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Frame and Form (estructura y forma) was born with the modest desire to promote and disseminate structural design culture. The content of this blog is based on small articles where synthesized information is provided about accomplishments , events, history, contests and curiosities of marked structural works like bridges or buildings. These capsules of information intended [...]

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12 October, 2009

Theo Jansen – Kinetic Structures

Ago 20 years ago Theo Jansen has been devoted in body and soul to ‘creation’ new forms of life. Their ‘Strandbeest‘ (Beasts of the Beach) organizational structures that are so remote from the giant insects appear or skeletons of prehistoric animals. Actually, these dynamic structures were designed by computer algorithms and are composed of waste materials from the industrial era.

These ‘creatures’ move without motors, not have advanced sensors and the latest technology to 'survive’ on the shores Netherlands…

12 December, 2008

Richard Serra. inspiration 1.0

Open Frame and Form with a brief article on Richard Serra, inspiration for the structural designer, which was recently awarded the Order of Arts and Letters from Spain.

Serra was born in San Francisco in 1939 and from 1968 His work is characterized by the use of materials associated with [...]