Fișa disciplinei:

SFA-135 A Fabricatie digitala.pdf

Department:

Study of Form and Ambience

Course Leader:

conf.dr.arh. Ionuț Anton

Teaching Staff:

asist.dr.arh. Daniela Anton

Teaching language:

Romanian

Learning outcomes:

General objective:
Understanding digital fabrication as a work process in order to materialize an architectural artifact.

Specific objectives:
Gaining knowledge of digital fabrication methods such as 3d printing, laser cutting or CNC milling, and how they can be integrated into the development of architectural artifacts.
Identifying the architectural elements that can be produced using digital fabrication.
Developing the ability to materialize elements of an architectural project using digital fabrication techniques.
Understanding the creative potential of digital fabrication and its involvement in design.

Content:

1. Introduction to digital fabrication
The craft-craftsman-artifact relationship in the digital age
2. Digital fabrication techniques
Digital fabrication tools
The digital craft
Variability and differentiation
3. Fabrication strategies
Flat elements with waffle joints
Flat elements fastened with connectors
Strips in one or two directions
Volumetric surfaces
Variable architectural components
4. Preparing digital files for fabrication
Two-dimensional laser cutter / milling of elements
3d printed three dimensional elements
Volumetric elements by milling
5. Launch project brief
Discussions possible approaches
Team formation
6. Development of the first ideas and fabricated prototypes
Documentary discussions
7. Intermediate criticism
Evaluation of manufactured prototypes
8. Realization of digital manufacturing ideas and workflow
Discussions of detail

Teaching Method:

Online lectures on zoom alternating with practical sessions in the Experimental Workshop "Mac Popescu"; the latter have a practical character and take place in series of 20 students each.

Assessment:

Evaluation criteria:
-Active attendance at scheduled meetings (minimum 7 attendances in order to receive a grade for the course in the current session). The first course does not count - 20%
-Demonstration of understanding of digital fabrication workflows taught in class by solving the topics received - 20%
-Demonstration of the abilities to use digital fabrication technologies by materializing the architectural artifact - 20%
-Development of an architectural artifact that responds to a given project theme - 20%
-Ability to make an innovative contribution to the use of digital fabrication technologies in the project - 10%
-Project presentation - 10%

Bibliography:

1. Glynn, R., & Sheil, B. (Eds.). (2017). Fabricate 2011: Making Digital Architecture (Vol. 1). UCL Press.
2. Gramazio, F., Kohler, M., & Langenberg, S. (Eds.). (2017). Fabricate 2014: Negotiating Design & Making (Vol. 2). UCL Press.
3. Sheil, R., Menges, A., Glynn, R., & Skavara, M. (2017). Fabricate 2017 (pp. 1-304). UCL Press.
4. Willette, A., Brell-Cokcan, S., & Braumann, J. (2014). Robotic fabrication in architecture, art and design 2014. Springer Science & Business Media.
5. Brell-Cokcan, S., & Braumann, J. (Eds.). (2013). Rob| Arch 2012: Robotic fabrication in architecture, art and design. Springer Science & Business Media.
6. Sheil, B. (Ed.). (2012). Manufacturing the bespoke: making and prototyping architecture. John Wiley & Sons.
7. Rael, R., & San Fratello, V. (2018). Printing architecture: Innovative recipes for 3D printing. Chronicle Books.
8. Hauschild, M., & Karzel, R. (2012). Digital Processes: Planning, Designing, Production (1st edition). Birkhäuser. https://doi.org/10.11129/detail.9783034614351
9. Marble, S. M. S. (2012). Digital Workflows in Architecture: Design – Assembly – Industry. Birkhauser Architecture. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783034612173
10. Retsin, G., Jimenez, M., Claypool, M., & Soler, V. (Ed.). (2019). Robotic Building: Architecture in the Age of Automation (1st edition). DETAIL. https://doi.org/10.11129/9783955534257
11. Branko Kolarevic, Architecture in the Digital Age: Design and Manufacturing, 1 ed. (Taylor & Francis, 2005).
12. Branko Kolarevic și Kevin Klinger, Manufacturing Material Effects: Rethinking Design and Making in Architecture, 1 ed.

Notes:

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The first course on the 25.02.2022, at 12:30, will be held on zoom using the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89993727844?pwd=QUs2Y0dmRXMvWHhUS1ZPbWNEZDAzdz09
Meeting ID: 899 9372 7844
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