Architecture and Digital Project II

Recommended Prerequisites

Architectural Design I; Architecture and Digital Project I.

Teaching Methods

A disc. é lecionada em aulas de 4h, combinando:
- apres. teóricas em formato palestra estimulando um debate coletivo sobre os assuntos abordados
- lançamento dos exerc. com demonstração prática das ferramentas e técnicas envolvidas na sua resol. recorrendo a proj. de vídeo
- realização de exerc. individuais e em grupo, combinando a aprendizagem pessoal com a necessidade de trab. em equipa
- prest. de assistência prática e esclarecimento de dúvidas
- prod. de maquetes/protótipos físicos através de tecnol. e/ou proc. de CAD/CAM
- apres. com convidados ext. e visita a entidades de referência.

Learning Outcomes

Taking place in the 2nd s, APD2 looks for introducing the students to the digital processes associated with:
i) conception (advanced modeling, parametric and algorithmic design…)
ii) Construction (computer aided manufacturing, or fabrication – CAM)
The main goals are:
1) Get to know the state of the art of the CAM technologies and equipments (e.g., additive, subtractive and
formative fabrication, robotic assembly…);
2) Acquire a practical skills on using advanced CAD processes for design conception in architecture
3) Acquire practical skills on using CAM processes for design materialization
4) Consolidate a critical conscious about the potentials and limitations of developing an architectural project in digital media, as well as about the role of the architect in the digital era.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

   1) Description of the computer aided manufacturing technologies and equipments, and presentation of references from practice;

   2) Parametric design: design intention, geometric parametrization, associativity, logic structures, algorithmic definition;

   3) Digital fabrication: preparation of models and drawings according to the different digital fabrication technologies (ex.: creation of STL files, geometric subdivision of forms; flattening and nesting techniques…);

   4) Execution of digitally fabricated models;

   5) Graphic/electronic presentation of the project.

Head Lecturer(s)

Pedro Filipe Martins Carvalho

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 40.0%
Research work: 60.0%

Bibliography

Livros / Books:

Duarte, J.P. (2001): Customizing Mass Housing, PhD dissertation in architecture, design and computation. Cambridge MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Kalay, Y.E. (2004): Architecture’s New Media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Kolarevic, B. (2003): Architecture in the Digital Age: Design and Manufacturing. New York: Spon Press.

Kolarevic, B. (2008): Manufacturing Material Effects. Rethinking Design and Manufacturing in Architecture. New York: Routledge.

Ortega, L. (2009): La digitalización toma el mando. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili.

Shodeck, D. et. al, (Ed.) (2005): Digital Design and Manufacturing. CAD/CAM applications in Architecture and Design. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

Terzidis, E. (ed.) (1985): Algorithmic Architecture. Oxford: Architectural Press.

 

Artigos / Articles:

Sousa, J.P. (2005-08): artigos publicados na revista Arquitetura e Vida desde o n. 61 ao n.97. Lisboa: Loja da Imagem.