From Sheet to Folded Plate Structure - Design & build investigations with an interdisciplinary student team

Abstract

This paper outlines a teaching methodology that utilizes folding as a form-generator and introduces an interdisciplinary student team to digital tools and research-through-design based methods. At the heart of the project is the design of folded plate structures, which can be manufactured from 10mm cardboard material by using only 2D-CNC miter cutting. We present our computational workflow from conception to completion for two 1:1 scale demonstrators. Lastly, we identify aspects of the project that can be applied for other computational design teaching formats.