4B Applied Studies
SCI-Arc – Spring 2020
Instructors – Herwig Baumgartner / Garrett Sutherlin Santo
Team – Takin Daneshmir / Yunhao Guan / Xinya Kan / Jose Marroquin / Antonio Mora / Addeen Shahar
This course investigates issues related to robotic fabrication in architecture and industrial design. Students are asked to address concepts of habitation, protection, and insulation through the design and prototyping of a wildfire resistant ceramic animal shelter. The ambition of this seminar is for students to develop a unique and highly controlled robotic fabrication process designed to suit the specific conceptual and aesthetic agenda of the project. Fabrication necessitates the use of Staubli robotic arms and multiple digital ceramic techniques to produce geometrically complex, high-resolution prototypes. Design concepts evolve through cycles of digital simulation and robotic testing; experimentation with form, surface texture, glaze color, and graphics are focal points.
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