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Robert B Trempe Jr
Assistant Professor
trempe(at)temple.edu
www.dis-section.com
 
M.Arch., University of Pennsylvania
B.A., Hobart College

Bio
 
Bob Trempe is a professor and designer focusing on the instructional logic and formal beauty of information visualization through the output of repetitious systems. This research includes experiments with field manipulations, digital planer fabrication techniques, animation and mapping techniques, and theoretical papers, all of which seek to show the logic AND beauty of quantitative and qualitative information. His research can be seen both his conceptual work through his office Dis-section Architectural and Media Design (DAMD) as well as professional work with the design office of Verspoor & Trempe. Speculative projects such as “Slpistream” can be seen in the 2006 Birkhauser book “Distinguishing Digital Architecture.”

Research
 
Prizes, Awards, and Grants
Temple University Grant-in-Aid of Research grant for research into new methods of repetitive architectural cladding systems in Europe, 2008.
Samuel K Schneidman Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2000 and 2001
Harry E Parker Prize, University of Pennsylvania, 2001
Dales Traveling Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 2000
Publications
Trempe, Robert , Shall, Scott, Harrington, J. Brooke. Connecting: The 2008 Charrette. Philadelphia: Lulu Press, 2008.
Trempe, Robert. Rinse and Repeat. Philadelphia: Lulu Press, 2008
Zarzcki, Andrzej, ed. Digital Intensions, Explorations, and Accidents. Columbus: AutoDesSys, 2007.
Competitions
Semi-Finalist, “Radical Radiator of the Future” Competition with the two submissions “Echo” and “Bounce,” 2007.
Semi-Finalist, “MECAF Ceramics for Breakfast” Competition for the submission “Coconut,” 2007.
Semi-Finalist, “2005 FEIDAD Award” Competition for the submission “Slipstream,” 2005.
Exhibitions
Contributor, PhillyHeartDesign: Design Philadelphia 2008: Philadelphia PA, October 2008
Curator, Rinse and Repeat: Shades of Gray Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia PA, September 2008
Contributor, The Reality of the Unbuilt: An Exhibit of Architectural Drawings, Tyler School of Art, October 2007
Contributor, 2007 ACM/SIGGRAPH Electronic Arts Gallery, San Diego CA, August 2007
Contributor, 2007 MACEF International Home Show, Milan ITALY, January 2007
Lectures, Workshops, and Charrettes
Global Temple Conference, Philadelphia, October 2008
ACSA Midwest Conference “Architecture in the Age of Digital Reproduction,” Urbana-Champagne, October 2008
EAAE / ARCC Conference on Architectural Research, Copenhagen, June 2008
ACM/SIGGRAPH Conference, San Diego, August 2007
ACM/SIGGRAPH Conference, Los Angeles, August 2006

Selected Works
     
             
    Slipstream Modular Infill System   Rules of Engagement   "Bounce" Radiator