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We work with our partners, designers, architects, engineers and manufacturers in the design and making of complex surface structures. We advise whether TESSA is the right tool for a project, show how to use it and provide software and system licences. We also offer design and product development using TESSA.
Research and collaborations are an integral part of TESSA, for it is an open system that can be extended and integrated into a grander design and performance analysis routine.
We have profound experience in the development of complex building structures. This knowledge is paired with expertise in computation and the use and development of algorithmic techniques that facilitate designers to embrace novel approaches of design making.
Contact us if you have any questions, wish to collaborate with us or are interested in the technology.
Founder and Director
Katrin is a designer with specialist expertise in the design engineering of complex architectural structures. She worked as specialist consultant and research engineer at the engineering consultancy Buro Happold in London for eight years, where she co-founded the Generative Geometry Unit. As a researcher, Katrin focuses on the development and verification of generative and selective computational processes and their transfer to the built environment. Katrin developed TESSA with a team of engineers and computer scientists based on an original idea from 2004.
Partner
Tim is an architect and urban planner who has devoted his career to the development and application of computer-based design techniques. Tim is Managing Director of the strategic consulting firm Space Syntax Limited, which uses software models to forecast the impact of architectural and urban design decisions on human behaviour patterns in buildings and cities. Tim is a director of The Academy of Urbanism and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Igor is a computer scientist and engineer with a current focus on bioinformatics and computational statistics. He is working on mathematical modelling and statistical analysis of infectious diseases at Imperial College London. Igor joined TESSA curious to apply his computing and engineering background to computational geometry and its application in leading edge architecture.
Development
TESSA is based on research in the fields of computation, engineering and architectural design with a focus on non-orthogonal surfaces in the construction industry. The method and technology is embedded in the concepts of complex systems, generative design processes and optimisation routines.
Grant
TESSA has received grants from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and from Buro Happold Ltd. in the UK.
Patent
‘Method for generating a kit of elements for composing or constructing diverse gapless 3D structures and such kit of elements.’ European Patent Application EP14160345.6. 17 March 2014
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