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Growth of a Research and Design Studio

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Buildings and designs are appearing to have more curves, and thanks to technology and digital programs that allow parametric design, architecture appears to be more organic. The constant search for blurring the line between the natural environment and the built environment is increasingly evident. However, it cannot be based on image, that subjective label that dominates our culture when thinking about architecture. In a lecture given at Berkeley by Janine Benyus, founder of the Biomimicry Institute, she emphasizes the importance in making design decisions. Why the curve, that angle, orientation, materials, or systems?

PUCPR architecture professor won international competition

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Prof. Wilfredo Méndez Vázquez was the Grand Winner of the TiP Open Submission Competition organized by TiP-Thinking In Practice at Balmond Studio for his project :un-nature concrete.

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Architecture inspired by science

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OAJ announced alliance with PUCPR

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As a part of an agreement the OAJ have announced an alliance with PUCPR to stop the brain drain of professionals in Puerto Rico.

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