclosure has been a part of the HighTechLab exhibition space, organized by BUILD SMART!, where the recent technological advancements and innovative solutions for the construction industry have been the main topic.    During this year’s MADEexpo 2015 Fair, held from 18th to 21st March, the ACTLAB team was given the opportunity to present its recent works and collaborations. Our research unit became a part of BUILD SMART! - a new event organized by MADEexpo in partnership with Agora and many accredited industry partners, which spreads knowledge and promotes technological innovation in the construction industry. Roberto Naboni and Ingrid Paoletti presented a lecture entitled “MateRealizing Innovation” where topics like material computation, digital crafting and new paradigms for sustainability were tackled.
During the days of MADEexpo 2015 Fair, visited by over 200 000 people, ACTLAB presented Weaving Enclosure, 3D Printed Performative Skins and Twisted Columns.  The experimental installation on the emergent properties of weaving material systems in architecture “Weaving Enclosure” created in collaboration with “GD Guidetti e Dassi” has posed a great interest to the visitors with its combination of material computation techniques and digital craft.
“Performative Skins” developed in collaboration with WASProject and FiloAlfa is researching on experimental construction systems for building skins through the use of additive manufacturing. Focusing on the potentials of plastic, the proposed skins involve the creation of an entire parametric workflow, to study envelopes responding to different mechanical and environmental performances, with the final objective of generating a unique multi-performative skin made of components. A multi-scalar design enhancement is proposed to obtain a topologically optimized structural layout. The 3D printed prototype shows a custom-developed structural pattern, which represents an internal micro-structure. Parallelly, a second experiment aims at optimizing mechanical performances through a corrugation of the external surface.
“Interior Surfaces” conceived in cooperation with Kloner3D and FiloAlfa investigates the application of additive manufacturing technology for the construction of three dimensional building components for interior finishings. 3D printing gives the possibility to explore different features of the textures like transparency, translucency, glossiness and differential thickness. Different tiles prototypes serving as wall cladding have been designed with varying aspects and properties enhancing the sensorial perception of the environment: visual, tactile or acoustic. The integrated tessellation allows the optimization of the production and assembly process.   Finally, in collaboration with WASProject, ACTLAB was able to 3D print a 1:1 cement prototype of a structural support with 30 cm diameter and 100 cm height using WASP Big Delta 3D printer. The “Twisted Columns” experiment is based on the study of a monolith column in which the use of printing allows the achievement of various shapes and sizes, simplifying the manufacturing process compared to traditional techniques which would require complex formwork. The family of columns is designed parametrically and varies in geometry and pattern.
 ACTLAB invites you to a lecture with Q&A by Valentin Spiess on the topic "New Concepts for the Vitalisation of Places through Civil Participation". The introduction will be given by Ingrid Paoletti. The lecture will be held in Politecnico di Milano, Faculty of Architecture and Society, Building 11, Room O2.1 on 26th March at 17:00h.  From 23/02/2015 to 06/03/2015 in Politecnico di Milano will take place MIAW 2015. The two-week long school brings together over 11 mentors coming from all over the world and 220 students from all study courses and different levels (BA and MSc). ACTLAB used the opportunity to invite Achim Menges, a professor at the University of Stuttgart and the founding director of the Institute for Computational Design (ICD). Prof. Menges practice and research focuses on the development of integral design processes at the intersection of morphogenetic design computation, biomimetic engineering and computer aided manufacturing that enables a highly articulated, performative built environment. During MIAW 2015 he will hold the workshop on Granular Space and will present a lecture on the Physical and Numerical Computation of Spatial Structures with Designed Aggregates. - The program of the workshop follows: GRANULAR SPACE/MIAW 2015 The MIAW 2015 Workshop will research Granular Space. Vertical cylinders - solid or hollow columns - will be the starting point for these spatial explorations. Cylinders being compression-structures only are the most basic and reliable structural types to be realized with designed aggregates. They thus allow for fast and vast exploration of possible morphological variations on local and global scales. The workshop is split in two parts each culminating in a review. During Part 1 three teams will work to rapidly explore morphological variations of the cylinder and their effects, such as variants in height, thickness or aggregate combinations. Results from all groups are to be combined into three proposals for a final prototype. Part 2 of the workshop will focus on the realization of one selected prototype by the entire group that is to be presented and exhibited at the Final Review on March 6. A one-day workshop on numerical modelling of aggregates in cooperation with ITASCA Consulting, Inc. will give first-hand insights into modelling granular structures with the Distinct-Element Method. Guest Professors Achim Menges & Karola Dierichs Host Professor Ingrid Paoletti Tutor Roberto Naboni Cooperation Partners ITASCA Consulting, Inc. - ICD, University of Stuttgart MIAW 2015  On 20/01/2015 in Politecnico di Milano, ACTLAB inaugurated Weaving Enclosure, the experimental installation developed during the international workshop Un[Expected] Mate[Reality] 2014 and synthesis of an over-an-year research on weaving as material system. During the event we presented our new website www.act-lab.net, where you can find more about the team behind ACTLAB as well as our past and future works and endeavors.  Last but not least, the founders of ACTLAB, Ingrid Paoletti and Roberto Naboni presented the newly published monograph entitled Advanced Customization in Architectural Design and Construction. We thank all the acclaimed academics, professionals and students that took part of this event.
On Tuesday 20th January ACTLAB is inaugurating Weaving Enclosure, an experimental installation developed during the international workshop Un[Expected] Mate[Reality] 2014, and synthesis of an ongoing research on the emergent properties of weaving systems at the architectural scale.
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