A new ProxyLog, our yearly design journal, has been released. Visit Proxy’s OpenBook site to see how the book is made and pick up a copy.

An example of the geometry that Proxy is developing from its software demo – this tower sketch is made from a series of modules, including force-directed graphs and Iso surfacing routines.

Proxy participated in the East Coast section of the (im)material processes – New Digital Techniques for Architecture exhibition, curated by Alisa Andrasek & Neil Leach. Photos of the opening reception can be found here. The exhibition was held at the 7-9-8 Space in Beijing 24 October – 2 November 2008.

Proxy has posted a video showing software developed for recent projects. Featuring advanced geometry, physics and performance modeling, this demo shows the potential dynamism made possible by computational practice.

Informal Toolbox is being printed: in 2008, the SLUM LAB visited Paraisópolis, a Brazilian favela in the heart of São Paulo, eliciting a series of architectural ‘tactics’ conceived to integrate and transform “critical urban areas”, sprawling tracts of informal housing that support a dynamic social and spatial life.

Proxy prototyped the first of vTruss 1.0 system for NYU ITP’s end of year exhibition to showcase the class “Fabricating Information” taught by Proxy this semester. More images here.

Proxy is visualizing NYC 311 complaint statistics using surface algorithms. On display at SUPERFRONT. More images here.

Part of the Proxy + Maeda project doc, showing ’solar heat maps’ used to generate building mass. Video here.

Proxy is experimenting with algorithms to dynamically create rich programmatic maps for space-planning. The results of one such run:

The Proxy.log is available for purchase. The log bundles experimental algorithms, work process, design sketches and academic research – the book is auto-generated, allowing us to show an unprecedented amount of info.

The SOJ ceiling, a collaboration between Proxy and Marble Fairbanks, has finished construction and is open to the public. Here, a photo shows the panels in mid-installation.

Proxy is collaborating with UrbanThinkTank (http://u-tt.com) to create a block wall system based within CNC fabrication and computational techniques that can respond to ventilation and light.

Proxy created an algorithm to gather and correlate a range of map data. The end result is a Processing sketch that can output visual and textual searches based on building stock, use, damage assessment and other criteria.

Lasercut prototype from the SOJ ceiling – Maloya Laser Inc

SOJ Ceiling Pattern by Proxy – from a collaboration with Marble Fairbanks Architects

A close up view of a portion of the panelization. If two planes are not in the same plane, they will have an intersection line. The intersection lines that create an internal boundary within that plane compose the panel.

Now that modeling a smooth surface is becoming the norm, that is not enough for many of us. There are a few ways in making these surface. (1) 3dprinting (2) sectioning in one direction or in both directions to build a rib structure (3) Milling the surface and vacuum forming (4) the conversion of surface [...]

at lowe library, october 25th – for the GSAPP 125th Anniversary Alumni Event