Advanced Construction Methodologies: Building Complex and Elegant Structures in 2015
Presented Mike Mulhern, TriPyramid Structures, Inc.
For decades the integration of digital technologies in design and manufacturing has been much more rapid in the manufacturing world (automotive, aerospace, consumer products etc) than in the building trades. This talk will focus on firms that are successfully utilizing the full arsenal of tools available in 2015 and a discussion of what tools are available today that were not available 5 years ago. We will also encourage a discussion of the impediments to more universal implementation.
Join us at Cliff Dwellers Club (200 S. Michigan Avenue) at 5:15 pm on Tuesday, January 5. Click the link on the right to register.
Please note that the presentation will begin at 6:15, shortly after dinner is served.
About the Speaker
Michael Mulhern and Tim Eliassen founded TriPyramid in order to bring technologies developed for the world’s fastest racing sailboats into the realm of art and architecture. Michael’s training is in aerospace and mechanical engineering. Prior to founding TriPyramid he worked designing yacht hardware at Navtec and in many facets of the sailing and offshore marine industries. He has experience as a builder, a designer, and a user of complex rigging and hardware systems. This breadth of experience helps him lead the team at TriPyramid to find solutions that meet all of the design challenges: aesthetic, structural, budgetary, and serviceability.
The company’s early work included designing and supplying all of the tie rod support system for I. M. Pei’s Pyramid at the Louvre. 25 years later they remain on the cutting edge supplying the support components for Apple’s flagship stores and unique structural systems around the world.