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I’m intrigued by the potential projections of the virtual computational world on sensible materialistic mediums.
My greatest passion is connecting technology and fabrication. At the age of 16 I won Israel's National Chemistry Olympics held at the Technion - Israel's Institute of Technology. Two years later I completed a bachelor's degree in mathematics and computer science - and joined the elite technology unit of the Israeli Defense Forces. Since then I have lead multiple R&D projects and teams. Through my career I have gained invaluable skills directly linked to material theory, mechanical engineering, and algorithms design, with a focus on graphics, 3D, and AI.
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Making, building, and interacting with material is an inseparable part of my identity. My strong suit lies in high multidisciplinary proficiency, with long, hands-on experience and deep understanding of orthogonal disciplines. In recent years I have focused on learning and developing new solutions in the area of digital manufacturing, with a particular emphasis on large scale digital manufacturing.
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My prominent hobbies include carpentry and choral singing.
mars
nasa habitat challenge 2015
At the end of 2015 NASA issued the Mars Habitat Challenge, calling for participants to submit innovative concepts to build a house on Mars, while exploiting the capabilities of 3D printing. 162 teams competed.
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Parameters such as available material on the planet for in-situ production, energy sources, climate, shipping costs, and astronauts needs, wereconsidered when designing our solution.
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Our innovative concept was called Bubblebase, a light inflatable structure to be shipped to the planet Mars. Taking advantage of the low atmospheric pressure, the bubble would be inflated with small amounts of gas. When inflated, Its several topological layers would be used for the living space and thermal insulation. Most importantly its voids would be filled with Martian soil and give the structure its constructional stability.
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Scroll through the pictures below to view the Bubblebase model we presented at the finals of the NYC World Maker Faire 2015. The model was printed in collaboration with Stratasys, using materials such as 3D printed UV cured polymer, sand mixed with epoxy, polyurethane foam, wood, and more.
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My team and I won an Honorable Mention placing our achievement in one line with worldwide renowned architectural firms and space stations engineers.
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the talented Helen Wexler documented the project as a comic.
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ocean
fence
large-scale wood construction
Carpentry has been a hobby of mine from a very young age, starting with the building of small-scale cardboard castles. When I was 12, my aunt became my first "investor," whose support of ~$300 enabled me to build my first, real-sized desk.
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​In one of my recent wood projects, presented here, I brought together the skills I gained through the years into my biggest and most complex project so far. It included the construction of a 40sqm deck on a rather complicated terrain; a unique fence with smooth, continuous geometry creating the atmosphere of a ship prow; and a swing with similar feel.
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​The main risk in this project was the extreme twisting of the pinewood panels covering the fence. I designed the fence curvature through intuition rather than via precise measurement of the wood's ability to twist. The result, as can be seen, was a success, though quite a few panels broke along the way.
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biennale
architect-
tura
bird nest-inspired israeli pavilion
The main exhibition in the Israeli Pavilion during the 2016 Biennale for Architecture, held in Venice, showcased a structure inspired by a bird's nest. Based on the analysis of a real Dead Sea Sparrow nest.
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I had the honor to be part of the project's team, and was responsible for the bird's nest analysis, starting from a CT scan through 3D reconstruction, morphological analysis, processing for "reproduction", and compilation of structural insights.
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The core part of my role was developing an algorithm capable of separating the nest CT scan data into independently defined branches, and compute parameters such as branch length and thickness, and interface points between branches.
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The novel process included the usage of ImageJ (FIJI) tool, a dedicated Python algorithm, and Grasshopper.
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concrete
printing
r&D platform for software and material dev.
A concrete 3D printing R&D system, capable of moving in a linear path, while extruding concrete. The highest priority requirement of the system was to be low cost. Attached to a concrete pump the system is capable of producing smooth layers of concrete.
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The system is shaped as a six-meter-long train track, built from plain pine wood and industrial steel panels. Low-cost material was properly processed and assembled to achieve sufficient accuracy. Motion system was composed of a high torque stepper motor, an arduino board, and timing belt.
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I developed this system to prove suitability of the concrete pumping technology, and to serve as an R&D platform for the material development and the printing process of a full-scale ocncret eprinter.
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some more
craftsmanship
click image to view a short expalaination
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sailboat
miniature reconstruction
of handmade sailboat
Making of several miniatures, identical to a real sailboat, with combination of different Technics primarily based on 3d printing.
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True sailboat was measured and reconstructed in a CAD software. Model was translated into 3D printable files and laser cutting for a small fully detailed model production and another model for a metal-cast miniature key chain.
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Fully detailed model was printed with a gypsum jet binding technology, than integrated with natural plywood pieces and painted. Miniature was 3D printed with WAX like DLP technology, and than cast using a lost wax process.
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In the pictures you may take a look at the original sailboat, the two models, and the CAD work.
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hobbies.
Since a very young age I have pursued music as my main hobby, playing the guitar and the piano, and singing in choral groups.
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Through the years I have taken classical singing to a semi-professional level and had the honor to perform with groups such as the Eurochoir, the Buchmann Mehta School of Music Choir, and the Gary Bertiny Choir. Currently I am singing with the Carmina ensemble and Revoice.
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One of the highlights of my music "career" was the summer of 2010, which I spent in Tenerife, rehearsing and singing with the World Youth Choir, followed by a concert tour around Spain.
That summer I also discovered my passion for photography, as I captured fascinating authentic portraits of my peer singers.
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