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Implications for design education
Published in Mette Bak-Andersen, Reintroducing Materials for Sustainable Design, 2021
The Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, IAAC, in Barcelona, has a number of Master’s degree programmes focused on digital architecture and fabrication. IAAC was the first institution to open a Fab Lab in Europe in 2007 and it is by now a place where the Maker Movement is fully integrated. The institute has an experimental and productive approach to architecture and this approach, as well as the emphasis on digital fabrication and technology, are clearly reflected in the spaces set up to work with making and materials. The institute is located in an old factory and the workspaces include digital fabrication tools such as a variety of 3D printers, CNC machines and robotics arms (Figure 5.9). The institute does have a minor space specifically dedicated to material experimentation, but in general the workspaces are large and flexible in their set-up. One of the institute’s more unusual labs is on the Valldaura campus. Valldaura is a 19th-century farmhouse in the countryside outside the city. Students and researchers live and work there in a community, managing the forest on the large estate and producing food. The location of the lab provides an innate connection to natural materials and local resources (see Figure 5.10) and the spacious surroundings allow for developing large full-scale prototypes.
A Design Sociotechnical Making of 3D Printing
Published in Steinar Killi, Additive Manufacturing, 2017
Although digital fabrication is mostly associated with the production of plastic, metallic, or ceramic goods for conceptualizing and making artifacts, it is also possible to fabricate with novel materials, such as edible food. The 3D-printed gingerbread house, shown in Fig. 2.1, seeks to illustrate one of many potential engagements with 3D printing, which brings into question a view of digital fabrication, specifically that of 3D printing, as a platform for making “useful” artifacts. The digitally fabricated gingerbread house problematizes new avenues for engagement with novel materials and digital fabrication that are found on the periphery of conventional, consumer-oriented design.
BIM futures
Published in James Harty, Tahar Kouider, Graham Paterson, Getting to Grips with BIM, 2015
James Harty, Tahar Kouider, Graham Paterson
Digital fabrication is a type of manufacturing process where the machine used is controlled by a computer. The most common forms of digital fabrication are: CNC machines, where shapes are cut out of material sheets;3D printing, where objects are built up out of layers of metal or plastic; andlaser cutting, where materials are cut, engraved or burnt (or melted, in the case of metals) by a laser beam.
Dialogic weaving: a favorable tension between design and craft
Published in Digital Creativity, 2019
Digital fabrication techniques, including 3D printing, have become a widespread source of design tools for creative disciplines (Zoran 2015). Digital fabrication is a process where the design of an object is created on the computer and that object, then, automatically manufactured by a digitally controlled machine (Zoran and Buechley 2013). Many projects in relation to design and digital fabrication question how to utilize craft practice for variety of purposes.
Employing surface tooling for thermal modulation
Published in Architectural Science Review, 2023
Eiman Graiz, Keith Van de Riet
The digital fabrication process translates design ideas into a series of computer software rules (CAD or CAM) that are sent to the CNC machine to convert it into a physical object (Putro and Wirasmoyo 2020). Through this translation into CAD/CAM software, and ultimately the material block, the design is subjected to the limitations and constraints of the digital tools, which in many cases pairs design intent with tooling logics and material choices.
A parametric 3D printed assistive device for people with cerebral palsy – assessment of outcomes and comparison with a commercial counterpart
Published in Assistive Technology, 2023
Rune Thorsen, Denise Cugnod, Marina Ramella, Rosa Converti, Maurizio Ferrarin
Digital Fabrication is a design and production process in which computer-controlled machinery builds a physical object from a three-dimensional (3D) model. The process starts by creating a 3D representation of a physical object in a computer aided design (CAD) program.