Image Source: Digital Fabrication Seminar HS2018
Digital fabrication is a process that merges design and manufacture through the use of digital tools (software) and computer-controlled manufacturing processes. Such processes position "digital natives" in the forefront of craft and form generation. Today, engineers, designers and artists are leading the development of new sculpting, construction and manufacturing strategies. Methods such as CNC milling, laser cutting, robotic fabrication among others, allow us to materialise radical new forms inspired by biological processes, mathematics and computational geometry.
Lecturers: Luke Franzke, Clemens Winkler
Format: Hybrid
All inputs and mentoring will take place over Zoom. However, in order to use the 3D printers and to make a photo documentation of the final outcomes, students will be required to periodically work in the Atelier or the Workshop.
Course Goals
In this course, students gain an insight into methods and techniques that blur the boundary between digital and analogue, virtual and physical. Students gain insights into principles from geometry and formation processes from nature. The course provides a number of skills that are highly transferable to various aspects of prototyping for interaction designers.
Contents
Course Structure
The course is Monday to Friday over two weeks, with the first week focuses on basic skills, and the 2nd week focuses on the main project. In the first week, students work individually to acquire basic skills. In the 2nd week, students form teams of 2 to 3 students to complete the main project.
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Topic 2020?
Fictional Material/ Virtual Materials/ Wondermaterials
What
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Topic 2020: QUANTUM FABRICATION
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Image source: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/people/prof-marcos-cruz
https://www.ericklarenbeek.com
From clemens to Everyone: (10:17)
Fictional Material/ Virtual Materials/ Wondermaterials :)
Loss of Distance - or space zero gravity
Trans-digital materials
From clemens to Everyone: (10:23)
https://www.virtualspace.matters-of-activity.de/annualconference/?id=0
Regine Henke und Myf Evans
Hengge
Possible self-guided excursion:
semiconductorfilms.com/art/20hz/
In this year's Digital Fabrication module, we will attempt to give substance to the fantastic phenomena governed by quantum mechanics. Quantum theory describes the behaviour of particles and energy in their smallest form, where substances that make up our world appear to behave in a very unworldly way. Students will create lively physical representations of quantum phenomena at a macro scale, leading to scenes that completely disobey the conventions of classical physics. Do these substances exist simultaneously in one place and another? Do they behave vastly different when observed, and when not? Do they break the boundaries of space-time? What possibilities exist for interaction between people and such exotic substances?
Students will explore the topic with sketches, rendering and 3D printed objects and a short animation. This animation will be supported by a brief explanatory text situating it in the real world.
Expectations and Grading
Grades will be based on group presentations, class participation, documentation and final work. An attendance of min. 80% is required to pass the course.
Individual Work
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(20%)
- Workbook documentation of exercises and minor projects from week 1
- Presentation of Minor Exercises
Group Work (
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80%)
- Exhibition Main Project: Animated rendering, 3D printed objects
- Presentation of process and outcomes
- Final Presentation
- Standard IAD Documentation
- Videos (Making of, Final Prototype) if appropriateVideo
- Image selectionselection
- Recipe Documentation in the template provided (PDF and original InDesign files)pdf format.
Final Presentation notes:
- The exhibition of the workshop results will take place in 3.E07-A. The tables will be set up for this on Thursday afternoon.
- 5 Online format
- 5 to 10 minutes for presentation, and 5 minutes for feedback and discussion
- Live demonstration of your project when suitable
- Explanation of the process and the thinking that brought you to this outcome outcome
Tutorial Recordings
https://drive.switch.ch/index.php/s/NfDh3iZ4Jup1p2Y
Time Plan
Room for all days: 3All inputs in Zoom
Workshop: 3.E07-A is available for work, as well as the use of 3D printers in the Project Room
Week 1 | Mo., 11.1. |
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(zoom) | Tu. 12.1 (zoom) | We 13.1. (zoom) | Th. 14.1. (zoom/ miro) | Fr. 15.1. (zoom) |
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Morning | 10 |
:00 Kick-off Digital Fabrication (LF, CW)
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intro (LF) | 9:00 |
9:30 Generative Design Input
10:00 Grasshopper intro
9:00 3D printer intro
10:00 Processing and 3D Geometry
Minor Exercise II
9:00 Minor Exercise II
13:00 Rhino Introduction
Minor Exercise I Start: "Make small things big"
13:00 Grasshopper Continued
Minor Exercise II
14.30 Minor Exercise II presentation 13:00 Up/DocumentingRhino II (CW)
10:30 3D printer Intro (LF) | 9:00 Grasshopper input 2 (LF) 10:30 (Individual Work) | 9:00 Kickoff main Project: Quantum Fabrication (CW, LF) | 9:00 (Individual Work) | ||
Afternoon | 14:00 Input: Formation Process (CW, LF) 15:00 Rhino Introduction (LF, CW)
| 13:00 Grasshopper Intro (LF) 15:00 (Individual Work) | 15:00 Presentation of Grasshopper results (CW, LF) 16:00 Input: Further CAD and 3D tools (CW, LF) | 13.10 Recap Morphological Table (CW) 14:00 Individual Work (Task: Moodboard) | 13:00 Exchange with all groups with sketches and background research in mood-board 15:00 (Individual Work) |
Week 2 | Mo. 18.1. (zoom) | Tu. 19.1. (zoom) | We. 20.1. (zoom) | Th. 21.1. (zoom) | Fr. 22.1. (zoom) |
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Morning |
10:00 Clemens & Luke Food Experiments (Bring one edible liquid!)
11:00 Food Fabrication show and tell (each student brings one provocative image/video about food or digital fabrication)
9:00 Work on Main Project
9:00 Final Pressentation
9:00 Exhibition Prep
11.00 Final Presentation
(Afterwards cleaning up!)
13:00 Input Lecture
13:45 Main Project Kick off
13:00 Work on Main Project /Chocolate Moulding
15:30 - Luke unavailable
9:00 Mentorings on sketches, texts, and 3d modelling | (Individual Work) | (Individual Work) | 09:00 Mentorings on final renderings and animations (LF, CW)
| 09:00 Final Presentation | |
Afternoon | (Individual Work) | 14:00 Mentoring | (Individual Work) | (Individual Work) | (Individual Work) Clean up and Documentation |