A long time in the making, and after a bit of a delay, we’ve re-launched the Point B site. We’re still getting some content together, so it’s a work in process, but we’re pretty damn happy with the way it turned out.
Many thanks to Alex Sokoloff, and Dan and Adam at Chips-NY for all their time and hard work in putting together a pretty kick-ass site.
Let us know what you think -> www.pointbdesign.com
Point B is very happy to announce that GSM Roofing was recently awarded the prestigious Gold Circle Award in the category of Innovative Solutions from the National Roofing Contractors Association for the D.Gallery Project. There are only 4 Gold Circle Awards handed out each year, and Reed Gooding and Alan Buohol from GSM Roofing were in New Orleans to accept the award.
As with any project, D.Gallery is the result of hard-work and contributions of a dedicated team, and Point B is proud to know that the efforts of GSM Roofing on this project have been so highly rewarded. Congratulations guys!
The NRCA Gold Medal Awards website can be found here, however at the time of this post the winners have not yet been posted.
Bentley, the software developers of GenerativeComponents parametric modeling software, recently published a case study on our D.Gallery project. Check out the Bentley site - we’re the third case study down, or directly link to the pdf here.
Point B has been accepted to the Smart Geometry 2010 Conference in Barcelona this April. We will be participating in the “High Tech Design - Low Tech Construction” cluster.
John and Seth recently took a trip to Vancouver to Joel Berman Glass Studios Ltd. to meet Joel and check out his studio. From their website:
Joel Berman Glass Studios is among the leading independent designers and manufacturers of architectural glass art and related glass products in North America. The company specializes in the design and fabrication of kiln-cast and pressure formed textured glass for a wide range of applications in corporate, commercial, hospitality, retail, governmental and residential environments worldwide.
Liza Pullman brought her class from the Bronx Guild High School over to the studio this afternoon for a visit during their field trip to Philadelphia. Some of her students are also past and future participants of GreenFab, a project-based education initiative at the Bronx Guild which, “…seeks to help participants develop technological fluency and provide opportunities for applying creativity, problem-solving, and innovation to a variety of STEM based projects.”
Thanks to all the students for coming by, we hope you enjoyed the visit!
Tom’s octo-door was installed this week. Concept through design through prototyping through final install took less than a month. The door is made of a custom steel frame and buck with multiple layers of plexi that were milled on the ShopBot. The design was adapted from a raster image that Tom converted into a combination of etched lines and drilled points of varying the depth to create the final image.
Each door is 9.5 ft x 3 ft.
We’re currently fabricating and installing the armature for the mesh in the Gallery. The armature and mesh form a doubly-curved surface from which artwork will be supported. While the digital models have provide a lot of important information for the fabrication of individual armature and mesh components, we have also put the models to use to generate information we are using for the assembly and on-site construction.
The gallery is nearing completion!
The enclosure and interiors have been completed and we are now working on installing the doubly-curved mesh surface which will act as the armature for much of the artwork.
The construction of the D.Gallery has seen some significant progress over the past month, including the installation of RS1 (b.fab), the parametric stair, cabinet doors, and the standing seam metal roof.
b.Fab has been diligently working on the installation of Rainscreen 3 (RS3). b.Fab undertook the fabrication of a number of project components of the Dantchik gallery and addition, testing materials and assemblies, and using a digital and analogue toolkit. With the help of local Philadelphia craftsman Mike Cheron, we are near completion of the first of three custom rainscreens.
south-west corner
