Process through practice: synthesizing a novel design and production ecology

Jane Burry, Mark Burry, Martin Tamke, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Phil Ayres, Alex Pena de Leon, Daniel Davis, Anders Holden Deleuran, Stig Anton Nielsen, Jacob Riiber

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    Abstract

    This paper describes the development of a design and prototype production system for novel structural use of networked small components of wood deploying elastic and plastic bending. The design process engaged with a significant number of different overlapping and interrelated design criteria and parameters, a high level of complexity, custom component geometry and the development of digital tools and procedures for real time feedback and productivity. The aims were to maximize learning in the second order cybernetic sense through empirical experience from analogue modeling, measurement and digital visual feedback and to capture new knowledge specifically regarding intrinsic material behavior applied and tested in a heterogeneous networked context. The outcome
    was a prototype system of design ideation, conceptualization, development and production that integrated real time material performance simulation and feedback. The outcome was amplified through carrying out the research over a series of workshops with distinct foci and participation. Two full scale demonstrators have so far been constructed and exhibited as outputs of the process.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationSynthetic Digital Ecologies : proceedings of the 32nd annual conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)
    Number of pages12
    PublisherACADIA
    Publication dateOct 2012
    Publication statusPublished - Oct 2012
    EventACADIA 2012: Synthetic Digital Ecologies - UCL, San Francisco, United States
    Duration: 18 Oct 201221 Oct 2012
    Conference number: 32

    Conference

    ConferenceACADIA 2012
    Number32
    LocationUCL
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CitySan Francisco
    Period18/10/201221/10/2012

    Keywords

    • Material behaviour
    • Complex modelling feedback
    • Progressive synthetic learning

    Artistic research

    • No

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