COMPANY PROFILE RESEARCH IN ARCHITECTURE & TECHNOLOGY www.rat-lab.org
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Redefining Architecture through Parametric Design, Computation & Research
contents 01 PROFILE // NEED OF A RESEARCH CELL IN DESIGN 02 METHODOLOGY // SERVICES 03 GLOBAL PRESENCE 04 NEWS & ACCOLADES // NOTABLE PROJECTS 05 FOUNDERS // TEAM 06 PROJECTS // WORK
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- Computational Design - Parametric Design - Parametric Form Development - Computational Urban Design - Facade Design - Interactive Spaces & Exhibitions - Interior Design Services - Advanced Building Modelling - Spatial Analysis - Digital Fabrication - Educational Workshops - Custom Tool Development - Product Design - Computational Engineering Analysis CONTACT
PROFILE rat[LAB] - Research in Architecture & Technology, is an independent research organization and network of designers & researchers specializing in computational design or similar technology-related domains. Operated as a cloud-based organization with an international network of researchers & computational designers spread across UK, USA, Europe & Asia, and a studio in New Delhi, India, the research cell functions as a global collaborative and multidisciplinary laboratory facilitating design research that leads to novel spatial tectonics and smart built environments. The research agendas broadly focus on use of computational design & parametric design in architecture, with intersections between design & technology spread across scales and disciplines. rat[LAB] offers collaborations to architecture and design firms to develop systemic models using advanced computational techniques and carry out project-specific or agenda-specific research in all fields of design.
Why a Research Cell?
Majority of architectural firms around the world are not equipped with inhouse research units with state-ofthe-art knowledge in computational technology and parametric design. Designs may lack advanced research and project workflow is usually inefficient & unproductive due to inadequate (or no) use of computational design techniques. These techniques are being developed today at a growing rate and can potentially change the way design is practiced, processed and articulated. Computation (with its varied subsets) is one of the most advanced and growing area of research that potentially takes control of all design tools and processes at multiple scales, and is utilized by majority of leading architects & designers around the globe. rat[LAB] aims at facilitating architects & designers as specialists to introduce advanced research and optimize designs, workflows, modelling techniques and processes by adding a scientific approach with computation at its core.
METHODOLOGY Today’s design is fairly complex which requires interdisciplinary exchange between discrete fields of design, engineering and computation to work simultaneously through a seamless process. Thus we have developed a methodology, a step by step process that allows for multiple disciplines to integrate at various stages of a project, aiding in efficient and productive workflow, with a scope of additive growth to the knowledge database of the research cell and the project. Owing to continuous technological advancements and cloud networking systems for complex data sharing and management, rat[LAB] team is able to work smoothly by concentrating the brightest minds and specialists from different parts of the world, together in a virtual data space, exploiting the differences in time zones around the world. The current methodology has been tested for various research projects and still continues to improve with new projects with changing requirements and deadlines. Our key goal is to narrow down the gap between architecture and technology, with respect to design process, methodology and workflow, for projects ranging across scales & disciplines. Our key agendas are: -Sustainability -Design-to-Fabrication Workflow -Geometry Optimization -Material Intelligence -Cost Optimization -Enhancing Design Experience
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rat[LAB] provides consultancy services to architecture and design firms to facilitate them on projects by adding a new dimension of ‘computation based research’ supported by our global team of specialists from various disciplines. With data sharing and communication made easy in today’s date through cloud networks, we are able to plug-in to your firm as consultants providing advanced computational skills to optimize your project workflow, carry out spatial and engineering analysis, as well as aiding in parametric design solutions.
