The Maschinic Process

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The Maschinic Process
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The Maschinic Process

• Russell Loveridge B.Arch, Dipl. NDS CAAD,
  PhD.Candidate ETHZ

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The Maschinic Process

• Russell Loveridge B.Arch, Dipl. NDS CAAD,
  PhD.Candidate ETHZ
• ETH Zürich Lecturer in The Maschinic Process
  Parametric Programming and CAM

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The Maschinic Process

• The Maschinic Process combines the concepts of
  bi-directional design with rapid prototyping
  technologically driven comparative analysis. The
  resulting process is cyclical, object oriented,
  and flexible, while at the same time, capable of
  being highly customized and specific.

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The Maschinic Process
Quickly and continuously converting new product
ideas into crude mock-ups and working models
turns traditional perceptions of the innovation
cycle inside out instead of using the innovation
process to come up with finished prototypes, the
prototypes themselves drive the innovation
process. Micheal Schrage Serious Play How
the Worlds Best Companies Simulate to Innovate,
Harvard Business School Press, Boston 2000.
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The Maschinic Process
Quickly and continuously converting new product
ideas into crude mock-ups and working models
turns traditional perceptions of the innovation
cycle inside out instead of using the innovation
process to come up with finished prototypes, the
prototypes themselves drive the innovation
process. Micheal Schrage Serious Play How
the Worlds Best Companies Simulate to Innovate,
Harvard Business School Press, Boston
2000. Architects most often build what they
can draw draw what they can build. W.Mitchell
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The Maschinic Process
Quickly and continuously converting new product
ideas into crude mock-ups and working models
turns traditional perceptions of the innovation
cycle inside out instead of using the innovation
process to come up with finished prototypes, the
prototypes themselves drive the innovation
process. Micheal Schrage Serious Play How
the Worlds Best Companies Simulate to Innovate,
Harvard Business School Press, Boston
2000. Architects build what they can draw
draw what they can build. W.Mitchell How do we
advance both the act of building and design at
the same time, while also opening up the
methodology for the possibility of unforeseen or
non-intuitive complexity?
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The Maschinic Process
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The Maschinic Process

• Given Design Problem

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The Maschinic Process

• Given Design Problem
• Analysis and Logic Driven Design Response

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The Maschinic Process

• Given Design Problem
• Analysis and Logic Driven Design Response
• Context Responsive Parametric Design

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The Maschinic Process

• Given Design Problem
• Analysis and Logic Driven Design Response
• Context Responsive Parametric Design
• Versioning Prototyping

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The Maschinic Process

• Given Design Problem
• Analysis and Logic Driven Design Response
• Context Responsive Parametric Design
• Versioning Prototyping
• Bidirectional Design Methodological Feedback

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The Maschinic Process

• Given Design Problem
• Analysis and Logic Driven Design Response
• Context Responsive Parametric Design
• Versioning Prototyping
• Bidirectional Design Methodological Feedback
• Solidification Manufacturing

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The Maschinic Process

• Given Design Problem
• Analysis and Logic Driven Design Response
• Context Responsive Parametric Design
• Versioning Prototyping
• Bidirectional Design Methodological Feedback
• Solidification Manufacturing

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The Maschinic Process

• Given Design Problem
• Analysis and Logic Driven Design Response
• Context Responsive Parametric Design
• Versioning Prototyping
• Bidirectional Design Methodological Feedback
• Soilidification Manufacturing

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The Rustizierer - Research
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The Rustizierer The Rustizierer was the first
project to formalize ongoing research work aimed
at translating two dimensional images into three
dimensional forms. The resulting software code
was developed to translate two dimensional pixel
data into three dimensional digital forms that
could then be manufactured on the 3 axis computer
numerically controlled (CNC) milling machine.
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The Rustizierer The Rustizierer was the first
project to formalize ongoing research work aimed
at translating two dimensional images into three
dimensional forms. The resulting software code
was developed to translate two dimensional pixel
data into three dimensional digital forms that
could then be manufactured on the 3 axis computer
numerically controlled (CNC) milling machine.
The Rustizierer was developed from this initial
research, to take part in a larger experimental
contribution of the Chair of CAAD and the
Department of Architecture to the exhibition
Gottfried Semper 1803 1879, Architecture and
science.
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• The Rustizierer
• Gottfried Semper - Zurich 1953
• In Die Vier Elemente der Baukunst, Semper
  depicts four basic parts of the building the
  plinth, the walls, the roof, and the hearth.
• The rustication of stone is very important in the
  plinth, as it was used to create a sense of
  strength and boldness. Despite its rough
  appearance, the workmanship of these stones is
  very intentional and controlled. The different
  techniques of stone-working are balanced to
  produce an overall rusticated texture for the
  façade, yet each stone has different intensities
  of tool markings and different levels of
  coarseness.
• Sempers writings of this time include specific
  notes on the practical artistic working hard
  materials such as stone. In his writing he
  considers the individual elements as surface,
  such as a textile, rather than solid. This fact
  is most fitting as the rusticated stonework at
  the base is not structural, and acts specifically
  as a cladding the stones having been placed
  in-situ, with the masonry joints, block spacing,
  and rustications carved into the façade after
  mounting.

