You’ve already subscribed with this email address. Another transforming Hoberman invention from Chuck Hoberman the master of unfolding structures! Hoberman Switch Pitch Ball-1 Pack (Colors and Styles May Vary) 4.4 out of 5 stars 353. AKA Charles Hoberman. Taken at the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Hall of Invention at the National American History Museum. Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal; For copyright information or permission to reproduce material from the fonds, please contact the CCA (reproductions@cca.qc.ca). You’ve already subscribed with this email address. He wanted to be an artist from an early age, doing drawing and painting, and eventually taking courses at Cooper Union in New York City. Gender: Male Religion: Buddhist Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Inven. ISBN: [ISBN of the book] sheet: 28 × 49.2 cm For more information, consult our. Please try again later. Chuck Hoberman Artist, engineer, architect, and inventor of folding toys and structures, most notably the Hoberman sphere. Chuck Hoberman. Please complete this form to make a request for consultation. What was once a green ball, becomes an orange ball and back again. Next. Hoberman’s work has been exhibited several times at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal; He is the founder of Hoberman Associates (est. Their son Chuck Hoberman invented the Hoberman sphere. Studio Faculty: Heather Boesch, Fawwaz Habbal, Jock Herron, Chuck Hoberman, Peter Stark, Andrew Witt Series 3, Models and prototypes, includes numerous models and prototypes of deployable and folded objects. Chuck Hoberman and David Misch have been added to the speaker lineup for TEA’s SATE ’13 design conference, taking place at the Savannah College of Art & Design Oct 3-4.. Chuck Hoberman. Series 6, Published articles and other textual documents, includes articles and clippings about Hoberman and his work, a file labeled “Book project”, and a volume related to the permanent installation of the Hoberman Arch in Salt Lake City, Utah. Galleries and bookstore open today 11am–6pm, By signing up you agree to receive our newsletter and communications about CCA activities. We believe that a world undergoing accelerating change needs an adaptive, interactive approach to design. In 2008, alongside Buro Happold Principal Craig Schwitter, Hoberman formed the Adaptive Building Initiative (ABI). Health Systems Master in Design Engineering at Harvard Collaborative Studio 2017-2018. The joint venture united Hoberman’s design vision with Buro Happold’s 30 years of engineering excellence to develop retractable façades, responsive shading and ventilation, operable roofs, and canopies for the built environment. Gift of Chuck Hoberman. You can unsubscribe at any time. Hoberman inherited his interests from his mother, a children’s book author, and his father, an architect. Article from Architectural Design Profile No. We will contact you shortly. Mary Ann Hoberman. Please try again later. 1990), a multidisciplinary practice with clients ranging across sectors including consumer products, deployable shelters, and space structures. If you’d like to resubscribe with this email, please contact us, Please complete the form below to buy: This email was permanently deleted from our database. Price [Price of book]. Print this page, Published articles and other textual documents. Price [Price of book]. In: Celani G., Sperling D., Franco J. Chuck Hoberman's scripting was used to reverse-engineer material properties previously incalculable with analog methods such as thickness and collision prevention. ), — At least 48 hours for secondary sources (books, periodicals, vertical files, etc. Chuck Hoberman (archive creator) Description: Presentation copy to Chuck Hoberman from Melinda Christensen. Clippings and issues of magazines, books, and other textual documents on Chuck Hoberman and his work or his public activities. He won the Chrysler Award for Innovation and Design in 1997. You can unsubscribe at any time. Reads:The World Technology Network / presents / THE WORLD TECHNOLOGY / AWARDS / In association with / The Economist / Chuck Hoberman / Creating the future / Changing the world / FINALIST / The 1999 World Technology Award / for / Design / & / FELLOW, The World Technology Network / Held at / The National Museum of Science & Industry, London / 12 November 1999 / [signed] James Clark / James P. Clark, Chairman / The World Technology Network. We will contact you to set up an appointment. This is part of the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s multi-year research project Archaeology of the … Form, Electrostatic print on paper adhered to paper with pen and ink and graphite border, Chuck Hoberman fonds Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and  YouTubeMake a gift, See digitized items (122) The material in this series consists of photographs, slides, negatives, and transparencies, both professional and amateur. Hoberman holds a bachelor’s degree in sculpture from Cooper Union and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University. We’re not able to process your request at the moment. Hoberman’s work fuses art, sculpture and engineering with creations that grow, transform and react. Produced between 1985, and 1991, it includes hand-written calculations and notes, sketches, coding (computer) printouts, algorithms, mathematical formulations, a few photographs, writings and patents. Contributors including Chuck Hoberman, Robert Kronenburg, David Leatherbarrow, Kas Oosterhuis, Enric Ruiz-Geli, and many others explore the changes buildings undergo - and the scale and speed at which these occur - examining which changes are necessary, useful, desirable, and possible. CAAD Futures 2015. Don de Chuck Hoberman/ The exhibition demonstrates the transformation of Chuck Hoberman’s output over twenty years from expandable toys, to stage sets for U2, to buildings that change their shape. Thank you for signing up. In addition there is one CD-R containing digital images. