Puke Ariki Opening

kids of all ages having a ball at Puke Ariki in New Plymouth - congratulations to the team at Puke Ariki, Victoria University Architecture School and PrefabNZ for putting together such a wonderful exhibition.

Radio Interview with Daniel Keighley

http://m.soundcloud.com/acessradiotaranaki/chris-moller-interview-3-12http://m.soundcloud.com/acessradiotaranaki/chris-moller-interview-3-12

click-raft Virginia Winder article

wonderful article written by Virginia Winder
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/entertainment/8001535/Structures-click-with-nature

Puzzlekits Wrapped and Ready To Go !

The puzzlekits now have an assembly instruction manual - also used to 'wrap' the parts together. All set and ready TO GO...  feels like we have a factory running now !
Here are the latest photos taken by Ellen at the printer

Last minute preparations...

Just a few days to go until the opening at Puke Ariki - excitement is building, the full size click-raft is in place in New Plymouth with a wonderful mix of brave, explorative prefab experiments already assembled, and arriving outside on New Plymouth's extraordinary waterfront. Meanwhile Ellen and Ben have been slaving away with the CNC machines producing puzzlekits for kids and curious minds  of all ages to assemble, test out and explore, to make their own. 

Puke Ariki Click-Raft Fabrication at Stanley Factory

Things are getting exciting, the Puke Ariki exhibition launch is getting very close now. Fabrication at the Stanley Factory has happened like clock-work, all pieces were cut in one morning, and the 4.8 x 2.6 raft assembled shortly afterwards, we took some photos at the factory at the end of the week before it was dis-assembled and flatpacked to be transported to New Plymouth. Many thanks to Gary Caulfied, Sean Wood and team at Stanley, and Craig Floyd at Plytech for suppling the plywood.

                                      

click-raft is evolving...

click-raft is evolving.....  the click-leaf components can be understood as a kind of evolving cell, capable of learning new information, rather than simply as fixed prefab materials. We are working on developing generalised cell-types into a genetic code, partly to see at first glance what "family" they belong to, partly to unambiguously define them, and partly for future experiments with computational artificial evolution. We hope to show this new approach to fabrication architecture at the Puke Ariki Exhibition in New Plymouth NZ (opening December 1st) - both with a full size prototype and loads of puzzlekits for people of all ages to explore and test out.