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This workshop explores clay 3D printing through material-aware design, turning digital ideas into physical architectural forms.
The possibilities of digital fabrication go beyond the creation of complex geometries; interaction with materials offers opportunities for expression or for exploiting their characteristics. This also means that the physical prototypes will often look or react differently from what was assumed digitally.
This workshop will focus on the capabilities of materials and how to plan for their use in digital fabrication, with a particular practical focus on semi-liquid materials for 3D printing applications. The specific application will be the creation of a standard brick element or set of elements with a customized intervention for facade or other applications.
Through theoretical and practical sections, the participants will learn about: diverse cases of material reactions using multiple digital fabrication processes; how 3D printing with robots and printers works; and some possibilities, particularly with clay printing.
In the practical section, the participants will learn the basics of Rhinoceros and Grasshopper, the main software I use for these applications, specifically for printing applications, and will be able to produce geometries for 3D printing and test their assumptions by physically prototyping through Zoom at ZHAW’s digital lab using a WASP Clay 3D printer.
Understand material behavior in digital fabrication and in clay 3D printing.
Design and model architectural elements using Rhino 8.
Develop parametric systems using Grasshopper.
Generate and prepare 3D-printing toolpaths for fabrication.
Translate digital designs into robotic and printer-based workflows.
Participate in live clay 3D-printing and physical prototyping.
The workshop will have a theoretical and a practical section.
We start with a theoretical section by going through:
And follow with a practical section, which will be individual or groups (depending on the quantity of participants) and will involve:
The typology to be used is a standard brick, which participants will manipulate individually or as a system to apply specific textures, functions, and details. The main software used will be Rhinoceros and Grasshopper, which will be used to generate the geometries and print paths.
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