A Study on Digital Fabrication Technologies and Methods
| Autor: | Kai-Fang Cheng, 鄭凱方 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 106 Architecture has been developing hand in hand with industrial technology. Economic takeoffs led by generations of industrial revolutions were co-related to consuming trends in the society. The large-scale building construction system derived from modernism, emphasizing delicate division of labour and rapid manufacturing. The revolutionary trends of current industrial technology and technical advances have been driving the architecture industry to continuously upgrade manufacturing technology. The third industrial revolution combined fruits of innovative R&D of information and communication technology (ICT), and architecture in post-industrial age has been combining with systematic manufacturing procedures, including computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), and computer-aided engineering (CAE). When Maker Movement was ushered in by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIA) and the Fourth Industrial Revolution took shape because of Industrie 4.0 of Germany and Big Data introduced by the US enterprises, the growing importance of information technologies has become widespread. Hence, the tools and procedures of digital fabrication have been trending the collaboration of architectural design and new technologies. When architectural design procedure is integrated with rapid manufacturing, independent procedure and smaller-scale of manufacturing becomes possible, so to meet demands in detail-oriented delicate design and customized manufacturing. Therefore, “Tailor-made” has become the brainchild that transcended boundaries and added values for customers with digital technology when no standard solution is readily available for an architectural problem. The adoption of CAD/CAM processes in the architectural industry has been considered as a redical shifts in architectural history concerning the procedural implications. The study illustrates principles, methods and material application of digital fabrication, and explores paradigm shifts and adaptability for professional purposes in the field of architecture driven by digital fabrication under the current technology trends through cases and literature review. It examines the integration of ICT software and hardware, establishment of cross-disciplinary technical platform, how design happens outside of a simulated zero gravity environment, and envisions construction aesthetics of the digital age. The transformation of working methods through digitally integrated workflows suggests new hierarchies within existing office structures as well as new models of practice. The systematic changes in architectural design and the digital workflows have enabled to advance the design-technology integration such that material, method, structure and machinery become the foundation of design thinking. Digital fabrication redefines and integrates interfaces of industrial manufacturing, imposing significant challenges to traditional architecture construction procedures. Comparing to the industry that focuses on economic benefits, the architecture academia proposed a variety of experiments, research and theories. Through programming and other different methods, designers can create based on top-down or bottom-up logics. The study reconsiders the meaning and trends of digital fabrication in architecture design on aspects of scale, tool, material, paradigm shift, and competitiveness optimisation. It is suggested that designers should equipped with abstract thinking for the design illustration and to control the flexibilities of this algebra of collections. Through architecture education, automation of construction, remote manufacturing and prospect analysis of labor market, the study outlines the development trajectory of digital fabrication as emerging technology thrives. Architects and designers will be enabled by technology and methods of digital manufacturing and build the bridge between traditional crafts and modern construction, laying a deeper and wider technical foundation for the industry. |
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