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A : In-house tool development for Computational Spatial Analysis. B : Stages of analysing varied design aspects of IIT, hostel block, Gandhinagar, INDIA
- Computational Design - Parametric Design - Parametric Form Development - Computational Urban Design - Facade Design - Interactive Spaces & Exhibitions - Advanced Building Modelling - Spatial Analysis - Digital Fabrication - Educational Workshops - Custom Tool Development - Product Design - Computational Engineering Analysis
GLOBAL PRESENCE San Francisco/ Bay Area, California, USA Adaptive[SKINS], Maker Faire, 2014
Los Angeles, California, USA D2F - Design to Fabrication, 2014 Adaptive[SYSTEMS], 2014 YTD - You’re The Designer, 2014 Parametric Products, 2014 Adaptive[tensegrity], MAK Center Mackey House, 2014 MAK Center Aperiodic Industries Super Architects (S//A) Chicago, Illinois, USA AIA Emerging Leaders Fellowship, 2014 Ann Arbor, Mchigan, USA ‘’Robots in Architecture’’, University of Michigan, 2014 Waterloo, CANADA Adaptive Architecture (Robofold), ACADIA Website, 2013 New York City, New York, USA Adaptive[tensegrity], Maker Faire, 2014 Adaptive Architectural Skins and Dynamic Environmental Conditions, eVolo, 2013 Smart Materials & Dynamic Systems, Hall Of Science, MAKE LIVE, 2014 Dynamic Architectural Systems, Dwight School, 2014 eVolo Virginia, USA Jury member, next7 (Arch2O), 2013-2014 Casablanca, MOROCCO Symbiotic Dynamic Market, 2012 Porto, PORTUGAL Responsive building skin systems, eCAADe Regional Conference, 2013 Bournemouth, UK ’Curved Folding- Design to fabrication process of RoboFOLD’, Shape Modelling International, 2013 London, UK Adaptive[skins]_V1, 2012 SKY MAZE- Pavilion, Museum Garden, 2014 Fluidity & Complexity, 2012 Corporate Office - Spatial Analysis, 2012 transFORM, London, 2014 RIBA competition exhibition, Vauxhall Arches & Garden Museum, 2013 AArchitecture Journal, 2012 & 2013 Adaptive[skins], e-architect, 2013 Dezact, UK Barcelona, SPAIN Adaptive [skins]_V1(MACBA Façade Proposal), 2012
Milan/ Brescia/ Pavia, ITALY deCODING COMPLEXITY, University of Brescia, 2013 Brescia, ITALY Thesis Tutor, University of Brescia, 2013-14 Vienna, AUSTRIA MAK Schindler Residency Award, 2013 Use of Genetic Algorithms for Actuation System Optimization, EG-ICE, 2013 Thessaloniki, GREECE adaptive[skins]_V2_fashion, 2013 digital [textonics], 2013 Antarctica R.A.M. | Robotically Assembled Magneto-Scape (Competition Proposal), 2013 Alexandria, EGYPT Embodied Forces (Co-de-it /Arch2O), 2013 Paphos, CYPRUS Design & Computation (Yarch Workshop), 2014 YArch (Young Architects) Jeddah, KINGDOM of SAUDI ARABIA Adaptation through smart systems, ASCAAD, 2014 Ahmedabad, Gujarat, INDIA Design Fantasies, CEPT University, 2014 Vidhyanagar, Gujarat, INDIA Design Research, Computation & Technology, APIED, 2015 Gandhinagar, GUJARAT, INDIA IIT Master Plan Development - Computational Analysis, 2014 Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA Dakshaa Master Plan - Computational Consultation, 2014
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New Delhi, INDIA adaptive[skins]_V1(Nehru Place Roof Proposal), 2012 Cellular Morphology Faรงade, Alliance Franรงaise, 2015 20under35, DESIGN X DESIGN, 2015 Fensterbau Frontale India Tab (Issue VII), 2014 Computational Thinking & Research in Architecture, SPA, 2015 Shanghai, CHINA World Architecture Day, 2014 Taipei, TAIWAN deCODING COMPLEXITY, 2014 Extra Fabrica, 2014 Dezact, Taiwan
NEWS & ACCOLADES # Projects, Research papers, publications, etc. spread across 25+ cities around the globe. # Work exhibited in London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, New Delhi, Taipei & Waterloo. # Work shortlisted and published in almost all CAAD Conference (ACADIA Canada, ASCAAD Jeddah, CAADRIA Singapore, eCAADe Portugal, CAAD Futures Shanghai). # Won MAK Schindler Residency Award from Vienna & Los Angeles, awarded to 2 shortlisted architects from around the world. # Lectured & taught in more than 10 universities internationally (Including London, Shanghai, Milan, Taipei). rat[LAB] shortlisted for 20under35 exhibition at Alliance Francaise de Delhi, 2015. February 2015
Sushant Verma + rat[LAB] was shortlisted to be a part of 20 designers/practices from Delhi ( 5 from architecture / habitat category ) for DesignXDesign 2015 20under35 annual exhibition being held at Alliance Francaise de Delhi.
