Author Archives: Manuel Kretzer

Merry Christmas!

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We wish all our friends, colleagues, clients, partners, students and family a very merry Christmas, happy holidays and a fresh and successful start into the New Year 2015.

See you all then,

Manuel, Hans, Sebastian

responsive design studio

Design / Architecture

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In direct cooperation with our professional partners for CNC fabrication and construction and with our in-house 3D tech shop ‘formlabor’ we provide integral one-stop design proposals and prototyping and fabrication for your particular demands. We provide individual solutions, consulting, workshops and services in the fields of design proposals, concepts, planning and production.

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Digital Fabrication

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In our form & fabrication laboratory ‘formlabor’ we provide a range of services in the fields of design prototyping, graphic works and model making. We offer consultation and services for the development and implementation of products and projects, including workshops, (parametric) 3D modeling, model programming, generation of production data for CNC manufacturing and automation of processes.

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formlab

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The ‘formlab’ marks the creative center of our work spaces. Here we provide services in digital production from 5-axis milling and 3D printing to laser cutting and engraving. Together with our close partners from Bächer & Bergmann GmbH we produce prototypes, models and serial production for artists, designers and architects.

 

Digital Crafting KISD

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In a 10 day workshop the students from KISD – Köln International School of Design have been encouraged to develop a design project based on a buttom-up design process – ‘material and process to form’ (instead of form first, material later) by experimenting with material properties and computer based processing techniques, such as 3D printing and CNC milling…

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Material Research

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Due to our close linkage to the materiability research network and various international academic institutions we can offer first hand insights into state of the art material research. We provide individual consulting services to find the best solutions towards implementing new developments into series production, pushing your company to the forefront of innovative applications.

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Manuel Kretzer

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Manuel Kretzer (founding partner) is professor for Material and Technology at the Dessau Department of Design, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. His research aims at the design of dynamic and adaptive objects with a specific focus on new (smart) material performance as well as applying cutting edge digital design and fabrication tools. In 2012 he initiated materiability, a free educational platform that attempts to connect architects, designers and artists and provides access to cutting edge new material developments and technologies.

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Hans Sachs

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Hans Sachs (founding partner) is professor for CAAD, Computer Aided Architectural Design’ at the ‚Detmold School of Architecture and Interior Architecture’ at the University of Applied Sciences Ostwestfalen-Lippe since 2015. Besides his activities with the ‘responsive design studio’ he has worked for architects in Australia, Ghana and Germany. Since 2008 he has held various research and teaching positions at the former ‘ifib – Institut für industrielle Bauproduktion’ at the ‘KIT – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’ and the ‘CIAD – Cologne Institute for Architectural Design’.

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Sebastian Bächer

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Sebastian Bächer, master carpenter and programmer, lives in Cologne. He is CEO of Tischlerei Bächer GmbH, a company with specialist expertise in prototyping and the production of complex shapes using computer-controlled machines. His particular strength is the integration of CAD/CAM and digital production technologies. In recent years, Sebastian has worked with artists such as Tony Cragg, Roland Gätzschmann and Tino Seubert as well as with design agencies such as designatics, BelEpok and TheGreenEyl.

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Architecture of Play

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Abstract
The aim of this paper to highlight the enabling powers of participative architectural design strategies and thus leaving space for uncertainty and surprise, with a particular focus on the work of Responsive Design Studio, a young emerging practice based in Zurich and Cologne. The playful synergies that can result from a constant dialogue between designer and user, object and function and the successful application of digital design and fabrication techniques as new, encouraging tools rather than dominating drivers are exemplified in a number of international projects that the studio has realized within the past few years.

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Lecture DESIGN = PRODUCTION at KISD, Cologne

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Hans Sachs of responsive design talks, together with Sebastian Bächer of CNC Tischlerei Bächer GmbH, about the the potential merge of design and production with the upcoming and intensifying integration of digital tools in both processes.
The talk “design = production” takes place at the KISD on Tuesday April 1st 2014. Please see more details about this series of lectures on KISD news /calendar..

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KISD Open Factory

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Together with Marcel Odenbach, Hans Sachs from responsive design studio runs a workshop 2D>3D at the KISD Open Factory at the Köln International School of Design.

The 2-day event with various workshops and panel discussions on Nov 29th and 30th addresses the open scource and maker movement and brings people from different professional fields together to experiment, develop and fabricate. Students can still register for several workshops on the conference’s webpage (above).

The CONE at Voodoo Experience New Orleans 2013

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Like every year in November, our ConeV2 was part of the Voodoo Experience Music and Art Festival in New Orleans, LA, USA. For more pictures of the event click here.

Beside well known bands like Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails and Kid Rock, the Cone was -again- one of the main attractions on the festival area in New Orleans City Park. The Cone has been installed at the festival every year from 2009.

Symposium Transmaterial Aesthetics in Berlin

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Hans Sachs of responsive design studio has presented his paper “bended – material and process informed design computation” at Transmaterial Aesthetics Symposium in Berlin at the Aedes Network Campus Berlin, on October 2nd, 2013(see programm below). We especially thank Prof. Matthias Ludwig (Hochschule Wismar, Fakultät Gestaltung) and AA Dipl. Sandra Loschke (Faculty of Design Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney) for the organisation of the event. The symposium abstracts can be downloaded here.

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ALIVE2013 Pictures and Videos

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Pictures and Videos of the ALIVE2013 – international symposium on adaptive architecture are now online.
ALIVE2013 was hosted at the Chair for CAAD, ETH Zürich on July, 8th 2013.

Speakers included:Prof. Ludger Hovestadt (ETH Zürich, CH), Prof. Philip Beesley (University of Waterloo, CA), Prof. Kas Oosterhuis (TU Delft, NL), Martina Decker (DeckerYeadon, US), Claudia Pasquero (ecoLogicStudio, UK), Manuel Kretzer (ETH Zürich, CH), Tomasz Jaskiewicz (TU Delft, NL), Jason Bruges (Jason Bruges Studio, UK), Areti Markopoulou (IAAC, ES), Ruairi Glynn (UCL, UK), Simon Schleicher (Universität Stuttgart, DE), John Sarik (Columbia University, US), Stefan Dulman (Hive Systems, NL)

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