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Robotic Rod-bending digital drawing in physical space

ABSTRACT Parke MacDowell

This paper details preliminary project-based design research that emphasizes the

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development of tools and processes in tandem with the development of ideas and forms. Amid increasingly mechanized fabrication processes, this project injects

Diana Tomova

t h e h u m a n a s c o d e - w r i t e r a n d t o o l - b u i l d e r, a s s e r t i n g a u t h o r s h i p w i t h i n t h e m o d e s

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of production themselves. T h e i n i t i a l o u t p u t f r o m t h i s f o r a y, w a v e P a v i l i o n i s a n a r c h i t e c t u r a l i n s t a l l a t i o n generated by computer algorithms and built using custom digital fabrication t e c h n o l o g y. C o m p l e t e d i n J u n e 2 0 1 0 , t h e p r o j e c t i s l o c a t e d o n t h e g r o u n d s o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M i c h i g a n Ta u b m a n C o l l e g e o f A r c h i t e c t u r e a n d U r b a n P l a n n i n g . wavePavilion has a footprint of 20x30 feet and stands 14 feet tall, containing over a kilometer of 1/4-inch diameter steel rod.

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