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How architects turned a hulking brick box into MIT’s newest academic hub
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (1699+ words) It started with a vision: Move MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) into the Metropolitan Storage Warehouse, an unoccupied, fortress-like brick building on MIT’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After all, SA+P needed more space and new facilities....
3 Questions: Beyond data-driven aesthetics
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (190+ words) Q: What inspired “Beyond Data-Driven Aesthetics,” and what questions does it explore? A: The conceptual origins of “Beyond Data-Driven Aesthetics” emerged from three intersecting lines of research. First, while completing my PhD in design and computation in the MIT Department of…...
How architecture influences political activity
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (524+ words) Could the precise architectural form of your residence influence how much you participate in politics? A new study by MIT scholars finds this to be exactly the case — at least in Accra, Ghana, where many people live in semi-communal structures…...
It took 40 years for technology to catch up to this zipper design
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (468+ words) MIT News Centers, Labs, & Programs - It took 40 years for technology to catch up to this zipper design Previous image Next image In 1985, the Innovative Design Fund placed an ad in Scientific American offering up to $10,000 to support clever prototypes for…...
Stamping high-res imagery onto everyday items to “reprogram” their appearance
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (722+ words) ChromoLCD combines the sharpness of LCDs with the precision lighting of LEDs. The collective powers of these lights help users stamp designs onto flat surfaces (like walls) and soft ones (like bags) after they’ve been coated with photochromic dye. Imagine…...
A new way to “paint with light” to create radiant, color-changing items
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (556+ words) New "MorphoChrome" software from MIT helps users create iridescent designs that can be applied to everyday items using a handheld device. The hardware “paints” with multi-color light onto holographic film, which can be applied to 3D-printed objects or flexible substrates....
Technique makes complex 3D printed parts more reliable
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (662+ words) Now, MIT researchers have created a way for models to account for 3D printing’s limitations during the design process. In experiments, they showed their approach could be used to make materials that perform much more closely to the way they’re intended…...