Workshop at CEPT University, India for Winter School 2014 01 - 20 December 2014
DESIGN FANTASIES: Emerging Forms in Space was organized at CEPT University, INDIA as a part of CEPT Winter School 2014. Sushant Verma taught at the workshop as a computation specialist.
Featured article in Fensterbau Frontale India Tab (Issue VII) Nov 2014 November 2014
Computational Technology for Smart Building Façades, by Sushant Verma, published in ‘Fensterbau Frontale India Tab Amalgamating Science & Art in Building Facades’, showcasing adaptive[systems] project.
Lecture at Dwight School New York 24 September 2014
Sushant Verma & Pradeep Devadass were invited to give a lecture at Dwight School New York to demonstrate concepts of passive dynamic architecture.
Presentation at Hall Of Science- Maker Faire New York 2014 21 September 2014
Sushant Verma & Pradeep Devadass gave a public talk & presentation titled”adaptive [skins] : Smart Materials and Dynamic Systems in Architecture” at MAKE LIVE STAGE at Hall of Science at MF2014.
Presented a Research Paper at ‘’Robots in Architecture 2014’’ Conference held at University of Michigan. May 2014
Pradeep Devadass presented a research paper on “Performative Tectonics”, in collaboration with Philip F. Yuan & Hao Meng (Archi-Union, Shanghai).
For more news & latest updates, visit NEWS section on our website: www.rat-lab.org
NOTABLE PROJECTS NOTABLE PROJECTS & WORKSHOPS: - adaptive[skins] facade system, London, UK - adaptive [tensegrity] facade, Los Angeles, USA - D2F Installation, Los Angeles, USA - Computational Analysis for IIT, Gandhinagar, INDIA - Computational Master Planning, Shimla, INDIA - digital TEXTONICS, Thessaloniki, GREECE - Extra Fabrica Workshop, Taipei, TAIWAN - Maker Faire Exhibition, New York, USA - You’re The Designer (YTD) Android App - transFORM Pavilion, London, UK - Symbiotic Dynamic Market, Casablanca, MOROCCO - Robotically Assembled Magnetoscapes (RAM), ANTARCTICA - Sinusoid Table, Los Angeles, USA - Cellular Morphology Facade Prototype, New Delhi, INDIA - Molded Dimensions Facade, Gurgaon, INDIA - Odyssey Conference Room, Noida, INDIA
FOUNDERS & PARTNERS We are a team of architects, urbanists, computational designers, fabrication specialists, engineers and designers from different parts of the world, agglomerating to form this multi-national consultancy. rat[LAB] was started by Sushant Verma & Pradeep Devadass during the Summer of 2012 in London, and is now spread in UK, Europe, USA & Asia with a head studio in New Delhi, India. Our team is continuously expanding and joined by collaborators for our in-house research and database development, from various parts of the world. Sushant Verma ( M.Arch. Em.Tech. – AA London, B.Arch. SSAA New Delhi, MCoA India) is an architect & computational designer, currently leading research organization rat[LAB] - Research in Architecture & Technology. Former architect at Zaha Hadid Architects London & a Sr. Editor at Arch2O, he holds teaching positions at a number of universities internationally & involved in education for computational & parametric design. Recipient of MAK Schindler Award from Vienna / Los Angeles and a finalist for AIA Emerging Leaders Fellowship from Chicago, his work is widely published and exhibited in London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco & Taipei, among other places. He has previously worked at RoboFold London, focusing on development of advanced fabrication and software systems for use of robotics in architectural fabrication. His current research interests are focused on relationship studies between simplicity and complexity, ‘super-complexity’ and parametric design. His work also investigates in computation involved in digital fabrication & computational tool development for optimizing architectural processes.
