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SUMMARY:Fabric Formed Concrete: Studies of a Disruptive Technology - Profe
 ssor Remo Pedreschi    Professor of Architectural Technology\, Architectur
 e: School of Arts\, Culture and Environment (ACE)\, University of Edinburg
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CONTACT:Peter Armitage
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:* Disruptive technology relates to a technology that
  emerges from a non-traditional route that may evolve to supplant\, challe
 nge or ‘disrupt’ the original paradigm. Fabric formed concrete satisfi
 es the criteria of DT\, providing an entry to a technology that the conven
 tional processes resist. Through a series of workshop studies and experime
 nts the opportunities and the potential of the technology has been researc
 hed. Practical considerations such as such as repeatability\, accuracy and
  precision are integral to the work.\n\n*Biography:* Remo Pedreschi holds 
 the chair of Architectural Technology at the University of Edinburgh and i
 s also Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange for the School of Arts\
 , Culture Environment. He joined the University after a period in the cons
 truction industry. He is interested in the relationship between technology
  and design and was editor of the book series ‘The Engineer’s contribu
 tion to Contemporary Architecture’\, to which he also contributed the mo
 nograph on the Uruguayan engineer\, Eladio Dieste. He is currently working
  on novel systems for stone construction\, steel and plywood composite sys
 tems and fabrics as formwork for concrete. The methodology often involves 
 the interaction of formal research and student-led projects as a device fo
 r both detailed and exploratory study leading to full-scale prototype cons
 tructions.
LOCATION:First-floor Classroom\, Department of Architecture\, 1-5 Scroope 
 Terrace\, Cambridge\, CB2 1PX\, www.arct.cam.ac.uk.
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