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.
