7210- Idea Semminar

Digital Fabrication Lab (7Aug2014)

Chris Beorkrem 

DArts.uncc.edu

domain

(subject of study)  
Sub assemblies of building (walls, masonry units) 
small pavilions 
installations

 

methodology

(procedures)  

1. Digital Model
2. Parameters (Gehry technologies, Rhino with Grasshopper)
3. Apply code to digital fabrication equipment 

 

evaluation

(good from bad) 
Intrinsic

• material efficiency (Beorkem
• form (Gang )

Extrinsic

• Efficiency of assembly
• Aesthetics

 

definitions

(elements and relationships)
Surfaces
Assembly/disassembly
Parameters and constraints
 

 

audience

(Institutes, journals, conference, funding)
Firms

• Gramizio Kohler
• Achim Menges
• Shop

Journals, Conferences

• Acaadia
• Caadria
• International Journal of Computational Design

Funding

• EU
• Practice based

 

foundation

(one or two articles) 
"Versioning" SHoP 
link to article