Negotiated matter: a robotic exploration of craft-driven innovation

Reyes, Alejandro Veliz; Jabi, Wassim; Gomaa, Mohamed; Chatzivasileiadi, Aikaterini; Ahmad, Lina; Wardhana, Nicholas Mario

doi:10.1080/00038628.2019.1651688

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“…Fibrous and granular aggregates have been shown to lead to clogging and damage equipment (Gomaa et al, 2019). Water content, structural integrity and design geometry must be negotiated to enable layer-by-layer deposition (Reyes et al, 2018).…”

Section: Cob Constructionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Variable Aggregate Impact Printing of Cob

Hetherington,

Perutxet Olesti,

Lee

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the 28th Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) [Volume 2]

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In this article, we present Variable Aggregate Impact Printing (VAIP), a novel additive manufacturing methodology for the automated assembly of traditional cob using a six-axis robotic arm and custom tool. This methodology enables the aggregation of discrete particles composed of soft heterogeneous material containing aggregates of multiple sizes. Single-particle experiments were conducted to optimize particle geometry and study the behaviour of individual soft particles under compression. Multiple particle prototypes were produced to understand the behaviour of soft particle aggregation under sequential compression. Variation in individual block size and aggregate content are accommodated due to the tolerances afforded by the malleability of the blocks. A model for the tolerance of soft particle aggregations is developed for particle positioning and orientation in relation to particle deformation. Finally, a large-scale installation was fabricated as a proof-of-concept prototype for the scalability of natural earth-based materials using computational design and robotic manufacturing technologies.

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Section: Cob Constructionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Variable Aggregate Impact Printing of Cob

Hetherington,

Perutxet Olesti,

Lee

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the 28th Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) [Volume 2]

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“…Veliz Reyes et. al (2019) resaltan los aspectos fundamentales que emergen con el uso de las tecnologías robóticas como las propiedades materiales, la forma de la producción y la representación del conocimiento, así como la tectónica emergente e interacción incorporada.…”

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Digital Fabrication: an Outlook from Digital Tectonics

Velasco¹

2020

Blucher Design Proceedings

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This work seeks to identify the relationships between digital manufacturing technologies and the different views about the tectonic component of architecture. To accomplish so, we have reviewed recent research that encompasses these concepts and their processes and methodologies of project design, instrumental and theoretical development, through which an analysis of these two aspects of current architectural practice can be identified and proposed.

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“…That is to say, the interaction of the designer with the material through the medium of a digital machine, instead of having a figurative or ornamental purpose as in traditional craft framings, can be much more open ended and based on material negotiation. 9 In this way, it can unleash the morphogenetic properties of the material and through this yield unanticipated tectonic design features with high esthetic value. 10…”

Section: Modern Craft Discourse and Its Stance On Imprecisionmentioning

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On the aesthetic significance of imprecision in computational design: Exploring expressive features of imprecision in four digital fabrication approaches

Zboinska

Dumitrescu

2020

International Journal of Architectural Computing

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Precision of materialized designs is the conventional goal of digital fabrication in architecture. Recently, however, an alternative concept has emerged which refashions the imprecisions of digital processes into creative opportunities. While the computational design community has embraced this idea, its novelty results in a yet incomplete understanding. Prompted by the challenge of the still missing knowledge, this study explored imprecision in four digital fabrication approaches to establish how it influences the aesthetic attributes of materialized designs. Imprecision occurrences for four different digitally aided materialization processes were characterized. The aesthetic features emerging from these imprecisions were also identified and the possibilities of tampering with them for design exploration purposes were discussed. By considering the aesthetic potentials of deliberate imprecision, the study has sought to challenge the canon of high fidelity in contemporary computational design and to argue for imprecision in computation that shapes a new generation of designs featuring the new aesthetic of computational imperfection.

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Negotiated matter: a robotic exploration of craft-driven innovation

Cited by 21 publications

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Variable Aggregate Impact Printing of Cob

Variable Aggregate Impact Printing of Cob

Digital Fabrication: an Outlook from Digital Tectonics

On the aesthetic significance of imprecision in computational design: Exploring expressive features of imprecision in four digital fabrication approaches

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