Towards Real-Time Adaptive Fabrication-Aware Form Finding in Architecture

Pigram, DA; Maxwell, IJ; McGee, W

Towards Real-Time Adaptive Fabrication-Aware Form Finding in Architecture

Pigram, DA Maxwell, IJ McGee, W

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Citation:: Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2016, 2016, 1, pp. 426 - 437
Issue Date:: 2016

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dc.contributor.author	Pigram, DA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Maxwell, IJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McGee, W	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Reinhardt, D	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Saunders, R	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Burry, J	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2016, 2016, 1, pp. 426 - 437	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-3-319-26376-2	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/43373
dc.description.abstract	This paper identifies the disciplinary potential latent in the combination of algorithmic design and sensor-enabled robotic fabrication to achieve multiple channels of feedback between design, fabrication and assembly. Three key methodological shifts are identified. The first is a shift to fabrication-aware-form finding. In comparing analogue form finding to digital form finding practices, it is clear that a greater number and diversity of constraints can be negotiated within an information-based digital environment. The second methodological shift is to bidirectional negotiation between design and production limits. Robotic fabrication is highly customizable—initial constraints do not need to be seen as fixed. The final shift is the introduction of sensor feedback and near real-time control. This permits the continual redefinition of parts during fabrication in response to material-, dimensional- and assembly-volatility. Taken together, these shifts challenge the typically linear and compartmentalised nature of the processes linking design with construction and therefore open up new ecologies of design practice and opportunities for innovation.	en_US
dc.publisher	Springer	en_US
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dc.title	Towards Real-Time Adaptive Fabrication-Aware Form Finding in Architecture	en_US
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Abstract:

This paper identifies the disciplinary potential latent in the combination of algorithmic design and sensor-enabled robotic fabrication to achieve multiple channels of feedback between design, fabrication and assembly. Three key methodological shifts are identified. The first is a shift to fabrication-aware-form finding. In comparing analogue form finding to digital form finding practices, it is clear that a greater number and diversity of constraints can be negotiated within an information-based digital environment. The second methodological shift is to bidirectional negotiation between design and production limits. Robotic fabrication is highly customizable—initial constraints do not need to be seen as fixed. The final shift is the introduction of sensor feedback and near real-time control. This permits the continual redefinition of parts during fabrication in response to material-, dimensional- and assembly-volatility. Taken together, these shifts challenge the typically linear and compartmentalised nature of the processes linking design with construction and therefore open up new ecologies of design practice and opportunities for innovation.

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