MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu 4.510 Digital Design Fabrication Fall 2008 For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use, visit: http://ocw.mit.edu/terms.Digitally Manufactured Housing Larry Sass Dan Smithwick & Dennis Michaud MIT Effective computing Machining that is computer controlled Assembly Only construction sites Customized home delivery for culturally sensitive design - New Orleans – 109,000 House lost - 7 years @ 75/day - Mass Customize 75 designs -Mass ProduceDigitally Fabricated • Outdoor or Indoor Digital Factory –Any Shape – Machines Scale – Complexity is in the cutting • Advantages – Design models used for cutting – Controlled manufacturing – Low Energy (Flat packed) – Controlled waste –Precise • Impact – Broad approach to housing – Luxury or low cost housing – Process works with many materialsWhat is digital fabrication →→ Computer model “Laser cutting” “Prototype” “Precision measuring” Precise Cutting in Studio Error Detection & Correction ↓Scale Objects : 6Inspiration Computing a model 1. Precise measuring 2. Manufacturing Layered 3. Automated AssemblyProduction: Design (Design Grammar) Step 1 Stiny, G., Palladian Grammar, Environment and Planning B, Vol. 1975 Duarte, J., Siza Grammar, Environment and Planning B, Vol. 2004Production: Product Modeling (Construction Grammars) Step 2 tooszjjiiG0: Introduction of initial shape G1: Section definition (materials)S1: Analysis: applied forces and cartesian grid S2: Analysis: rib definition S3: Structural sections & differencezxySt4St3St2St1WLWLSt4St3St2St1DartJackZipperDartJackZipperWall scheme3* throughoutLL1La4 prongZipper3 prongL1L11 prong1Figures by MIT OpenCourseWare.Production: Manufacturing (Computing for manufacturing) Step 3On-Site: Structure (Assembly Only) Step 4On-Site: Ornamentation (Multi-lateral Layering) Step 5Design and
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