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SKY CITYA proposal for Scotiabank’s 2014 Nuit Blanche

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Artist Bio 4Proposal 6Past Work 10Contact Us 14

Artist Bio

F_RMlab: Fabrication Through Research & Media

at the University of Waterloo School of Architecturefrmlab.com

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F_RMlab is a graduate student initiated digital design and fabrication research collective formed to promote design based computational skills and discourse at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. With interests in digital design and physical computation, grads at F_RMlab are deeply invested in research focused on responsive environments, interactive interface and digital fabrication. The group embodies a comprehensive digital research agenda based on three categories: software, hardware and fabrication/prototyping, all of which build off of each other and in turn create integrative design processes. Such processes are broadly implemented in our collective work and a series of installations in collaboration with other research groups to generate interactive installations and prototypes as a launch for projected environments at large. Additionally, F_RMlab values the importance of peer to peer teaching and learning. The collective directs much of its energy on hosting workshops and seminars as a platform for cross disciplinary skill development and experience sharing to further advance personal skills and student research.

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SKY CITY Proposal

Sky City aims to redirect the human vision towards the sky. A dream of the city in the sky we seemed to have lost in the transition into the twenty-fi rst century. Sky City is an interactive installation which allows the user to build their own Sky City from our fl oating block units. The blocks are aligned on a matrix of wires and fl oatying system which allows seamless construction similar to that of Lego toys. Sky City is will also be a study of future urban visions and the transformation of a cityscape throughout the night both in the sky and in Toronto.

October 2014 - Nuit Blanche - a Toronto all-night contemporary art festival

Starting blocks on ground transform into a confi gura-

tion designed by users

Top grid detail Base detailing

Model prototype

SKY CITY TEAM

F_RMlab Members:

Alex GontarzAnam KahnConnor O’GradyFarzin Misami AzadHenry MurdockJustin JonesLogan SteeleYeu (May) WuMiriam HoPetra BogiasRakshya GauchanSaeran VasanthakumarSean YangSheida ShahiWill Fu

Past Work

Project Index:

Dog ColumnVox PopuliField CushionSoft EdgeInfl atable LandscapesTesting GroundF_KE CUBEIIDEX Lobby

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Infl atable Landscapes

November 2012 - Future Public Environment - one day workshop with SUNY Buff alo Situated Technologies

The project explores the idea of soft architectures and proposes an alternative strategy for the bioremediation of the banks of the Golden Horn in Istanbul. A series or infl atable buoys line the shoreline, acting as remediation network hubs as they analyze water quality and potentially off er a responsive public space along the harbour front as they react to human presence.

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F_KE CUBE

November 2013 - Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture 2013 conference, installation by F_RMLAB on behalf of Waterloo School of Architecture

The CUBE is an undergraduate initiative exploring fabrication techniques and the fi eld of interactive architecture. Stemming from the groundwork of Field Guide, exhibited at the Gladstone Hotel last April, The Cube brings a sense of discovery to an interactive canopy, encouraging the user to engage with the components in a playful and intimate setting.

Contact Us

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@F_RMlab

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Sean Yang[e] sean.mj.y@gmail.com [c] 519 574 2559Will Fu[e] willcongfu@gmail.com [c] 519 635 1932

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Thank You

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at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture © 2012