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Impossible Projects

Redefining Spatial Possibilities Through Digital Design and Fabrication

What is Impossible Projects

We are a parametric design and consultancy studio spearheaded by Jasper Niens, whose years of real-world experience in his own practice in art, design and manufacturing enable us to push the boundaries of organic construction.

What Makes Us Unique

By specialising in digital design and fabrication we are able to blend art and architecture. Our methodology enables us to realise creations that are fluid yet functional with designs that seamlessly translate from concept to execution, completely free from the confines of traditional architecture.

How Impossible Projects came about

With roots in the Netherlands and the Philippines, our approach brings together the best of both worlds. Our Dutch background challenges us to create designs that push the boundaries of what is possible in the most efficient way, while our time in the Philippines has taught us to design and build such that we take into account locally available materials, technology and skill levels.

THE THREE PILLARS
OF IMPOSSIBLE PROJECTS


THE THREE PILLARS OF IMPOSSIBLE PROJECTS

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Parametric Design:

Parametric design allows us to develop complex structures by digitally defining the dimensions and parameters of the materials that will be used, incorporating the engineering and build logistics into the blueprints of the design. Once parameters are scripted (encoded), changes can be made to the design quickly. No costly circles of revisions. No sudden, last-minute changes on-site.

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Digital Fabrication:

From file, to factory, to reality. The output of our parametric designs can be directly fed into computer-aided machines. This means the parts and modules for your design can be pre-fabricated off-site under controlled conditions, 100% error-free. With the ability to fabricate custom parts without the need for skilled labour, pains of the regular ‘measure, cut, hammer’ approach to construction are eradicated.

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Modular Construction:

Modular construction describes the use of our pre-fabricated parts and materials, delivered to site and assembled with the ease and simplicity of our programmaticly-derived ‘build by numbers’ part labelling system. Compared to traditional building techniques,
our modular method offers build time savings of between 30 to 50 percent.

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At Impossible Projects, we engage in design, consultancy and the
research and development of new techniques, technologies and materials.

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Staircases

The modular parametric staircase is a script originally tested as an art installation for Arco Madrid.

This unique design makes the staircase look like it is “floating” above the ground and it can be adapted for use within and outside modern interior office spaces or large residences. The staircase design can be uniquely adopted and customised, with or without railing, for varying locations and uses depending on your requirements. With its contemporary look and versatile functionality, this staircase can be an exclusive centrepiece that is completely functional.

Decorative Ceilings

A room and its use can be transformed by changing or adapting the shape of its ceiling. In past projects we have been challenged to precisely that; what can be done in order to change the look and feel of a particular space.

Likeminds, a theatre foundation in the Netherlands, approached us to transform a rehearsal space for a theatre company in Amsterdam into a space that exudes warmth and was acoustically better suited for an audience.

In conjunction with ‘Baranowitz Kronenberg Architecture’, Jasper Niens through “superproject”, his former collaboration, was engaged for the design, engineering and supervision of the 400 m2 stretch ceiling of the event space of the W Hotel in Amsterdam.

Geodesic Domes

Check out our article on the Geodesic Dome Installation for the Sea Games in New Clark City

Bamboo Shades

The pandemic brought the opportunity to finally explore the opportunities that bamboo has to offer as a structural material. The Free-Form Parametric Space Truss System could now be investigated for use within bamboo structures. The challenge was to defy the traditional manner of building with bamboo and develop technology that allows bamboo to be reliably used as a structural member in parametric designs thereby maximising its compressive and tensile strength.

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Free Form Parametric Space Truss Systems

Derived from the grid-shell pioneered by Vladimir Shukhov, ‘Free-Form Parametric Space Truss System’ is a build technique that emanated as a result of Jasper’s development of free form sculptures. First pioneered in his art piece titled 510. It was further developed such that the skin was made an integral part of the structure in 510-II, and its applications were tested even further in UTMT.