orambra

THE OFFICE FOR ROBOTIC ARCHITECTURAL MEDIA & BUREAU FOR RESPONSIVE ARCHITECTURE
Copyright © 1998 - 2009 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.

Our works have been exhibited and published by: XIII International Architectural Biennial, Santiago Chile, The Discovery Channel, CNN's Future Summit, Wired, The Economist, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the BBC world service amongst others. We are proud to be a carbon neutral office.

Address:
1579 N Milwaukee Ave, No. 317
Chicago, Illinois, USA 60622
tel: 312.560.4671

Email: office@orambra.com

Qualifications: [link]
Chicago Architecture Club Emerging Visions: [link]
Partners:
Shadow Robotics (UK)
"Carbonfree" with Carbonfund.org
Environment ILLINOIS (USA)
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 (2003-2006)
early work

prototypes 3 & 4 (2003-2006)
early work

prototypes 5 & 6 (2003-2006)
early work

prototypes 6 & 7 (2006-2008)
early work

Links:
ORAMBRA: a carbon neutral office
carbonfund.org

MEDIA: Discovery Science TV (2008)
Weird Connections: Episode 10

MEDIA: Balkon Contemporary Art Magazine (2008)
Feature Article: "Mechanikus ter, biologiai ido"

MEDIA: BBC World Service (2007)
BBC

MEDIA: Wired (2006)
WIRED

MEDIA: The Economist (2006)
ECONOMIST

MEDIA: CNN Future Summit (2006)
CNN

MEDIA: ABC Radio National (2007)
ABC

Newsweek Polska (2007)
NEWSWEEK.COM

MEDIA: Technik / Zeit Wissen (2006)
Zeit Wissen

MEDIA: Except from ACADIA (2006)
Link

MEDIA: ArchitectureWeek (2006)
Link

MEDIA: Radio Adelaide 101.5 (2005)
Radio Adelaide