orambra

THE OFFICE FOR ROBOTIC ARCHITECTURAL MEDIA & BUREAU FOR RESPONSIVE ARCHITECTURE
Copyright © 1998-2008 Tristan d'Estree Sterk

ORAMBRA
The Office For Robotic Architectural Media & The Bureau For Responsive Architecture (ORAMBRA) are binary architecture / technology offices that design buildings, spaces and systems that reflect the social and technological conditions of our time. We implement responsive technologies to produce high-tech and sustainable architectures that limit and reduce the impacts that our buildings have upon the natural environment. In March 2005 our efforts were recognized and given the highest award (first) for young architectural practices in Chicago. The prize is known as the Emerging Visions Award, it is sponsored by the prestigious Chicago Architecture Club.
Email: office@orambra.com
Qualifications: [link]
Chicago Architecture Club Emerging Visions: [link]
Partners:
Canadian Design Research Network
Shadow Robotics (UK)
"Carbonfree" with Carbonfund.org
We Support:
Projects:
lotus (2004) Graham foundation
collect

idea cloud (1998) Grange Beach
dance

filamentosa (2004)
sway

frais (2003) Art Institute Chicago
relate

divertimento (2005) Coney Island
move

Papers:
actuated tensegrity (2003)
structure part 1

shape control (2006)
structure part 2

negroponte (2003)
control part 1

hybridized control (2006)
control part 2

caad for responsive architecture (2007)
caad part 1

the synthetic dialect (2000)
early paper

Prototypes:
prototypes 1 & 2 (2003)
early work

prototypes 3 & 4 (2003)
early work

prototypes 5 & 6 (2003)
early work