Pradeep Devadass (M.Arch. Em.Tech. – AA London, B.Arch. RVSA Bangalore, MCoA India) is an architect, researcher and computational designer. Pradeep co-founded rat[LAB] in 2012 and currently leads the research cell as the Head of Research & Business Development, operating from UK. He currently teaches at AA School, London as an Architectural Robotics Developer. He has also worked with RoboFold as a Computational Designer where he lead multiple product designing and architecture projects from design to fabrication and also assisted in the development of Robotics Software. His works have been published and exhibited internationally in the United Kingdom, Europe and India and he is one of the recipients of the prestigious MAK-Schindler Residency Program Award (Los Angeles / Vienna) awarded to emerging international artists and architects. Previously, he has been involved with reputed architectural firms like Mathew & Ghosh Architects, Bangalore and RSP Design Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore and has worked on a number of medium and large scale projects in India. He has also worked as an assistant in Digital Prototyping Lab at the AA, possessing a good knowledge and experience of prototyping tools such as 3D printing, CNC Milling and Laser Cutting.
Anchal Chaudhary (B.Design AID New Delhi, AIIID) is an interior designer & colour consultant. Being a partner at rat[LAB] INTERIORS, She leads the design team and involves herself in the technical end of the interior design process . With ten years of experience in design, the spectrum of her work ranges across retail, commercial, hospitality, exhibitions, industrial, educational sport centres and residential projects. Her research interests are focussed on space planning, colour psychology, material behaviour and lighting strategies for interior spaces.
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Researchers - Collaborators - Research Assistants Vaia Gkerliotou, Greece Stamatios Psarras, UK Abhimanyu Acharya, UK Sobitha Ravichandran, UK
Kensuke Hotta, Japan Howard Chen, Taiwan Mahendra Naik, India Karthik Narayan, USA
Marco Danesi, Italy Alessandra Peroni, Paris Anca Horvath, Romania Rishabh Khurana, USA
Rui Lima, Portugal Sadhika Baveja, India Apoorva Soni, India Prannay Dhingra, India
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A : Fabrication Drawing for D2F Installatin, Los Angeles, USA B: Visibility Analysis tool developed on Grasshopper Platform C & D: Tensegrity system studies using Genetric Algorithms, Los Angeles, USA
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Computational Design is the use of computation and computer science techniques for designing. rat[LAB] specializes in use of computation for designing, complex-problem solving, optimization & production. Various subsets of computational design include parametric design, algorithmic design, generative design & evolutionary design, all of which form the backbone of rat[LAB]’s Research & Design Cell. We deploy these techniques in varied design disciplines across a wide range of scale and contexts.
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A : Parametric Structure Design Development using 3D Voronoi B, D, E: Cellular Morphology Facade Prototype, New Delhi, INDIA C : deCODING Complexity Research, London, UK
parametric design Parametric Design is use of parametric workflow in design through computational methodologies. rat[LAB] uses parametric workflow to design anything from a scale of a product to a city, by integrating state-of-the-art techniques and methodologies.
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A,B : Evolutionary Form Finding for Symbiotic Dynamic Market, Casablanca, MOROCCO C : Parametric Structure Design Development using 3D Voronoi
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parametric form development Forms can be developed using various parametric techniques and we aid in developing parametric models for architecture, design & planning. Form finding can be dependent on various criteria and we strongly focus on environmental aspects, structural logics, adjacencies as well as aesthetics for evaluating the outputs.
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A, B, C : Computational Analysis for Dakshaa Master Plan, Shimla, INDIA D, G : Computational Spatial Analysis for IIT Gandhinagar Master Plan, INDIA E : Street Network Analysis of New Delhi, INDIA F : Urban Design Proposal for Canary Wharf, London, UK H, J : Visibility Analysis for an Urban Cell in London, UK I : Space Syntax Analysis of Lambeth Borough, London, UK
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computational urban design Computational Urban Designing includes computational methods associated with formgeneration, scripting, programming, geographic information systems (G.I.S), physical computing, and others.
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It covers digital modelling, scripting, and visualization, but also focuses on advanced topics that reflect faculty interests. From algorithmic design to open source and from virtual reality to robotics, we always try to explore formal and functional properties as sources of ordering systems. Related procedures include developing algorithms and computational methods that encapsulate the processes that lead to the generation of meaningful form.
