XOTech Emotion workshop

XOTech EMotion Workshop

Responsive Skin – Performative Design and fabrication Workshop

Cairo – Egypt February 2^nd 2013

Ain Shams University / Faculty of Architecture and MAGLAB, Syria – Spain – Italy (Materials- Advanced Architecture – Generative Laboratory) as a part of Maksoud Architectural Group, authorized reseller and authorized training center of McNeel in Syria and the Middle East through its affiliate offices, Were pleased to announce XOTech Emotion Workshop “that took place at Ain Shams University / Department of Architecture > Cairo – Egypt on February 02 -2013. XOTech EMotion is a cutting-edge Workshop in Academia worldwide focusing exclusively on novel approaches to the [Architecture] emerging practice.

XOTech was an exploration around responsive skin design as an expression of a multiplicity of conditions (Environment, structural, material, formal, cultural, spatial) and the mean by which multiple issues (such as modulation, differentiation and cultural expression) were deployed.

The workshop showed how material behavior can be introduced into architectural design and which consequences this has on design. The workshop focused on the behavior of material in larger arrays and how one can design and steer these. The workshop were structured in theoretical lectures, seminars on necessary digital tools and practical work during, which students explored around and apply the concepts and strategies explained throughout physical responsive real scale prototype.

The main objective was to extract the information from the research and experiments on the materials behavior and kinetic systems as input in order to generate a new 3D responsive structure and Skin as output.

We would like to acknowledge Prof.Dr Ebtissam Mohamed Farid/ENCODE Studio founder/ Associate prof at fine art faculty department of architecture - for her enlighting contribution through her attending as a juror and her unique supports.

Special thanks for Professor, Dr.Mohaamad Ibrahim Jaber Ibrahim/Head of Engeeniering department, for his invitation to organize the workshop and for all of the supports he did during the workshop days and attending as a juror.

Also we would like to acknowledge the students for the amazing dedication and great efforts they showed throughout the whole workshop days.