Jackson Hexin Bi

Excited to share our new project. The project was designed by the RMIT Architecture | Tectonic Formation Lab in collaboration with SEU Architecture | Lab of Architectural Algorithms & Applications (Lab.AAA). The installation comprises two interdependent printed systems: a primary sand-printed structural form produced through large-scale binder-jet fabrication; and a secondary layer of translucent, robotically extruded polymer louvered fins. At its core, the project is structured through an agentBody tectonic logic, in which six interacting agentBody components negotiate their behaviour to produce a differentiated, selt-supporting structural diagrid. The intricate geometric articulation was created through a painterly formation process using Aurora, an interactive multi-agent software developed by Marc Gibson, continuing the lab‘s long-standing experimentation with behaviour-driven, emergent design methodologies. The installation was generously supported by South East University, where it is installed in Nanjing. PROJECT CREDITS RMIT Architecture | Tectonic Formation Lab in collaboration with SEU Architecture | Lab of Architectural Algorithms & Applications (Lab.AAA) Design Director: Roland Snooks Generative Design Development: Marc Gibson Design Team: Roland Snooks, Marc Gibson, Rose Kang, Jackson Bi Project Coordinator (SEU): Dasong Wang Robotic Polymer Printing: Dasong Wang, Haopu Wu, Yuting Zhao, Yingxu Wang, Ruoxian Li Project initiation (SEU): Prof. Peng Tang, Prof. Hao Hua, Prof. Biao Li, Dr Dasong Wang. Project Support: Southeast University (SEU) School of Architecture, RMIT University School of Architecture and Urban Design, Jinan Zhonghong Intelligent Technology Co.，Ltd. - 济南忠鸿智能科技有限公司，Polymaker Co.，Ltd.- 苏州聚复科技股份有限公司，Voxeliet China Co.， Ltd. （Suzhou）- 苏州维捷三维打印有限公司，i Fusion Design & Manufacturing Co.， Ltd.（Nanjing） - 融境智造（南京）科技有限公司. #tectonicformationlab #rmitarchitecture #algorithmicdesign #3dprintedbuilding #robotic3dprinting

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Thin Metal Surface Formation - Integration of Incremental Sheet Forming and Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing is published by the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA @caadriaorg ) conference at the University of Tokyo. Co-author with Prof. Roland Snooks. @rolandsnooks As part of my in-progress PhD, this research was developed in the RMIT Architecture Tectonic Formation Lab. @tectonicformationlab

SUPER SHELL is showing at the University of Tokyo as part of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) Conference Exhibition. @caadriaorg This project was developed at the RMIT Architecture Tectonic Formation Lab @tectonicformationlab , demonstrates a novel sheet metal fabrication technique that integrates Incremental Sheet Forming and Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing. This hybrid of transformative and additive manufacturing explores the potential of surface patterning in enhancing structural performances and complexities of thin sheet metal in architectural productions. Research Assistant: Ruby Sesta @rubysesta , Christina Khai Wen Wong @christina_wkw , and Wenyu Zhang @z._wenyu_zhang from RMIT Interior Design @interiordesign.rmit

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ABYSSICIDE - Garments For Drowning In. ABYSSICIDE is a site-specific installation of body related bone sculptures grown from water, employing a biomimetic technique of accretion that draws from the process of coral formation - transforming seawater into a solid material. This installation, a collision of material design, advanced technology, and new ritual, unfolds for the Melbourne Design Week, at Hanover house. Showcasing transformative sculptures and ritual objects, this is the first unveiling of a material poised to redefine a future of renewable materials. A tangible embodiment of the fusion between ancient techniques, 3D printing, robotics and futuristic visions, ABYSSICIDE invites viewers to the presentation of something entirely new. 23 May - 1 June 2024 NGV Melbourne Design Week Presented in Hanover House (level 5) 158 City Rd, Southbank, VIC Sruli Recht x Tectonic Formation Lab Project Team: Sruli Recht, Roland Snooks, Jackson Bi, Mark Edgoose, Marc Gibson, Hesam Mohamed @srulirecht @rolandsnooks @tectonicformationlab @jacksonhexin @theedgoose @marcwgibson @hesam_mohamed @rmitarchitecture Photographed by Marinó Thorlacius @marinothorlacius . Original composition by Valgeir Sigurdsson @valgeirs . Supported by: Melbourne Design Week, RMIT University @rmituniversity , and presented in Hanover House @beta_sthbnk . We would like to deeply thank: NGV, Ewan McEoin, Simone LeAmon, Maksim Valentin Recht, Megan Herbert, Miho Leitch MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK AND THE VICTORIAN DESIGN PROGRAM ARE INITIATIVES OF THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT THROUGH CREATIVE VICTORIA

Abyssicide /a’bis-a-sid/n The deliberate and anthropogenic destruction or killing of the oceans. ABYSSICIDE - Garments For Drowning In. 23 May - 1 June 2024 NGV Melbourne Design Week Presented in Hanover House Sruli Recht x Tectonic Formation Lab Project Team: Sruli Recht, Roland Snooks, Jackson Bi, Mark Edgoose, Marc Gibson, Hesam Mohamed @srulirecht @rolandsnooks @tectonicformationlab @jacksonhexin @theedgoose @marcwgibson @hesam_mohamed @rmitarchitecture Photographed by Marinó Thorlacius @marinothorlacius . Original composition by Valgeir Sigurdsson @valgeirs . Supported by: Melbourne Design Week, RMIT University @rmituniversity , and presented in Hanover House @beta_sthbnk . We would like to deeply thank: NGV, Ewan McEoin, Simone LeAmon, Maksim Valentin Recht, Megan Herbert, Miho Leitch MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK AND THE VICTORIAN DESIGN PROGRAM ARE INITIATIVES OF THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT THROUGH CREATIVE VICTORIA #MelbourneDesignWeek #NGV #ABYSSICIDE

ABYSSICIDE - Garments For Drowning In 23 May - 1 June 2024 NGV Melbourne Design Week Presented in Hanover House. In the throes of a climate crisis, ABYSSICIDE envisions a future where our protagonists press the garments into the skin, submerge, and become one with the sea - and as the ocean levels rise, the garments for drowning in grow into a coral, layer by layer, up and around the body. ABYSSICIDE is an installation of body-related bone-type sculptures, cultivating a biomimetic technique mirroring coral‘s accretion process to grow its skeleton. Seawater undergoes a metamorphosis from an aqueous phase into solid stone material, forming sculptures suspended in a pose of submission. Our protagonists, immersed and layered, fuse with the water, evolving into coral-like structures as the ocean levels rise. This installation comprises three sets of suspended sculptures, intricately grown from water on parametric and VR-modelled forms, weaving an immersive narrative of transformation. Sruli Recht x Tectonic Formation Lab Project Team: Sruli Recht, Roland Snooks, Jackson Bi, Mark Edgoose, Marc Gibson, Hesam Mohamed @sruli_recht @rolandsnooks @tectonicformationlab @jacksonhexin @theedgoose @marcwgibson @hesam_mohamedd @rmitarchitecture Photographed by Marinó Thorlacius @marinothorlacius . Original composition by Valgeir Sigurdsson @valgeirs . Supported by: Melbourne Design Week, RMIT University @rmituniversity , and presented in Hanover House @beta_sthbnk . We would like to deeply thank: NGV, Ewan McEoin, Simone LeAmon, Maksim Valentin Recht, Megan Herbert, Miho Leitch MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK AND THE VICTORIAN DESIGN PROGRAM ARE INITIATIVES OF THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT THROUGH CREATIVE VICTORIA #MelbourneDesignWeek #NGV #ABYSSICIDE