Faculty: Negar Kalantar

tranSTUDIO | Adaptive Thought, Design, and Fabrication is an interdisciplinary and innovative design laboratory at CCA. tranSTUDIO 2021 is partially supported by an Autodesk Technology Center Grant with support of the Autodesk Residency Program at the San Francisco Technology Center. tranSTUDIO 2021 focuses on Adaptable Design/Space through two design research projects.

Faculty: Negar Kalantar

This research is conducted under tranSTUDIO | Adaptive Thought, Design, and Fabrication (2020 ) and looks at how to design a three-dimensional structure out of a two-dimensional surface. The surface/volume also interacts with light by the specific method of fabrication. The constraints of the Ultimaker 3D printer required pieces to be aggregated together. Printing on a flexible material adds rigidity to specific locations which creates a 3D shape.

Faculty: Negar Kalantar

This research is conducted under tranSTUDIO | Adaptive Thought, Design, and Fabrication (2019 ) with a focus on designing 3D printed textiles that can be flexible and rigid at the same time.

Core Faculty: Negar Kalantar

tranSTUDIO | Adaptive Thought, Design, and Fabrication (Materiality and Space 4) is an interdisciplinary and innovative design laboratory at CCA. tranSTUDIO 2019 is partially funded by Autodesk Technology Center Grant and was in collaboration with Autodesk Technology Center in San Francisco.

Student: Jiries Alali

Faculty: Negar Kalantar + Alireza Borhani

Alali’s research, “Casting on a Dump” focuses on finding accessible, low-tech fabrication methodologies that allow for constructing parametrically designed non-standard modular cast panels”, as presented in the Abstract. Freeform concrete geometry currently relies upon expensive fabrication processes so introducing sand, an abundant mixture, produces more benefits. This easily formed, reusable zero-waste formwork is also paired with parametricism which creates a variety of non-standard panels. This design can benefit less-developed areas where climate, resources, and economy align with the main principles of this research.