Hive (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Farzadnia, F. Hive. [Modular kinetic architecture]. Exhibited at Online at the Annual Fifteen show. 19 February 2021 - 5 March 2021. (Unpublished)

Hive is a modular kinetic architecture inspired by bee colony behaviour. Certain types of Mexican honeybees produce a wavelike cascade by ‘shimmering’ when they feel threatened. When a wasp or another big insect come too close to the hive, the honeyb... Read More about Hive.

Irúsan or, canting for architects (2020)
Book
Drofiak, N. (2020). Irúsan or, canting for architects. Zurich: gta Verlag / ETH Zurich

In 1931, architect Ivan Il’icˇ Leonidov was sent 2,800 kilometres northeast of Moscow to assist in constructing the new Soviet arctic port of Igarka. The city, though presented as an inscription of the future into the vast void of Siberia, in fact st... Read More about Irúsan or, canting for architects.

Surface tessellation_Hexagon Planarization (2020)
Report
Farzadnia, F. (2020). Surface tessellation_Hexagon Planarization

After trying to simulate beehive flashing diffusion pattern both in computer and physical prototype, Hive is somehow telling that it needs to be expanded in its size, form and other parameters. We are now ready to develop the project; however, we... Read More about Surface tessellation_Hexagon Planarization.

Urban form and human behavior in context of livable cities and their public realms (2020)
Journal Article
Haas, T., Littke, H., & Karimnia, E. (2020). Urban form and human behavior in context of livable cities and their public realms. Scholarly Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 3(4), https://doi.org/10.32474/sjpbs.2020.03.000167

In what ways are cities things that happen to us, and in what ways are cities things we do together, with more or less art and purpose? How do we understand both the geometries of cities and the ways that form might be connected-or not-to their socia... Read More about Urban form and human behavior in context of livable cities and their public realms.

Soo Art Gallery: Iranian architecture and interior architecture award (2019)
Other
Farzadnia, F. (2019). Soo Art Gallery: Iranian architecture and interior architecture award. [Design and website content]. Online

The present project is a building, with an area of 210 sqm, which dates back to 50 years ago and is located in Chaharbagh-e Khajou. The structure of this building is duplex with two floors of which the ground floor is renovated. An enlightened and... Read More about Soo Art Gallery: Iranian architecture and interior architecture award.

Bamboo hybrids bolster timber (2019)
Journal Article
Archila Santos, H. (2019). Bamboo hybrids bolster timber. Materials World, 40-41

A relatively common material is not being embraced fully for building supplies. Interest in bamboo is growing, through research and media campaigning about the material’s environmental benefits, properties and its ability to replace wood, steel and c... Read More about Bamboo hybrids bolster timber.

Incommensurate Compositions (2018)
Digital Artefact
Lloyd, O. (2018). Incommensurate Compositions. [Sound]

An output from a collaborative project with Architects and Crystallographers from Cardiff University to explore creative opportunities within crystallographic data-sets and modelling algorithms. These compositions are made with a software tool, co... Read More about Incommensurate Compositions.

Tangible objects and digital interfaces: The next generation of eco-tech selection (2016)
Digital Artefact
Adkins, D. (2016). Tangible objects and digital interfaces: The next generation of eco-tech selection. [Blog post]

We have some wonderful buildings that could last centuries. But their energy efficiency is appalling. Many people say that they would like to upgrade/retrofit existing homes with the latest eco-interventions but when faced with a slew of inconsistent... Read More about Tangible objects and digital interfaces: The next generation of eco-tech selection.

Tangible objects and digital interfaces: The next generation of eco-tech selection (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Adkins, D. (2016, December). Tangible objects and digital interfaces: The next generation of eco-tech selection

Energy Futures Lab invites prestigious speakers to come share their views and vision for our energy future. A very thought provoking talk from Dr Deborah Adkins of the Dyson School of Design Engineering here at Imperial College London on the eleme... Read More about Tangible objects and digital interfaces: The next generation of eco-tech selection.

Connected Homes – energy management, home automation, and the connected experience (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Adkins, D. (2016, May). Connected Homes – energy management, home automation, and the connected experience

Connected Homes Energy management, home automation, and the connected experience: Perspectives from academia and industry. On 11 May Energy Futures Lab hosted an exploration of the research and business challenges for the future of ‘connected home... Read More about Connected Homes – energy management, home automation, and the connected experience.

Building materials: An installed composition (2015)
Thesis
Lloyd, O. Building materials: An installed composition. (Thesis). Bath Spa University. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11167641

This research project extends my creative work and unpacks my interest in the use of sonification and mapping as compositional strategies, both in my own practice and more broadly. The thesis reflects on the installed composition, 'Building Materials... Read More about Building materials: An installed composition.

Capturing the Realities through Digital Preservation and Scanning Techniques: The case of ZouMaTang Ancient Village, China (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Cheshmehzangi, A., Adkins, D., & Ch’ng, E. (2015). Capturing the Realities through Digital Preservation and Scanning Techniques: The case of ZouMaTang Ancient Village, China.

In China, many villages are facing severe decline and deprivation and some are even replaced or reallocated over time. In recent years, the effects from rapid pace of urbanisation on rural areas has been so significant and at such large scale that ru... Read More about Capturing the Realities through Digital Preservation and Scanning Techniques: The case of ZouMaTang Ancient Village, China.

Hooke park Assembly Workshop (2012)
Physical Artefact
Taylor, P., & Design & Make, A. Hooke park Assembly Workshop. Hooke Park

A big span timber structure designed as part of AA Design & Make as a research programme to use small scale juvenile larch with minimal steel fixings.

Building Materials (2010)
Exhibition / Performance
Lloyd, O. Building Materials. [Sound, installed drawing.]. Exhibited at Exeter Phoenix. 18 November 2010. (Unpublished)

Building Materials was an installed composition, made in direct response to the architecture and use of Exeter Phoenix, and created as a result of the 2010 Digital Art Commission. Microphones and sensors spread throughout the building carry raw data... Read More about Building Materials.