TY - GEN
T1 - Bring in the Noise A robotic-aided framework for the indirect shape translation and molding of inexact geometries.
AU - Vazquez, Elena
AU - Shaffer, Marcus
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This paper examines how mediated translations that embrace indeterminacy-from design to fabrication-can enhance material and tactile explorations. It investigates a dialogue between a digital environment that supports the design process, and fabrication processes that combine tools that are both precise (the robot) and indeterminate (casting/forming devices) in their essential functions. We present a research inquiry into this issue by providing a reflective account of a robotics-aided framework for the fabrication of inexact geometries using reconfigurable pin tools (RPT). These tools, with their inherent indeterminacy and variability, were used as a base mold for casting blocks in concrete and plaster. The central thesis of this paper is that a non-linear fabrication process-one imbued with variability rather than deterministically controlled for formulaic production/outcome-becomes a potent generator of novel forms. By focusing on process, rather than on the product of design, designers can subvert the geometrical control inherent in a digital-material output, thus favoring discovery over order and material sensitivity over determinacy-essential qualities in progressive architecture practice.
AB - This paper examines how mediated translations that embrace indeterminacy-from design to fabrication-can enhance material and tactile explorations. It investigates a dialogue between a digital environment that supports the design process, and fabrication processes that combine tools that are both precise (the robot) and indeterminate (casting/forming devices) in their essential functions. We present a research inquiry into this issue by providing a reflective account of a robotics-aided framework for the fabrication of inexact geometries using reconfigurable pin tools (RPT). These tools, with their inherent indeterminacy and variability, were used as a base mold for casting blocks in concrete and plaster. The central thesis of this paper is that a non-linear fabrication process-one imbued with variability rather than deterministically controlled for formulaic production/outcome-becomes a potent generator of novel forms. By focusing on process, rather than on the product of design, designers can subvert the geometrical control inherent in a digital-material output, thus favoring discovery over order and material sensitivity over determinacy-essential qualities in progressive architecture practice.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85127874310
SN - 9789491207150
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
SP - 827
EP - 834
BT - Computing for a better tomorrow
A2 - Kepczynska-Walczak, Anetta
A2 - Bialkowski, Sebastian
PB - Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
T2 - 36th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2018
Y2 - 19 September 2018 through 21 September 2018
ER -