The aim of the Digital Fabrication and Interaction I course is to explore the design opportunities arising from three common digital fabrication processes: Laser Cutting, CNC milling and 3D Printing. Assignments will be supported by an interactive exploration of each technology and material, going through a conceptual and prototyping process of design each week.
Credits: MaCT 2018/19 students
Making the intangible tangible is essential for communicating and representing a project. Digital Fabrication has enabled the leap from industrial manufacturing, which is hard to access, to affordable and accessible personal fabrication to allow for rapid prototyping in the development of projects.
The accessibility to rapid prototyping is the opportunity to transmit information in an engaging way. At first, the relation between design and digital fabrication has been focused on the production of non-standard parts / components and on the speculation of forms as an end itself. Instead we will focus on shapes and machines as a mean to develop performance based design with efficient fabrication methods.
Digital Fabrication techniques through the relation between computer data and machine oriented fabrication, can translate concepts in the most diverse and creative ways. With the use of a wide range of materials and processes, it is possible to create objects rich in details that are the physical and accurate representation of digital design. To be communicative, design will be responsive, interactive and equipped with connectivity, following those steps: integration of electronics in the design, programming electronics, mechanical outputs and interaction between your projects and their environment.
PROBLEM A lack of activities and engagement in certain streets can lead to a decrease in their vibrancy and vitality. This can manifest in empty streets, dilapidated buildings, and a dearth of social and cultural events. Over time, these areas may become less desirable places to live or visit, perpetuating the cycle of neglect and … Read more
Introducing the Mobility Footprint, an interactive dashboard designed to promote awareness about mobility in urban environments and its impact on CO2 emissions. By selecting your typical mode of transportation and choosing from eight pre-determined destinations, the dashboard will provide you with a recommended route, estimated travel time, and the CO2 emissions associated with your selected … Read more
INTRODUCTION Interactive design is a rapidly evolving field that has the potential to revolutionize the way we experience and interact with art and information. With advancements in technology, visual and multimedia artists now have the ability to create immersive and interactive exhibitions that engage the viewer on a whole new level. This changing state of … Read more
This semester Bruno introduced us to the advanced tools of the fab lab and the computer programs to operate them. This allowed us to directly implement newly learned fabrication skills into our design processes. I implemented these newly learned skills in designing a Surfboard, producing different joineries for the CODA workshop, fabricating ceramic pieces, and … Read more
Laser Cutting – Material Repositories Material repositories consist of a timeline to estimate the demolition of building blocks, as an identification method for materials extraction based on the circular economy’s principles from 2022 to 2072. Choosing a study area La Dreta de L’Eixample neighborhood, we identify the buildings which can be used as material extraction … Read more
THE DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF CLIMATE ACTION INTERVENTIONS AND MODELS Our explorations surround the creation of climate action data models for the city of Mumbai. For a context that is only now becoming aware of the potential of data, The creation of interactive models can help educate citizens. The curation of multimedia models prototyped and … Read more
The aim of this studio was to explore the design opportunities arising from three common digital fabrication processes: Laser Cutting, CNC milling and 3D Printing. These exercises were supported by an interactive exploration of each technology and material, while also understanding conceptual and prototyping process of design. 1. Laser Cutting The first digital fabrication exercise … Read more
During the first seminar on Design for interaction and fabrication, we explored 3 different manufacturing techniques: we started with Laser cutting for the project @mazing 4.0 designed during the Internet of buildings studio and adopted CNC milling and 3D printing, highlighted with a video mapping projection for the project Eskurtze Parkea developed during computational urban … Read more
HANDS OVER BEIRUT Beirut Blast impact assessment visualization Neighborhood: Mar Mikhael (Beirut port)/ Gemmayze – Bashoura – Ashrafieh The Area chosen has received the most impact and visualization of the plot of land where buildings got damaged but on a different scale is relevant to understand the shock wave repartition. To physically be able to … Read more