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A : Proposal for an adaptive facade system in Gurgaon, INDIA B, F : Proposal for a skyscraper facade system. D : adaptive[tensegrity] facade at MAK Center, Los Angeles, USA C : adaptive[skins] facade for MACBA Musuem, Barcelona, SPAIN E : Facade for Symbiotic Dynamic Market, Casablanca, MOROCCO
rat[LAB] specializes in facade design systems using parametric & computational techniques, incorporating environmental critera such as heat, light & wind as well as material and structural intelligence. Our globally recognized system - adaptive[skins] has been developed through a series of iterations in various cities and is a novel system that passively responds to sun to control daylight and solar insolation in a building.
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rat[LAB] has exhibited work in London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, New Delhi, among other places and has a good experience in designing exhibition spaces, pavilions & installations driven by computational design methodologies. This includes our interactive prototype of adaptive[systems], controlled by arduino micro-controllers & ultrasonic sensors that actuate the system in realtime through an algorithm, in response to motion of people around it.
A : D2F Installation at MAK Center, Los Angeles, USA C, D, E, G : Interactive prototype of adaptive[systems] for MAK Center, Los Angeles & Maker Faire, New York, USA B, E : Cellular Morphology Facade Prototype at Alliance Francaise de Delhi, New Delhi, INDIA
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1)Bonny baby care factory - Noida 2)Bonny baby care factory – Greater Noida 3)Sanjay International – Sahibabad 4)Deep Hyundai - wazirpur industrial area,new delhi 5)Deep Hyundai – mangolpuri industrial area ,new delhi 6)Deep Hyundai – Peeragarhi Industrial area , delhi
1)Croma by Tata – Raja garden, New delhi Description : electronics megastore 2)Satnam electronics – Gk 1 m block market Description : electronics store 3)Dayal Opticals – lajpat nagar and south ex 1 4)Tosh Opticals – Paschim Vihar 5)Thukral Opticals , Tilak Nagar 6)Laxmi Opticals – karol bagh 7)Ahujasons Shawlwale – karol bagh 8)Ahujasons Shawlwale – south ex 2 9)Ahuja tailors – karol bagh
Commercial - offices /showrooms /galleries 1)DIC india – office space - kirti nagar,new delhi 2)Vishal Press - printing press – karol bagh, new delhi 3)Kasco Special Steels – office space – Nehru place,new delhi 4)M/s Sanjay Lotteries – office space – Gol market, new delhi 5)All India Fine arts and crafts society – art gallery and office space - Rafi marg 6)3M car care – office and work space – green park , new delhi 7)Deep Hyundai showroom & offices – Mangolpuri , new delhi
Sports 1)Rajiv Gandhi Auditorium /Indoor stadium – bhilwara, rajasthan 2)Abhimanyu Cricket Academy – Dehradun
Salons 1)Affinity Salon - Chattarpur , New Delhi 2)Affinity salon cross point mall Gurgaon , new Delhi 3)Affinity salon , Chandigarh 4)Monsoon salon , South ex 1
Hospitality 1)Ristorante Prego , nariman point , Bombay 2)Ristorante Prego, GK 2 m block market , new delhi 3)Howard Park Plaza Hotel , fatehbad road ,Agra 4)Happy Singh Bar , Gk 1 n block market , New delhi 5)In the Punjab , Gk 1 n block market , new delhi 6)Adda by Striker , sector 29 Gurgaon 7)Adda by striker , gk 1 n block market , new delhi 8)Walking Street by Soi7 , Gurgaon 9)Call it grey , sector 29 , Gurgaon 10)National school of cricket , Dehradun 11)Yes minister , essex farms , aurobindo . new delhi 12)Adda by Striker, GK1 N Block Market
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1)Mrs Charanjit Singh //A block New Friends Colony 2)Mrs Anandi Tandon //Safdarjung Enclave 3)Mrs Gurpreet Khanna//Dehradun 4)Mrs Pallavi Gupta (SIS security )//Noida 5)Mrs Sushma Berlia (Satya Paul group)//Panchsheel
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A, B, C : Tool development for stadium seating design based on viewing angles and tier spacing D : Component development of a panelling system E : deCODING Complexity Research developing complex generative systems F : Development of Parking Generator Tool using Grasshopper Platform G: MD Facade Project at Gurgaon, INDIA
advanced building modelling F
We offer solutions to simple & complex modelling through parametric design. This helps create multiple iterations of design which can be controlled through various defined parameters and can be evaluated against criteria such as performance & behaviour. From design of parametric stadium seatings to designing optimum parking spaces, our work ranges from a product scale to city scale.
