Articles by Rima Sabina Aouf

ETH Zurich casts intricate metal facade in 3D-printed moulds

June 22, 2018 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Students from ETH Zurich have pioneered a method of casting complex, one-off architectural structures from metal in 3D-printed moulds. Deep Facade, a six-metre-high aluminium structure with ribbons of metal looped in an organic fashion that recalls the folds of the brain’s cerebral cortex, is the first metal facade cast in 3D-printed moulds. The facade was

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Nano-robots have built the world’s smallest house

May 24, 2018 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

French researchers from the Femto-ST Institute have used nano-robots to assembled the world’s smallest house, which stands just 0.015 millimetres high. The tiny house, which has a footprint of 0.02 millimetres by 0.01 millimetres, is around half a million times smaller than a regular two-storey house. Sitting on the top of an optical fibre the house has a

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V&A’s The Future Starts Here exhibition explores bright and dark sides of tomorrow

May 11, 2018 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

A presentation by Cambridge Analytica, portraits generated from DNA and a Facebook drone sit beside each other in a new design exhibition that opens to the public this weekend at London’s V&A. The Future Starts Here marks the first time the influential museum has dedicated a display to the topic of the future. It is

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Stackable Playscapes system transforms empty lots into playgrounds

January 17, 2018 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Two Jordanian architects have devised a modular, easy-to-assemble system of street furniture to bring ad-hoc playgrounds to cities, refugee camps and other environments lacking in public space. Sarah Abdul Majid and Sandra Hiari designed the Playscapes system for use in their own hometown of Amman, where public parks are scarce. The system is made up of

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Glowing polycarbonate “lighthouse” designed to rejuvenate industrial stretch of River Thames

August 15, 2017 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

London-based studios DK-CM and The Decorators created this pop-up polycarbonate events space to test the waters for long-term cultural programming in the Thames-side town of Erith. The pavilion is located on the waterfront of Erith, a town on the outskirts of Greater London in the borough of Bexley. Made of pink and blue polycarbonate, the Erith Lighthouse

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Glowing polycarbonate “lighthouse” designed to rejuvenate industrial stretch of River Thames

August 15, 2017 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

London-based studios DK-CM and The Decorators created this pop-up polycarbonate events space to test the waters for long-term cultural programming in the Thames-side town of Erith. The pavilion is located on the waterfront of Erith, a town on the outskirts of Greater London in the borough of Bexley. Made of pink and blue polycarbonate, the Erith Lighthouse

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Apple Park employees revolt over having to work in open-plan offices

August 10, 2017 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Some Apple workers hate the open-plan layout of their new Foster + Partners-designed campus so much they might quit, according to reports circulating around Silicon Valley. A $5 billion (£3.8 billion) development eight years in the making, the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California began welcoming the tech giant’s employees in April. The remaining employees

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UK government calls for industry input on post-Brexit immigration system

August 4, 2017 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Design bodies are consulting their members on what the UK’s immigration policy should look like post-Brexit, after the government invited business sectors to submit their views on the subject. Home secretary Amber Rudd announced at the end of last week that she was tasking the Migration Advisory Committee with gathering evidence on the impacts of

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Grenfell Tower fire triggers emergency safety review across UK’s 4,000 high-rises

June 16, 2017 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

The UK government has launched an emergency review of the country’s high-rise apartments following the Grenfell Tower fire, with cabinet minister Sajid Javid saying residents of similar buildings could be rehoused for their safety. The communities and local government secretary Sajid Javid told the BBC Breakfast programme this morning that an emergency fire safety review

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UK election result should spell end for hard Brexit, says Creative Industries Federation

June 9, 2017 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

The UK has woken up to news of a hung parliament, prompting the Creative Industries Federation to say there is no mandate for a hard Brexit. Theresa May’s Conservative Party lost seats in yesterday’s general election, falling short of an overall majority in parliament. May had called the snap election in April on the grounds

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