Digital fabrications
Subtitle: architectural and material techniques
By: Lisa Iwamoto.
Series: Architecture briefs
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781568987903
Subjects: Architectural design -- Data processing; Architecture -- Data processing; Computer-aided design
Description: Architectural pioneers such as Frank Gehry and Greg Lynn introduced the world to the extreme forms made possible by digital fabrication. It is now possible to transfer designs made on a computer to computer-controlled machinery that creates actual building components. This "file to factory" process not only enables architects to realize projects featuring complex or double-curved geometries, but also liberates architects from a dependence on off-the-shelf building components, enabling projects of previously unimaginable complexity. Digital Fabrications, the second volume in our new Architecture Briefs series, celebrates the design ingenuity made possible by digital fabrication techniques. Author Lisa Iwamoto explores the methods architects use to calibrate digital designs with physical forms. The book is organized according to five types of digital fabrication techniques: tessellating, sectioning, folding, contouring, and forming. Projects are shown both in their finished forms and in working drawings, templates, and prototypes, allowing the reader to watch the process of each fantastic construction unfold.--from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.