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Manual Fabrication Assisted with Augmented Reality
Fab.AR explores how augmented reality (AR) can bridge the gap between computational design and material fabrication. While digital tools and AI have expanded the scope of architectural design, they have also introduced challenges that often obscure design intent and limit the integration of craftsmanship and situated practices. The seminar positions AR as an operational interface that enables real-time interaction between digital information and physical environments. Through the development of custom workflows and prototype tools, students investigate how AR can support processes such as guided assembly, on-site decision-making, and feedback-driven iteration. Emphasizing human-machine collaboration ,the seminar encourages the design of systems that augment rather than replace manual fabrication to foster more adaptive, intuitive, and materially grounded architectural practices.
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Spatial Interface for Non-Standard Fabrication STATE OF THE ART – RECIPROCAL STRUCTURE This project is inspired by reciprocal structures and explores how AI can support their design and construction. The work investigates a way to generate and build these interdependent structural systems through computational processes. ALTERNATIVE JOINTS Connection options were analyzed as part of the … Read more
Augmented Reality for Computational Acoustic and Noise Analysis CONCEPT STATE OF THE ARTS 2. Using AR For Spacial Simulation WORKFLOW WHAT’S NEXT Demonstration
Augmented Reality for Computational Acoustic and Noise Analysis CONCEPT STATE OF THE ARTS 2. Using AR For Spacial Simulation WORKFLOW WHAT’S NEXT Demonstration
This project presents a mixed reality (XR) and Augmented Reality (AR) framework to upcycle wooden shipping pallets into architectural elements. Addressing timber waste, it empowers novice makers via a dual-device workflow. A tablet serves as the planning interface for designs and cut lists. Concurrently, an AR environment—accessed when users put on the Meta Quest 3S … Read more
An AR guidance system for pottery creation TRACE transforms pottery learning into an interactive guided experience. Instead of interrupting the making process with videos or tutorials, instructions are overlaid directly onto the clay in real time through AR guidance. Rather than replacing the craftsperson, TRACE acts as an apprenticeship layer: making expert knowledge visible, immediate, … Read more