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Primarily based on ‘Graph Theory’, rat[lab] provides a wide variety of evidence based spatial analysis, from city wide to neighbourhood scales. By studying the city as a configuration and hierarchy of streets, we are able to understand how an urban spatial system drives and is driven by social and economic forces. Through the spatial analysis of an urban system we are able to identify the movement and development potential of the streets of a city. Such an analysis can greatly held developers and designers to understand their spatial context and make well informed decisions. Such an analysis can be used to quantitatively : 1. Identify potential centres/streets for development. 2. Urban facade visibility 3. Help in designing masterplans for city level and neighbourhood/housing estate scale projects. Spatial catchment analysis is also provided by rat[LAB]. This is a powerful tool to understand metric and angular catchment distances of a potential/existing site from various social, commercial and transport infrastructure. Through analysis the network properties this analysis proves accurate quantifiable catchments from the desired points. Developers would find it useful to use the analysis to generate accurate catchments to/from: 1. Social infrastructure like Schools, police stations, Fire stations, Hospitals etc. 2. Commercial attractions like shopping streets, shopping malls etc. 3. Transport infrastructure like bus stops, Metro Stations etc.
A, B : Spatial Analysis using visibility graph, agents and other parallel analysis developed using computational tools for understanding latent potential, visibility & movement in space.
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rat[LAB]’s building scale spatial analysis and Agent based modelling is a powerful tool to generate and design internal layouts for buildings. The tool can be used to generate layouts for various functions like office spaces, apartments, shops, shopping malls etc. Agent based generative modelling replicates human behaviour in space and hence generates possible design suggestions to suit the needs of its users. The space can be programmed to be generative, conservative, promote interactions, control movements etc. as per the requirements of the clients. The performance of the space as per the requirements can be measured, analysed and improved.
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A, B : Robotic Fabrication for CNC Milling & Hot-wire cutting at Tongji University, Shanghai, CHINA C, D, E, F, G : adaptive[tensegrity] Interactive Installation at MAK Center, Los Angeles, USA H, J : D2F Installation at MAK Center, Los Angeles, USA I, K : Digital Fabrication process of Cellular Morphology Facade Prototype, New Delhi, INDIA
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rat[LAB] uses digital fabrication techniques and methodologies for all our built projects and has a specialized team of fabricators developing new tools and methods using advanced techniques, that include, but is not limited to, robotic fabrication, 3D printing, laser cutting, vacuum forming, etc. We aid other designers in fabrication related consultancy and have tie-ups with various fabrication labs and industry collaborators. We have also been researching on the agenda of D2F / D2C - Design to Fabrication / Design to Construction to deploy these methodologies on various scales in design & architecture.
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rat[LAB] EDUCATION was started by rat[LAB] to initiate a discourse of computational design and technologyrelated discussions in design & architecture. We have organized and conducted international workshops and symposiums in a number of cities. Previous Educational Sessions include: # Embodied Forces: Alexandria, Egypt 2013 #deCODING COMPLEXITY: Pavia; Italy 2013
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#adaptive[systems]: New York 2014 #Dynamic Architectural Systems: New York 2014 #Design Fantasies: Ahmedabad, India 2014 #Design Research, Computation & Technology: Vidhyanagar, India 2015 #Computational Thinking & Research in Architecture: New Delhi, India 2015
A, B, C, G, I : Work from CEPT Winter School Workshop 2014, Ahmedabad, INDA D, E, F, H : Extra Fabrica Workshop 2014 in Shih Chien University, Taipei, TAIWAN
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A high integrated zone, around the node, is chosen to develop as an urban tissue. A variation in the block morphology is introduced and the height ranges are taken as samples for feeding in the contextual data to experiment at architectural scale. Mean and standard deviation values are extracted from the sample.
