::: R[e]thinking Academic Series in Mexico [Universidad Anahuac & ITESM-CEM] :::

Hello there! It has been a while with no blog writing... but I´m back with new and upgrade material regarding both R[e]thinking Architecture and R[e]thinking Academic Series. Currently I am teaching in different undergraduate programs in Mexico City and overseas.

We are exploring different research situations depending on students' profile. For example in the Escuela de Arquitectura Universidad Anahuac we are exploring Physical and Natural systems in order to generate material structures as an integral concept to design. There is no form or function following one to the other but an integral embedded design between material, form and function. At the genotype level there is a correlation between geometry, component and material rules. On the other hand, at the phenotype level, the rules from genotype variation become transformational objects in the physical environment.

Also in Anahuac University we are exploring CA cellular automata models. A cellular automata is an evolutionary system based in mathematical models. Very simple rules, similar to those encapsulated in the Game of Life designed by John Conway, act as the main framework of the undergraduate studio titled "Digital Medium and Fabrication Technologies".

Another undergraduate studio in which we all are pushing forward our design criteria and mental capacities is the one taught at the Department of Architecture and Industrial Engineering ITESM - CEM. Here researchers are investigating the main relationships between material, material techniques, material assembling and these relationships when interfacing with a physical environment.