Robotic Rod-bending digital drawing in physical space
ABSTRACT Parke MacDowell
This paper details preliminary project-based design research that emphasizes the
Macdowell, Tomova
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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integration through computation