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politics.” The building has to cope with the local and domestic political contentions, and the global perspective as it relates nationally and internationally to respective points of view stemming from cultural and ethnic identifications.

The goal of the design is an effort to “overcome the speed of the world of news and media by establishing a transient architectural language. Fragmented pieces are in constant motion to demonstrate a dynamic environment to encourage contentious debates aimed at revealing the truth.” This project won the award of distinction in Architectural Design. Farzam attends the University of Maryland. Interestingly, he was instructed by Michael Ambrose who was himself the recipient of the form•Z Joint Study award when he was a student!

Across the Atlantic, at Cardiff University in the UK, Poppy Weston had wanted to become a dancer since she was a very young child. An automobile accident prevented her from pursuing her dream. She eventually decided to study architecture, but her contribution to dancing was not to be short lived! When one of her third year design studios dealt with the housing of a dance company, the famous British Rambert Dance

By looking at the renderings submitted to the jury, it is not hard to detect that Poppy’s design captures “the vibrancy of the spaces…” while depicting the complexity of the model and the dynamic engagement of the space to “create a place for all the Rambert operations and dreams to flourish." The award is for Interior Design.

Drew Weinheimer and Keith Labutta had a choice of software to use for their class project of fabrication. According to their professor at Pennsylvania State University, David Celento, “they chose form•Z due to its capabilities and the ease of modeling and rendering it offered.” The project centered on the premise of Reinventing Glass Block and was sponsored by Pittsburgh Corning for students in the digiFAB class. “Students visited the manufacturing plant, studied the processes for making existing block and proposed new ideas that would permit Pittsburgh Corning to re-invigorate their product line, with an emphasis on creating novel and highly desirable outcomes that offered flexibility.”

			The goal of the class assignment was to utilize rapid prototyping (3D printing) and CNC mold making to create and visualize the possible solutions. form•Z outputs directly in .zpr format of the Zcorp printers used to output in 3D with color and texture, so it is easy to see why the use of the particular software and hardware technologies was a winning combination. Drew’s and Keith’s designs and prototypes generated a good deal of excitement and interest at Pittsburgh Corning.
	Company in need of a larger facility, she was able to contribute to the remodeling of an existing buildings with the eye and feel of an insider, a dancer and a designer, while fulfilling Rambert’s desire to acquire “the space it needs to create new productions and...an opportunity to work with the community."

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