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3D weaver - bamboo, textile, paper https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/science/math-weaving-bamboo.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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Alison Martin @alisonmartin57.bsky.social · 5d

MOFs Dresden, 2022. Building networks with Omar Yaghi.

Alison Martin @alisonmartin57.bsky.social · 7d

At the 2022 #MOFs conference with this year’s #chemistry #Nobel prize winner - Omar Yaghi. Many congratulations!!
It was a wonderful experience and a great inspiration to talk to him about this work.

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Alison Martin @alisonmartin57.bsky.social · 14d

entangled weaving pattern workout

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Alison Martin @alisonmartin57.bsky.social · Sep 13

3D weaving
like a #gyroid

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Alison Martin @alisonmartin57.bsky.social · Sep 10

Digital Craft Lab California College of the Arts / Berkeley Architecture
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Zoom presentation “Bamboo Tectonics”
Thursday, September 11 at 12:30 PST
Organised by Dr. Negar Kalantar 🙏

Reposted by Alison Martin

Mark Pauly @markpauly.bsky.social · Aug 20

Join us at AAG this November in Boston for a workshop on elastic gridshells!

Together with @alisonmartin57.bsky.social, Seiichi Suzuki, and Yuanpeng Liu, we will study new typologies of gridshells composed of discrete, reusable elements.

More info on the workshop: www.aag2025.com/workshop-2

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Alison Martin @alisonmartin57.bsky.social · Aug 19

‘Beyond Continuity. Designing elastic gridshells with discrete reusable elements.
Advances in Architectural Geometry 2025.
At Massachusetts Institute of Technology 16 - 19 November.
With Seiichi Suzuki and @markpauly.bsky.social

Alison Martin @alisonmartin57.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Alison Martin @alisonmartin57.bsky.social · Aug 17

Space filling tiling with right-angled hexagons.
#gyroid puzzle progress

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Alison Martin @alisonmartin57.bsky.social · Aug 15

George Hart is very impressive and inspiring. This was at last month’s conference archive.bridgesmathart.org/2025/bridges...

archive.bridgesmathart.org/2025/bridges...

archive.bridgesmathart.org

Alison Martin @alisonmartin57.bsky.social · Aug 14

These shapes are fascinating and worth studying. I’m working on ways to model them without a 3D printer and I will share instructions if it seems feasible 🤞

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Alison Martin @alisonmartin57.bsky.social · Aug 14

Puzzling hard in a heatwave

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Alison Martin @alisonmartin57.bsky.social · Jul 30

or a dressmaker

Alison Martin @alisonmartin57.bsky.social · Jul 30

Patchwork of non-stretch fabric pieces. Embroidered organza on bamboo frame

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Alison Martin @alisonmartin57.bsky.social · Jul 12

WOW - looks good!

Alison Martin @alisonmartin57.bsky.social · Jul 12

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Alison Martin @alisonmartin57.bsky.social · Jul 11

My ruff

Alison Martin @alisonmartin57.bsky.social · Jul 11

Off to Bridges, Eindhoven.

www.bridgesmathart.org/b2025/bridge...

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Mark Pauly @markpauly.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our most recent BamX installation was featured on Swiss TV:
www.rts.ch/play/tv/12h4...

Info: bamx.epfl.ch

BamX Saugettes is a pioneering urban greening initiative commissioned by the City of Lausanne to introduce vegetation into the dense, concrete-dominated environment of Place de Saugettes.