TY - GEN
T1 - Introducing digital fabrication into the architectural curriculum Two Similar Experiences in Different Contexts
AU - Pupo, Regiane
AU - Duarte, José Pinto
AU - Celani, Gabriela
N1 - Funding Information:
The labs were funded by the Portuguese Science and technology Foundation (FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia). One of the labs is the Computational Architecture Lab (LAC), which is the focus of the present article, and includes four modules: advanced geometric modeling, rapid prototyping, virtual reality, and remote collaboration, which shared the same basic space and provided the backbone of the electronic design studios. The objectives of ISTAR are: 1. to create a set of laboratories that support archi-tectural teaching and research; 2. to design, implement, and maintain a compre-hensive Web-based environment that supports the community of students, staff, faculty, alumni, and prospective applicants; 3. to investigate how computers and information technology can be integrated in the design pro-cess; 4. to create a research environment that supports creative and innovative design teaching and
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practice; 5. to develop new expertise oriented towards new architectural and building solutions; 6. to provide technology-oriented consulting ser-vices to the AEC industry. LAPAC is a pioneer in the use of digital fabrication techniques for architecture in Brazil. It was created in 2007 as part of a large research project about the use of new theories and technologies in the architectural design process. The economic resources for this project came from São Paulo state’s official research funding agency, FAPESP. When this research project ends in 2010, the lab will be incorporated by the school of architecture. Just like ISTAR, LAPAC was also inspired by William Mitchell’s introduction of Rapid Prototyping techniques at MIT in the late 90´s and early 2000´s.
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The authors would like to thank the funding agencies that have been supporting ISTAR (FCT, Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation) and LAPAC (FAPESP, CAPEs, CNPq and SAE-UNICAMP).
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PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The present paper describes two similar experiences in the setting up of digital fabrication laboratories in architectural schools and the introduction of such techniques in the schools curriculum, with the aim of answering the following questions: how long – and how much – does it take to incorporate these new technologies in a traditional architectural course? Both experiences were held in Portuguese-speaking countries, but within very different economic and cultural contexts (Europe and South-America).
AB - The present paper describes two similar experiences in the setting up of digital fabrication laboratories in architectural schools and the introduction of such techniques in the schools curriculum, with the aim of answering the following questions: how long – and how much – does it take to incorporate these new technologies in a traditional architectural course? Both experiences were held in Portuguese-speaking countries, but within very different economic and cultural contexts (Europe and South-America).
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78649851470
SN - 9780954118372
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
SP - 517
EP - 524
BT - ARCHITECTURE ‘in computro’ Integrating methods and techniques
A2 - Muylle, Marc
PB - Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
T2 - 26th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2008
Y2 - 17 September 2008 through 19 September 2008
ER -