Digital Design (Meso Scale) Fabrication Thinking about design software in support of an age of Digital Making

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Digital Design (Meso Scale) FabricationThinking
about design software in support of an age of
Digital Making
Prof. Larry Sass Department of Architecture and
Planning
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Digital Design Fabrication GroupDesign Office

• How will architectural practice work with digital
  fabrication software and hardware as part of a
  creative design process?

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Rapid Housing

• Creative Design
• Rapid Prototyping
• and
• CNC Tooling Fabrication

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Connectors
connectors
Studs
Sheathing
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Proposed Emergency Housing Fabware
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Process

• Creative Designs - Laser Cutting Technology
• Chipboard
• Building Constructing - CNC wood routing
• Plywood

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• Cut Sheet for House
• Layout for 4 x 8 x ¾ Plywood Boards
• Each Board is 22.00/Sheet (Home Depot-Boston)
• 132 Boards x 22.00 2904.00

Software
Hardware
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Macro Scale Pick and Place
Rapid Fabrication Han Hoang
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Digital Design (Meso Scale) Fabrication

• Design Software
• Design Fabrication Tools
• In support of a creative design process