The Office for Robotic Architectural Media & The Bureau for Responsive Architecture is a small design / technology office that produces spaces, systems and new building technologies. We strive to improve the way people live and limit the impact that buildings have upon the natural environment - while also ensuring that this work reflects the technological condition of our time.

ORAMBRA's works have been exhibited, collected and published by: The American Institute of Architects' Center for Architecture, The Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney Australia, The XIII Bienal de Arquitectura in Santiago Chile, The Discovery Science Channel, CNN's Future Summit, WIRED, The Economist, The BBC World Service and The Australian Broadcasting Commission Radio National amongst others. In 2005 our works were awarded first in the Chicago Architectural Club's "Emerging Visions" award for young practices in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Since 2006 ORAMBRA has been carbon neutral.

BIOGRAPHY: TRISTAN D'ESTREE STERK

Tristan graduated with his professional degree in architecture from The University of Adelaide, Australia in 1999 after which he worked in a small architectural practice in London England before moving to the Chicago to obtain an MFA from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. In 2004 Tristan began working for Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Chicago. From 2006 through mid 2008 he worked at Busby Perkins + Will, in Vancouver Canada. He completed PhD coursework in 2007 and he currently holds the position of Assistant Professor at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Tristan was formerly an Associate Lecturer In Architecture at The University Of Adelaide, School Of Architecture, Landscape Architecture & Urban Design. His work has been shown globally and is held by the permanent collection of architecture at Museum of the Art Institute Of Chicago.

He says: "I am interested in challenging the notion of structure and skin in so far as most visions of structure preclude soft structures like fabrics. If you can understand structural systems along a spectrum from soft to hard the continuous relationship between skins, fabrics, beams and columns becomes clear."

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