Lightvan in front of IO

Yesterday we put the Lightvan to the test. In cooperation with Silvia Pont the light expert from the faculty of Industrial Design we set up the Lightvan in front of their faculty. Truus Hoordijk used the opportunity to collect some base references about individual light perception and Silvia used the mobile light laboratory to teach her students to examine how light flows.

The test was a success and we are happy to have the opportunity to test the equipment and set up, a few things still need some refinement but we are nearly there.

Here some impressions of the day

Merford Expert Workshop

While our current students are busy to work on the future of festivals we have an announcement for all the other students who have joined the bucky lab already or always wanted but weren't able.

We offer a unique 3 days workshop session in cooperation with Merford acoustic materials. For 3 days we will make some sort of a mini bucky lab workshop and will develop new ideas for acoustical
solutions.

Within the production facilities of Merford we will set our mobile workshop but are also able to use Merfords production facilities and materials to work in 1:1 scale and get our hands dirty.

Everyone is welcome who will spend the 3 days with us, we will work long days but we also provide
accomodations, food and most important fun.

Send a short email why you should be the one that has to join this workshop to our Dr. Bucky Lab
m.bilow@tudelft.nl. We are able to accept 15 persons.

A detailed program and more infos will follow, don't hesitate to ask and please only apply if you really wanna join, would be a pity if you block a place for someone who really wants to join.

Semesterstart

Here we go, with a group of nearly 40 students for our Building Technology master we started our first semester. The Bucky Lab will form the pivoting point within this semester and its ajoining courses.

This semester we will collaborate with Mojo and develop innovative festival structures.

So lets get your fingers dirty

 

 

Summer School Wroclaw ....Faces

at the end of a workshop the projects shine the most, thats what the press is triggered by and of course with such wonderful results we are all happy.

But in the center of the workshop are always the students, they imagined and made it. They discussed, adapted, struggled, improved and learned ...in an intense but playful manner which will create new skills in all aspects within their chosen profession.

Thanks for joining us ! You are the best !

and of course, not complete ...

Summer School Wroclaw - Day 14 - Press conference

We came back early and served breakfast ... the students had a short but wonderful night in their pavilions. Today the last point in our program was a press conference and in a sudden several press teams arrived took pictures, shoot videos and made interview, quite a sureal scene honestly ....

after the media trouble left we cleaned the shop had our last lunch and said goodby ...

Goodby ...yes its the last time we all met each other. No more coffee making rituals in the morning, nor the funny taxi or bus ride, no more fun with students and tools, no more wonderful chats, discussions and shared memories about things happend, no more smiling faces, pings that call for lunch ...oh lovely lunch !

Honestly I did not had a clue what will awaits me. Packing a truck with tools leaving for Poland to build Living labs with a bunch of dutch and polish students ...

Now I can only say this was one of the most intense workshops I have joined til now, the atmosphere was amazing, the location great and the organization perfect.

Thanks to the students, and especially to Jerzy Latka who made all of this happen and of course the Wroclaw University of  Science and Technology for making it possible ! And personally thanks to Joanna Pajak for the warm welcome.

I will miss you !

Summer School Wroclaw - the projects

here already our 4 pavilions, the cardboard pavilion will follow later, but we have to gratulate them for their huge accomplishments and passion !

unfortunately not all team members are on the pictures ...we hope to get them complete

Summer School Wroclaw - Day 13 - Finals

for some reason we havent been able to report directly at the end of the day ....so the happenings of day 13 with a bit of a delay and hangover ...

Quite a day which started very slowly, but with the sun burning early. The press arrived around lunch time and stopped us all due to noise problems...so we had a longer coffee break, then piece by piece we moved every pavilion out on to our runway and then the students disappeared, only shortly to come back dressed for what could only be described as a burning night ....

in short we welcomed a couple of guests from the Wroclaw university, we had a lecture of our Dr. Bucky Lab in the kitchen, build a wooden barbecue, made a fire and enjoyed the national cuisine as also their favorite beverages ...and danced into the night

While a few left, the others slept in their pavilions ...great day, damn mosquitos ...