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COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN PORTFOLIO &
DIGITAL FABRICATION
work samples 2019-2022
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Non-Planar Robotic 3D Printing Workshop (Metal Vs Clay)
Participant: Christos Kourtidis July 2022 The Non-Planar 3D Printing workshop took place during the Digital Futures 2022, and was held by the Additive Manufacturing Centennial Lab and the Robotic Fabrication Lab of The American University in Cairo. The project assigned was about the design of a modular cladding panels system, a part of which is to be manufactured using robotic 3D printing on clay. The design process included formal experimentation with Grasshopper, and custom tool-path generation considering the planar and non-planar potentials of robotic 3D printing. A part of the final design was 3D printed with clay in the Robotic Fabrication Lab.
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generated tool-path
digital 3D model
3D printed model
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CORAL STRUCTURES Design workflow study: Christos Kourtidis March 2021
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This is a study on computational design strategies based on growth systems. The goal was to experiment with forms generated by the growth loop that was applied on a variety of curves. The formal experimentation resulted in a series of coral-like artifacts. Then, the selected generated model was prepared to be 3D printed by a KUKA (KR200L140) robot with an extruder attached. A singular tool-path was generated, and a robotic construction simulation for 3D printing was setted up using KUKA.prc.
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generated curves
loft surface
generated tool-path
3D printed model
robotic simulation
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FOREVER PARK MSc student: Christos Kourtidis Design Thesis Supervisor: Dimitris Gourdoukis, PhD Autumn semester 2020
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component tool-box materials recyclable, natural community decentralised Forever Park is an decentralised, self-sustainable, community of researchers that are aiming to research local natural materials and novel fabrication techniques. The community is located next to Linovrochi lake at Akarnania region of Greece, an agricultural area with many wetlands. The research center is the heart of the community, hosting the materials laboratory, workshops and co-working space. Another important part is the garden were food is produced. Communal kitchen and dorms constitute the living areas. The community buildings are made with mycelium panels that were created locally by fungi and vineyards’ agricultural waste.
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AREA OF INTEREST
component - physical model
photogrammetry - mesh model
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
textured digital model
surface components
MORPHOLOGY
digital model sections
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MULTI-ZONE DIAGRAM
kitchen and dorms
LOCAL SYSTEM
LINOVROCHI LAKE research center
PROGRAM community
SITE - ISOMETRIC DIAGRAM
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lab
garden
workshop
kitchen
study
settlement
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study / co-working
laboratory
workshops
INTERIOR SPATIAL QUALITIES - ISOMETRIC DIAGRAMS
TOPOGRAPHIC PLAN
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COMMUNITY - ISOMETRIC DRAWING
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RESEARCH CENTER - ISOMETRIC DRAWING
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SOUVENIRS MSc student: Christos Kourtidis Techne 01, Prof.: Dimitris Gourdoukis, PhD Autumn semester 2019
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The main task of this cource was the investigation of morphogenetic methods by parametric design tools, and the production of physical models by using digital fabrication techniques. More particularly, the generated digital designs were materialised by 3D printing, laser cutting and CNC milling router. In addition, there were analogue fabrication methods applied for model creation. Specifically, vacuum forming of PVC sheets and paper pulp molding. The aim was to genetate a series of souvenirs based on abstruction, using as starting point an architectural element from a historic building of Thessaloniki.
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3D PRINTED MOLD & PAPER PULP MOLDING research & experimentation
1. cardboard waste
3. mixed with water and rice paste
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5. pressed
2. shredded
4. pulp inserted into mold
6. let to dry
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PAPER PULP TEXTURES
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