> ICD/ITKE Buga Wood Pavilion Engagement: documentation, custom BIM environment, fabrication, fabrication cell development, collaboration with partners and consultants, and publishing editing funded by the State of Waden-Württemberg, University of Stuttgart, GETTYLAB, DFG-TRR 141 funding Partners: Müller-Blaustain, BEC GmbH Bundesgartenshau, Heilbronn 2019 at Institute of Computational Design (ICD): Prof. Achim Menges, Martín Alvarez, Abel Groenewolt, […]

> ICD Timber Sewn Shell 2017 at Institute of Computational Design (ICD) Prof. Achim Menges, Martin Alvarez, Ivan Jimenez with DDRC Tongji University Philip Yuan, Chai Hua exhibited at “Mind the digital’, Design Society, Shenzhen, 2017 This project belongs to the Tailored Structures series and it proposes a novel fabrication system for thin wood shells. […]

> Baden-Würtemberg Pavilion for DUBAI EXPO 2020 – (2nd place) at Institute of Computational Design (ICD): Prof. Achim Menges, Martín Alvarez, Hans-Jakob Wagner with Lederer + Ragnarsdotirr + Oei Architekten Menges-Scheffler Architekten Knipers Ingenieure State competition for the Baden-Württemberg Pavilion Engagement type:​ competition concept development, shell design and representation ​​   Der Pavillon von Baden […]

> ITECH: Research Pavilion 2015/2016 Concept Development, System Development, Fabrication & Construction: Martin Alvarez, Jan Brütting, Sean Campbell, Mariia Chumak, Hojoong Chung, Joshua Few, Eliane Herter, Rebecca Jaroszewski, Ting-Chun Kao, Dongil Kim, Kuan-Ting Lai, Seojoo Lee, Riccardo Manitta, Erik Martinez, Artyom Maxim, Masih Imani Nia, Andres Obregon, Luigi Olivieri, Thu Nguyen Phuoc, Giuseppe Pultrone, Jasmin […]

> ITECH: Tailored Structures, adaptive robotic fabrication of sewn wood Erik Martinez + Martín Alvarez ITECH Master’s Thesis at Institute of Computational Design (ICD) Stuttgart, 2016 Supervisors:​ Prof. Achim Menges, Prof. Jan Knippers​​ Tutors:​ Oliver David Krieg, Ehsan Baharlou, Tobias Schwinn and Lauren Vasey​ University of Stuttgart, Germany Tailored Structures investigates the use of robotics […]

> Project Name Erik Martinez + Martín Alvarez ITECH Master’s Thesis at Institute of Computational Design (ICD) Supervisors:​ Prof. Achim Menges, Prof. Jan Knippers​​ Tutors:​ Varioes​ University of Stuttgart, Germany The following is a summary of the various seminars I attended at the ITECH program. All projects were developed together with Erik Eugenio Martinez. The […]