Technology and Material Innovations
From AI and remote sensing tools to 3D printing and mass timber, technological innovations are changing the ways we analyze, design, and craft the built environment. Our college is at the forefront of leveraging these new materials and technologies to confront the climate crisis and inequities in our built environment.
Feb 3, 2015
3D-printed “cool bricks” can cool an entire room using water
Emerging Objects, founded by Associate Professor of Architecture Ron Rael, and Virginia San Fratello has come up with a solution which may be able to greatly reduce the use of air conditioning systems in hot dry climates.
May 3, 2013
Wood, salt, and wonder: The renewable future of 3D printing
Emerging Objects is the project of two architects, CED Assistant Professor of Architecture Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello. A fabrication studio, it focuses on the materials that go into 3D printing.