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 . Between 2009 and 2010, ABI realized four adaptive architectural installations: an adaptive façade for the POLA’s Ginza, Tokyo headquarters; an operable roof for Aldar Central Market in Abu Dhabi; a dynamic entrance for the Wyss Institute at Harvard University; and a kinetic façade for the Simons Center at Stony Brook University, New York. Chuck Hoberman (1956--). If you’d like to subscribe with another, please try again. For more information, consult our. In 2008 his commissioned installation Emergent Surface was part of the exhibit “Design and the Elastic Mind.”. He studied liberal arts at Brown University, and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in sculpture from Cooper Union in 1979, and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University. Chuck Hoberman Posted on October 19, 2015 Four Big Questions Guiding Material Innovation in Architecture Presentation copy to Chuck Hoberman from Melinda Christensen. [Title of the book, authors] Galleries and bookstore open today 11am–6pm, By signing up you agree to receive our newsletter and communications about CCA activities. Add architects, structural engineers, designers, and those in jobs not yet invented, and the question is: Who is this Chuck Hoberman, and what is he transforming? The Chuck Hoberman fonds, 1980-2006, documents Hoberman’s work in transformable design throughout the first half of his career, as well as the operations of his company Hoberman Associates, Inc. Material consists of a variety of documents including research files, drawings and other graphical material, models and prototypes, photographic material, audiovisual material, published articles and other textual documents, and digital material. sheet: 31.7 × 48.6 cm. (eds) Computer-Aided Architectural Design Futures. Series 1, Research files, consists chiefly of material produced by Hoberman in the development of his concepts of transformable design. The structure is rigid enough to roll and throw, yet if touched in the right way, it will suddenly collapse again, curling in on itself like a defensive hedgehog. If you’d like to subscribe with another, please try again. The newfound complexity threshold that could now be calculated culminated in those mesmerizing expandable structures, such as the Iris dome and the Expanding sphere. In the past two decades, his company Hoberman Associates has created such large-scale transforming structures as the Hoberman Arch, which premiered at the 2002 Summer Olympics, and the 3,800-square-foot 120,000-pound unfolding video screen for U2’s 360° tour in 2009–2011. Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/ ). Here, unlike with Bob Kearns, the focus is not on patents, but on marketing, and the challenges of growing a business from scratch (which is why it interested me, since that is my background as well). Includes a letter to Chuck Hoberman from Russell Johnson, Director of Procurement, Salt Lake Organizing Committee, regarding the sale of the Hoberman Arch. Architect, and his mother was a children's book author. We’re not able to update your preferences at the moment. Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Québec, May … The series also contains material produced for and documentation of the Projects 45 exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art in 1994, which featured Hoberman’s Iris Dome. Chuck Hoberman calls it a trapezoidal icosatetrahedron; a fascinating exercise in complex simplicity. Series 5, Audiovisual, contains 175 videocassettes (MiniDV, Betacam SP, DVCAM, U-matic, Hi-8, Betacam and Digital Betacam) consisting of broadcast coverage, project documentation, compilation footage, toy-related material, home movies, and miscellaneous recordings. To prepare your visit, we'll need: Series: Drawings and other graphic material, 1989-1999, predominant 1989-1994, Series: Photographic material, 1977-2003, predominant 1989-2003, Sub-series: Miscellaneous, circa 1990-2002, Series: Published articles and other textual documents, 1991-2002, Sub-series: Drawings and scripts, 1980 - 2000, Sub-series: Hoberman Associates business records, 1993 - 2000, Fonds: Chuck Hoberman fonds, circa 1980-2006, Email this list to yourself (or someone else), Title: Patent for radial expansion/retraction truss structures (United States Patent Number 5,024,031), Title: Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Legacy Projects : Olympic Cauldron Park at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake 2002 Legacy Plaza at Gallivan Center, Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002 (issuing body), Title: Articles and clippings about Chuck Hoberman and his unfolding structures, Title: Chuck Hoberman Unfolding Architecture, Title: Projects exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art : Iris Dome, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) (role unspecified), — At least 2 weeks for primary sources (prints and drawings, photographs, archival documents, etc. Thank you for placing an order. Sort by:  Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and  YouTubeMake a gift, See digitized items (6) Series 2, Drawings and other graphic material, consists mainly of conceptual drawings and designs for expanding structures, including folding shelters, pavilions, retractable roofs and other openings, expanding icosahedrons and sculptural installations. Chuck Hoberman designed the “three-dimensional scissors hinge” (technically, a “Doubly-Curved Truss Structure”) that makes the transformation possible. By Tim McKeough 1 minute Read. Hoberman, Chuck, 1956- Sources found : Transportable environments 3, 2006: p. v (Chuck Hoberman) p. 210 (inventor of 'unfolding structures'-- objects that transform their size and shape; president of Hoberman Designs, Inc.) At some point during his education, he was asked to produce a sculpture that could move. To prepare your visit, we'll need: Series: Drawings and other graphic material, 1989-1999, predominant 1989-1994, Series: Photographic material, 1977-2003, predominant 1989-2003, Sub-series: Miscellaneous, circa 1990-2002, Series: Published articles and other textual documents, 1991-2002, Sub-series: Drawings and scripts, 1980 - 2000, Sub-series: Hoberman Associates business records, 1993 - 2000, Fonds: Chuck Hoberman fonds, circa 1980-2006, Series: Drawings and other graphic material, Series: Published articles and other textual documents, Email this list to yourself (or someone else). This email was permanently deleted from our database. An enclosed pamphlet describes various tricks you can d Hoberman Switch Pitch - Blue and Yellow 4.6 out of 5 stars 233. Material was initially arranged and described by Brian Mekis, CCA Cataloguer, in 2013. Hoberman's father was an architect, and his mother was a children's book author. Or watch a blue b The 26-strong collection includes a giant bronze hare by Barry Flanagan that watches over the cabernet franc; and a Chuck Hoberman sphere – Nouaison – that expands and contracts before your eyes. He made a wor… Find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. The series also contains a large number of toy-related material, from images of various toys and children playing with them, to shots of toy fairs in both Japan and Germany. Toss this innovative ball in the air and watch the colors magically flip! If you’d like to resubscribe with this email, please contact us, Please complete the form below to buy: Chuck Hoberman (born 1956 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US) is an artist, engineer, architect, and inventor of folding toys and structures, most notably the Hoberman sphere. For specific inquiries please contact Collection Reference at ref@cca.qc.ca or 514 939 7011 (fax: 514 939 7020). Chuck Hoberman's eponymous sphere is one of the best-loved toys of the last quarter century. From medicine to space travel, Chuck Hoberman's shape-shifting is expanding scientific research. There are also a number of portraits of Hoberman, images of the Projects 45 exhibition, and slides of some early designs and patent images. Chuck Hoberman (b. Customers who viewed this item also viewed. We’re not able to process your request at the moment. We’re not able to update your preferences at the moment. Quantity / Object type: 1 book(s) Technique and media: Ink on paper, spiral-bound. For those who are interested in the construction: http://www.snels-design.com/en/main/gallery/expanding_circle Back to list of archives Chuck Hoberman fonds Jump to Series: Research files, 1985-1991 AP165.S1 Only 1 left in stock - order soon. Gift of Chuck Hoberman, Find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. 1956) is a New York-based engineer, artist, architect, and product designer, whose work focuses on “transformable design”: objects, structures and spaces that can change size and shape through the respective movements of their parts. You'll begin to receive emails from us shortly. Professional life. — At least 2 weeks for primary sources (prints and drawings, photographs, archival documents, etc. Examples of his commissioned work include the transforming LED screen that served as the primary stage element for the U2 360° world tour and the Hoberman Arch in Salt Lake City, installed as the centerpiece for the Winter Olympic Games (2002). It’s said that nowhere do the disciplines of art, architecture, and engineering fuse as seamlessly as in the work of inventor Chuck Hoberman, internationally known for his “transformable structures.” Contributors including Chuck Hoberman, Robert Kronenburg, David Leatherbarrow, Kas Oosterhuis, Enric Ruiz-Geli, and many others explore the changes buildings undergo – and the scale and speed at which these occur – examining which changes are necessary, useful, desirable, and possible. We will contact you shortly. ). Audiovisual media requires specialized playback equipment.