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Design Computing and Digital Fabrication
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Department of Architecture
Spring 2010
This course will focus on designing and constructing algorithms, in both analogue and digital forms, to explore potential design solutions. Students will learn to use scripting as a tool: for solving specific problems, and for generating un/predictable results. Laser cutting and 3d printing will be the primary prototyping tools used for translating digital design information into physical models. Theoretical and pragmatic approaches will be interwoven throughout the course. Rhino will serve as the primary platform for free-form modeling, parametric modeling, scripting, and preparing fabrication geometry.
Instructor: Matt Trimble
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Department of Architecture
Spring 2010
This course will focus on designing and constructing algorithms, in both analogue and digital forms, to explore potential design solutions. Students will learn to use scripting as a tool: for solving specific problems, and for generating un/predictable results. Laser cutting and 3d printing will be the primary prototyping tools used for translating digital design information into physical models. Theoretical and pragmatic approaches will be interwoven throughout the course. Rhino will serve as the primary platform for free-form modeling, parametric modeling, scripting, and preparing fabrication geometry.
Instructor: Matt Trimble
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
Sponsors
Z Corporation
Epilog Laser
Au Bon Pain
Radlab, Inc
I felt that these stairs were compelling in how the stairs were integrated into the provided structure and not just added on to the side of the preexisting platform. I also really liked the curved form that created the inner railing and support system for the stairs. This project is unique in how it seems to be tackled from the point of view of designing a sculptural object and not just redesigning a generic flight of stairs. This project informs us about architecture in the way it approaches design and how it teaches us to lose our preconceived notions on what we are designing and to look at it from a new perspective.
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