Atomic Cities Update I
Read moreAtomic Cities posters, book and brochures are under way, which will communicate new strategic opportunities for the next century of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site. The PGDP site model with under-lit ground plane, sub surface strata and features, multi...
Aug 5, 20110
Free AtFAB
Read moreThroughout AtFAB’s design and research process, we have assumed we’d go through the usual channels with our intellectual property: protect the idea and control its dissemination. This most conventional option would lead us to sell AtFAB products, to license the...
Cellular Screen Prototype
Read moreThe first full size screen prototype is complete. On the first go, the individual pieces went together exactly as anticipated, and Carolyn’s etched tattoos simplified the assembly process. Combined with light bouncing through its cells, the screen’s connections transform...
Flojet Aluminum Prototypes
Read moreThe furniture objects have now been prototyped in different materials, scales, locations and tools. After CNC routing plywood at full-scale and laser cutting acrylic at 1:6 scale, we got to Flojet aluminum sheet at 1:6 scale. We made numerous...
Screen Tests
Read moreFull scale screen prototyping began this week. To find the perfect fit, we bracketed tooling settings by testing differentials between the actual bit diameter and those specified in our CAM settings. Carolyn and Joe milled 7 tests, with each...
Exhibition Bases
Read moreFor our upcoming exhibition, we’ve adapted a Five to Thirty Minute Chair and the Rotational, Cat in Bag iii and Torsion Table to serve as bases to display scale prototypes. Each object was adapted parametrically to share common proportions,...
Industrial Laser Cutting
Read moreWhole Shop in Akron cut AtFAB acrylic prototypes with their industrial grade laser cutter. We were intrigued with achieving detail and differentiation from a heavy manufacturing operation equipped for mass production jobs in titanium and steel. We are producing...
Atomic Cities Subsurface Modeling
Read moreFilson and Rohrbacher’s Atomic Cities Research Group is working on a Department of Energy funded project that is considering the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Kentucky. Our project scope includes a history of the site, a 150 year plan...
