“The Digital Fabrication Introductory Course is intended to initiate students in the use of advanced digital design methods and fabrication processes in an integrated way, to make physical things from virtual data. It will focus on the design, development of construction of full scale prototypes in a variety of materials, focusing on the transition between computer modeling and materialization.
Students will be introduced to the different digital fabrication processes available in the market with a series of comprehensive lectures, including discussions on specific case-studies. In the class, they will be guided through the use of Rapid Prototyping and CAD-CAM fabrication devices, by following design assignments specifically conceived to develop their skills. The course will give them the opportunity to test some of these processes, using the machines available at IAAC (CNC laser-cut, CNC milling and 3D Printing).
Besides the development of technical skills, the ultimate goal of the course is to inquiry how these new fabrication methods are changing the language of design, while challenging the traditional architectural process from conception to construction.
PREREQUISITES
Experience with computer modeling applications (Rhino or other) is a plus, because the course will require, but not teach, knowledge in using 2D and 3D design software. Students must sign the ‘IAAC CNC Machines Protocol’ in order to be allowed to use IAAC’s digital fabrication equipment.
INSTRUCTIONAL / LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of this seminar the students should be able to:
1. Be conscious about the digital continuity between conception and fabrication, and have a greater intuition of the potentialities that can emerge from this condition
2. Develop a model for fabrication in a digital CAD-CAM environment
3. Generate a code to drive a CNC machine and use it to fabricate design parts.”
Assignment I: The Pipe _ Laser Cut
Project by: Maria Papaloizou_Anastasia Fragoudi
Assignment II: The Matrix _ 3D Printing
Project by: Maria Papaloizou
Assignment III: The Ripple _ CNC mill
In this project we wanted to create a regular texture on the given geometry but which would not base on the repetition of simple element. Due to that we used Scriptographer, an AdobeIllustrator plug-in, which gives the possibility to extend Illustrator’s functionality by the use of the JavaScript language. We generated few splines with Spirograph script, which simulates a spirograph with two weels, one rolling on the other with the pen being on a variable position on the second weel.We chose one spline which we cropped to the size of our surface. As an outcome we got bunch of slightly different lines which we joint into two paths.The exported paths were projected on the given surface.For the horizontal roughing we used the ballmill tool of 12mm, and for the engraving, which followed the projected paths, the flatmill tool of 8mm.
VIDEO
Project by: Maria Papaloizou_Krystian Kwiecinski
Assignment IIII: The Chip _ Electronics
The work of our group was to develop a structure managed by the Chips done in the FabLab in order to produce movement from a source of light.
The process of the design begun with the idea of having a kind of installation, but in order to make this more architectural we build up a composition of cubes, and with a diamond shape cut that could function as a solar window.
For this work, the software make the panels move at the time you block the light, or produce a shadow next to it.
VIDEO
Project by: Maria Papaloizou_Alex Harris_Ben Howard_Javier Raya_Vikrant Sharma_Bianny Poueriet_Diego Camargo_Erik Thorson_Luis F. Odiaga
Besides the development of technical skills, the ultimate goal of the course is to inquiry how these new fabrication methods are changing the language of design, while challenging the traditional architectural process from conception to construction.
PREREQUISITES
Experience with computer modeling applications (Rhino or other) is a plus, because the course will require, but not teach, knowledge in using 2D and 3D design software. Students must sign the ‘IAAC CNC Machines Protocol’ in order to be allowed to use IAAC’s digital fabrication equipment.
INSTRUCTIONAL / LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of this seminar the students should be able to:
1. Be conscious about the digital continuity between conception and fabrication, and have a greater intuition of the potentialities that can emerge from this condition
2. Develop a model for fabrication in a digital CAD-CAM environment
3. Generate a code to drive a CNC machine and use it to fabricate design parts.”
Assignment I: The Pipe _ Laser Cut
Project by: Maria Papaloizou_Anastasia Fragoudi
Assignment II: The Matrix _ 3D Printing
Project by: Maria Papaloizou
Assignment III: The Ripple _ CNC mill
In this project we wanted to create a regular texture on the given geometry but which would not base on the repetition of simple element. Due to that we used Scriptographer, an AdobeIllustrator plug-in, which gives the possibility to extend Illustrator’s functionality by the use of the JavaScript language. We generated few splines with Spirograph script, which simulates a spirograph with two weels, one rolling on the other with the pen being on a variable position on the second weel.We chose one spline which we cropped to the size of our surface. As an outcome we got bunch of slightly different lines which we joint into two paths.The exported paths were projected on the given surface.For the horizontal roughing we used the ballmill tool of 12mm, and for the engraving, which followed the projected paths, the flatmill tool of 8mm.
VIDEO
Project by: Maria Papaloizou_Krystian Kwiecinski
Assignment IIII: The Chip _ Electronics
The work of our group was to develop a structure managed by the Chips done in the FabLab in order to produce movement from a source of light.
The process of the design begun with the idea of having a kind of installation, but in order to make this more architectural we build up a composition of cubes, and with a diamond shape cut that could function as a solar window.
For this work, the software make the panels move at the time you block the light, or produce a shadow next to it.
VIDEO
Project by: Maria Papaloizou_Alex Harris_Ben Howard_Javier Raya_Vikrant Sharma_Bianny Poueriet_Diego Camargo_Erik Thorson_Luis F. Odiaga
Tutors: Marta Male-Alemany _ Assistant: Shane Salisbury
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