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The Rustizierer -The old flatness Modernism
and Standardization Complexity, vs. cost vs.
speed vs. efficiency Handcraft Complexity gt 8
Standardization simplicity gt 8 Mass
customization CNC fabrication the new
handicraft
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• The Rustizierer
• A return to the narrative surface The Telling
  of a Story
• In parallel to the creation of topology with
  computers, a different, yet related, trend is
  reemerging, the return to the narrative surface.
  The use of building facades as symbol, depiction,
  or billboard, is occurring through the
  application of digital presentation technologies
  and modern material technologies.
• Media Facades
• Surface and Façade Printing
• Customization of the surroundings
• Historical symbol of wealth to have painted or
  sculpted surroundings

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• The Rustizierer
• Contemporary translation Algorithmic Analysis
  and Resultant
• Using recursive algorithms we were able to create
  scales of dark and light while still only drawing
  a single continuous line.
• Scale of recursive-ness an issue for the optical
  effect
• Inversion of expected optical effect. (light /
  dark)

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• The Rustizierer
• Perception 3 distances of optical vs. cerebral
  perception
• gt 10m Cerebral recognition and processing of
  view
• 10-6m Optic and cerebral processing of view
• lt 6m Optical recognition of depth and detail for
  full 3d vision

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• The Rustizierer
• Translation The Rustizierer is a multi-layered
  approach to technology and media in architecture.
  It translates physical into digital and back to
  a reinterpreted physical, it translates two
  dimensional data into three-dimensional form,
  historical technique into contemporary
  technology, and it is in itself a product of
  other disciplines of technology translated to an
  architectural context.

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• The Rustizierer
• Gottfried Semper - Zurich 1953
• The old flatness Modernism and
  Standardization
• A return to the narrative surface The Telling
  of a Story
• Contemporary translation Algorithmic Analysis
  and Resultant
• Perception 3 distances of optical vs.
  cerebral perception

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The Rustizierer Next steps
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Diplomwahlfacharbeit Texture
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Diplomwahlfacharbeit Texture
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Diplomwahlfacharbeit Texture
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Diplomwahlfacharbeit Texture
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NachDiplomStudium - NDS
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Endless Space Generated PAVILION
nds tutors Chair for CAAD Prof. Dr. Ludger
Hovestadt Markus Braach Oliver Fritz Dr. Andrea
Gliniger Russell Loveridge Christoph
Schindler Odilo Schoch Kai Strehlke
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• multiuse-designable section pavilion
• Addresses issues of
• On-line collaborative design
• Mass Customization
• Parametric Design
• CNC Fabrication

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ESG Concept
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ESG Process
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ESG Process
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ESG Process
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ESG Technology
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• ESG Technology
• Internet Based Configurator
• Allows user input to define an extruded
  sectional form
• Graphically shows the relation between the
  current section and the last inputted section.
• Generated the lofted bridge section between the
  two user input (extruded) sections.
• Outputs XML data of geometry for 3d printed
  model, and as preliminary data for Structural and
  subdividing programs

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• ESG Technology
• Automated 3d Printing
• 3d Prints generated from XML gt VRML data sets.
• Automatically mounted in CAD output program
  (FormZ) and sent to 3dPrinter.
• 1500 scale models
• ZCorp Bonded wax reinforced gypsum powder
  models.

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• ESG Technology
• Vectorscript Construction Program
• Structural analysis of section
• Subdivision of sections into appropriate size for
  the CNC fabrication machinery
• Classification of corners and beams
• Insertion of details and construction joints
• Visualization of components for verification

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• ESG Technology
• Generated Lofted Sections
• Logical rule set for angled section slices.
• Vectorscript modification to End-section geometry
• MEL script to create lofting beams and Skin
  Geometry

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• ESG Technology
• Construction joints and assembly
• The beams, corners, and joists were all milled
  from 24mm Plywood.
• The parts were connected using puzzle joints
  modified from those developed by Newcraft.
  www.newcraft.de

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• ESG Technology
• Optimization for CNC fabrication
• Logical rule set for angled section slices.
• Unfolding and subdivision of skin for cutting
  patterns
• Creation of GC cutting files and patterns

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• ESG Technology
• Materiality and Construction
• The Pavilion is a composite assembly of Plywood,
  Scobalit, and Silicon Adhesive.
• All parts were milled on a 3 axis mill from
  generated part files.
• This project was partially sponsored by Scobalit
  AG.

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ESG Construction
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ESG Construction
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ESG Construction
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ESG Assembly
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ESG Assembly
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ESG Assembly
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ESG Assembly
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ESG Assembly
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ESG Assembly
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ESG Final
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ESG Final
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ESG Final
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www.esg-pav.com
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The Maschinic Process

• Russell Loveridge - loveridge_at_arch.ethz.ch

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• Russell Loveridge - loveridge_at_arch.ethz.ch

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