The Madera Cyber Innovation Center (MCIC) at the U.S. Air Force Academy stands as both a bold architectural statement and a functional facility for cutting-edge education. Nestled within a campus recognized for its mid-century modernist heritage, the MCIC brings together military, academic, and industry expertise to train future leaders in fields like cybersecurity, robotics, and artificial intelligence.
Developed by Mangrove in collaboration with Studio Oberhauser, it is an outdoor lighting element that merges architectural expression with large-scale additive manufacturing. Conceived as a sculptural object inspired by organic growth patterns, the design explores how digital modeling and concrete 3D printing can operate not merely as fabrication tools but as drivers of form, performance, and material identity.
The project began as an exploration of Li: Dynamic Form in Nature, a seminal text that defines organic patterns not as static shapes, but as “frozen markers of a flow.” Inspired by this idea, Malvina Stamatiadi set out to translate the high-performance venation logic of a dragonfly wing into a functional designer object.
At IXU Design, the design process is driven by a combination of computational modeling, material experimentation, and traditional jewelry craftsmanship. The studio, founded by sisters Aleksandra Podlesnykh and Tania Skorobogatova, approaches jewelry design through an intersection of parametric design and bench-level expertise.
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