Villa Nurbs / author: Enric Ruiz-Geli ; editor: Greg Lynn.

9781927071397

[Place of publication not identified] : Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2017.

[New Haven, Connecticut] : Library Stack, [2022]

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"In this publication, Greg Lynn and Enric Ruiz-Geli discuss Villa Nurbs, a housing prototype located in Empuriabrava, Spain designed as a laboratory for merging computer-aided design with the construction processes. The villa's name points to the development of the design through the manipulation of non-uniform rational basis spline (NURBS) curves and surfaces. Enric Ruiz-Geli / Cloud 9 use the building process as an opportunity to place common materials such as ceramic, concrete, and plastic composites in unconventional configurations by casting them on digitally fabricated molds. At an urban scale, Villa Nurbs infiltrates its touristic context otherwise characterized by a standardized and homogeneous development model of housing along marinas. The architects used data simulation software to guarantee performance at a low cost while validating the structural, environmental and assembly requirements of complex digital manufacturing. The integration of separate elements, including a "Hello" sign made of translucent concrete, composite roof membranes, and audiovisual entertainment interfaces, into a coherent hybrid makes Villa Nurbs a pioneer in augmented architecture -- a digital hut for the twenty-first century. Under construction since 2004, Villa Nurbs can be understood as a building in multiple acts. Taking pause between the different construction phases allows the project to adapt to changing technologies and ideas."-- provided by distributor.

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English

May 12, 2022

Archaeology of the digital

Includes bibliographical references and index.