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A : Exposure tool for dynamic tensegrity system, developed using Python & Grasshopper. B, C, D : Solar Insolation & Radiation Analysis Tool developed by integrating Grasshopper & Ecotect. E : Solar Insolation tool for tensegrity facade system. F, G : Integration of Rhino3D, Grasshopper, Excel & Ecotect using C# & Python for parametric environmental modelling. H : Visibility Tool developed using Grasshopper that uses Evolutionary Solver to optimize views. I, J : Solar Study Tool using Processing for volumetric studies of buildings.
We create our in-house tools programmed using Processing, C#, Python, Grasshopper, VBnet, etc. to create highly optimized real-time workflows for design, analysis & fabrication. We create workflows to integrate multiple design & analysis platforms using computation and evolutionary algorithms to provide optimized design solutions for any architectural or urban scenario. A focus is made on integration of environmental analysis tools in parametric framework, and integrating multiple platforms to provide computational analysis solutions such as visibility & view optimization.
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rat[LAB] recently started a product design cell that spreads across disciplines of furniture, products, fashion, lighting, mobile apps & technology-wearables. The focus is on use of computation & parametric design where systems can be designed deployable on various scales and product types. We recently launched (Sept 2014, Los Angeles) YTD Mobile App, which is a platform that offers the power of parametric design to the common man through a mobile and web based app. The platform allows the users to control & customize various products and design it for their use. The idea is to simplify the complex computational framework behind parametric design and embed it in a simple, easy-to-use app that can be downloaded from a generic app store. Products such as Sinusoid Table, Twisting Vase & Wearable Permutations are currently a part of YTD App.
A, C, G : digital TEXTONICS Fashion Collaboration, Thessaloniki, GREECE B : Sinusoid Table, designed for YTD App Platform D : Twisting Vase, designed for YTD App Platform E : adaptive[skins]_V2.0, Thessaloniki, GREECE F, H : YTD - You’re The Designer App for Android, Los Angeles, USA
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A, E : Displacement analysis for Cellular Morphology Facade Prototype, New Delhi, INDIA B, D : Wind analysis (CFD) to test urban rugosity, London, UK C : FEM Analysis to analyse stresses and strains in a bridge structure. F, G : Displacement of a single module of Cellular Morphology Facade, New Delhi, INDIA
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Using advanced computational tools and platforms, we are able to do conceptual level engineering analysis within parametric workflow which can enable designers to understand structural qualities of their designs at a conceptual stage, allowing re-iterations and flexibility. Various types of analysis such as FEM (Finite-Element-Mesh) analysis, CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), etc. can be carried out using our customized tools and platforms.
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CONTACT
Google Maps: ratLAB // 28.570054, 77.239614
Delhi Studio: rat[LAB] - Research in Architecture & Technology A-94B (3rd Floor), Lajpat Nagar - II, New Delhi - 110024, INDIA E-mail: info@rat-lab.org // sushant.verma@rat-lab.org Ph: +91-11-41050425 // M: +91-9999-436464 (Sushant Verma) London Studio: 53, Tomkyns House, Distin Street, London SE11 6UN, UK E-mail: pradeep.devadass@rat-lab.org M: +44-7404-060350 (Pradeep Devadass)
rat[LAB] INTERIORS A-94B (3rd Floor), Lajpat Nagar - II, New Delhi - 110024, INDIA E-mail: anchal.chaudhary@rat-lab.org Ph: +91-11-41050425 // M: +91-98100-75756 (Anchal Chaudhary)
Image from ‘Computational Art ‘project as a derivative of D2F Installation at MAK Center, Los Angeles, USA 2014
Delhi Studio: A-94B (3rd Floor), Lajpat Nagar - II, New Delhi - 110024, INDIA E-mail: info@rat-lab.org Ph: +91-11-41050425 London Studio: 53, Tomkyns House, Distin Street, London SE11 6UN, UK
*The profile was updated in March 2015.