Digital Fabrication, You Say?

Here at Marshall Creative Agency, we're fascinated by the way in which great architecture can redefine the way a place impacts daily life. Is your city somewhere that's as easy to move around as it is pleasant to look at? Do you feel like you have space to breathe, to commune with others and to generate new ideas? Some cities succeed admirably in this respect; others less so. Resources that might stimulate new thoughts and ideas include the website of Frank Gehry’s practice (www.foga.com) - his team of architects, designers and digital fabrication specialists have created some of the world’s most incredible buildings, including the Experience Music Project in Seattle, Washington (www.emp.com) and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain (www.guggenheim-bilbao.es/?idioma=en). Using folded and curved paper, Gehry’s team create models of buildings that would be impossible to realise using traditional methods. Partnered with Zahner (www.azahner.com), they have pioneered the use of software normally associated with aircraft and vehicle design (www.catia.com) to cloak buildings in flowing sheets of metal, patterns and colour that redefine how we view structures in the built environment.