DIGITAL IMPERFECTION
Unplugged Matter meets Robotics in Architecture

MOVIE - MAKING OF

Unplugged Matter (Assoc. Prof. Christian Schmitt) 
Robotics in Architecture (Dr Federico Garrido)
Video Documentary (Rodrigo Brum)

The imperfection of earth bricks is often understood as a synonym of low-tech construction in deprived communities. However, it is a simple and, per nature, circular material to build with. With Digital Imperfection, we wanted to underline that earth is more than a vernacular material. The project links state-of-the-art approaches with local traditions by highlighting earth as a post-vernacular, contemporary building material. We aim to emphasize the collective experience of building with sustainable materials, using technology to create a shared understanding of building with the community's hands.
From Digital Imperfection to Circular Perfection.

 

DIGITAL IMPERFECTION IS A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT OF:
CHRISTIAN SCHMITT
is an architect and graduated from the TU Darmstadt in Germany. He was teaching at ETH Zurich with Anna Heringer and Martin Rauch with a focus on a material sustainably in particular earth and simple building methods. He is an experienced architect who has practiced in Germany and Switzerland and internationally in public projects like university and cultural buildings, offices buildings and educational projects in general. He worked on various award winning and widely published projects for Herzog & de Meuron and Ferdinand Heide and gained valuable experience in all fields of architectural practice and research.
Christian is currently Assoc. Prof in the Architecture and Urban Design Programm at the German University in Cairo. A main aspect in his research, teaching and practice is the use of local and sustainable materials, their traditional tectonics and how to design and build with them it in a contemporary low tech way tackling topics like circularity, cradle to cradle and urban mining.
Using simple building methods and materials allows to reflect and re-develop the design and by digital and computational design strategies and nowadays are done by architects and computational specialists.

FEDERICO GARRIDO
studied Architecture and attended postgraduate master studies in Advanced Architectural Design at the FADU-UBA in Buenos Aires, Argentina. From 2014 to 2018 he held a DAAD research scholarship for a PhD at TU Kaiserslautern. The research entitled ‘Innovative design strategies. The case of eclectic architecture in Buenos Aires 1880-1930’ focused on the relationship between manufacturing techniques and design strategies during the 19th century and its reinterpretation under the light of contemporary digital tools.
He held teaching and research positions in Argentina, Germany and Egypt in topics of digital design, theory and digital fabrication, and he is also involved in research projects related to digital manufacturing and artificial intelligence in architectural design.

RODRIGO BRUM
is a Brazilian philosopher and filmmaker, currently based in Cairo. He holds an MA in philosophy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and an MFA in film, video, new media, and animation from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He recently directed his first feature documentary, Like Someone Who Hears a Very Sad Song (in development), produced in the Cape Verdean archipelago, where he lived for almost a year. In Cairo, he is part of the team of
Ambient Light, where he worked as a creative and story producer for the feature documentary Za’atari Captains, directed by Ali Elarabi (Sundance Film Festival 2021). Currently, he also works as a creative producer for the feature The Legend of Zeynab and Noah (in development), directed by Yousry Nasralah. His work has been supported by several grants, fellowships, and residencies, including a MacDowell Fellowship (2017), and more recently the Backstory Film Residency (2019), provided by the Goethe-Institut Lebanon, and the Graham Foundation Grant (2019), among many others. He recently curated the Brazilian Film Week in Cairo, produced by Zawya Cinema in partnership with the local Brazilian Embassy, and is a programmer for the short-film section of the Cairo International Film Festival 2021. Brum has taught philosophy and filmmaking in institutions in Brazil, the United States, Cape Verde, and Egypt, where he is currently a full-time faculty in the Media Design Department at the German University in Cairo (GUC). He is the editor of Horda, an experimental art publication in Brazil, and a member of the editorial board of Ao Largo, published by the Pró-Saber Institute for Education.

 

 

 

 

 

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