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CoursesFabricationDesigning for Robotic Fabrication / ZHA Code
Oct 3-4 & 10-11, 20204 lessonsBeginner
FabricationFREE with Full AccessWorkshopOct 3-4 & 10-11, 2020Beginner4 lessons23h 2mComputational DesignRobotic Fabrication

Designing for Robotic Fabrication / ZHA Code

The Designing for Robotic Fabrication workshop by the ZHA Code provides a gentle, hands-on introduction to geometry topics of stereotomy, ruled surfaces, and their computational adaptation.

Learn from Shajay Bhooshan, Federico Borello, Leo Bieling +1 more
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Shajay Bhooshan1 courseFederico Borello4 coursesLeo Bieling2 coursesCesar Fragachan1 course

  • Oct. 3-4 & 10-11, 202010:00 - 14:00 (GMT)
  • 23 Hours 2 MinTotal duration
  • Lifetime accessRewatch anytime
  • BeginnerLevel
  • 50 seatsClass size
  • EnglishLanguage
  • EnglishSubtitles
  • 4 LessonsLessons
  • CertificateIncluded
  • 4 instructorsShajay Bhooshan · Federico Borello +2

Digital design and robotic fabrication technologies are rapidly maturing towards mainstream architectural application. To participate in this structurally performative, material-saving and aesthetic revolution architects and designers need to incorporate, among other parameters, fabrication related expressive opportunities and constraints into the early design stage. This maturing paradigm of fabrication-aware creation of shape – so called Architectural Geometry has a symbiotic relation with the design-research trajectory of Tectonism which stylistically expresses the inherent structural and manufacturing logics of the shape.

 

Architectural geometry and Tectonism simultaneously incorporate traditional wisdoms and historic practises methods of design and construction, particularly those related to masonry and timber construction and state-of-the-art methods of Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Geometric Design. This contrasts with the currently widespread paradigm of history and process-agnostic creation of shape. This subsequently leads to materially wasteful designs, and time and resource-expensive, post-processing of such shapes to modify the shapes to suit manufacturing requirements.

  • 01

    Introduction to stereotomy and ruled surfaces in architectural design.

  • 02

    Hands-on experience with geometric topics and their computational adaptation.

  • 03

    Understanding the principles of robotic fabrication in architecture.

  • 04

    Techniques for integrating fabrication constraints into early design stages.

  • 05

    Practical skills in remote access and operation of industrial robotic setups for cutting materials.

This workshop will provide a gentle, hands-on introduction to geometry topics of stereotomy, ruled surfaces and their computational adaptation. The workshop will also incorporate technological topics of robotic fabrication and web-services including remote accessing and instructing an industrial robot set-up to cut foam.

4 Lessons23h 2m

  • 01

    Approx. 1 hour lecture each day, 4 hours total.

  • 02

    Approx. 2-hour tutorials each day, 8 hours total

  • 03

    Approx. 30-minute robot time per student (access times will be outside of workshop time)

  • 04

    2-hour first review of student work

  • 05

    2-hour of final review of student work

Shajay Bhooshan
Shajay BhooshanVerified Account
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Federico Borello
Federico BorelloVerified Account
4 Courses|5.0
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Leo Bieling
Leo BielingVerified Account
2 Courses|5.0
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Cesar Fragachan
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1 Course|5.0
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  • 02Taking Control: Midjourney x ControlNetCarlos Bañón€160.00
  • 03Robotic Fabrication SimulationClaudia Campuzano€105.00
  • 04Optimizing Design Decisions With Machine LearningZvonko Vugreshek€105.00
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  • 06Advanced Grasshopper 1.0Amir Hossein€35.00
  • Data Structure(D) DesignFederico BorelloBeginner8 lessons2 Sessions (8 Hours)€160.00€170.00
  • Taking Control: Midjourney x ControlNetCarlos BañónBeginner4 lessons8 Hours€160.00€185.00
  • Robotic Fabrication SimulationClaudia CampuzanoBeginner9 lessons€105.00€125.00
  • Optimizing Design Decisions With Machine LearningZvonko VugreshekAdvanced6 lessons8 Hours€105.00€125.00
  • Taking Control 3.0: Stable Diffusion XL x ControlNetCarlos BañónIntermediate8 lessons8 Hours€145.00€175.00
  • Advanced Grasshopper 1.0Amir HosseinAdvanced7 lessons2 Sessions (8 Hours)€35.00€50.00
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