A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Beyond buildings [but] inside architecture
In recent years, mass customization and computer aided manufacturing (CAM)technologies have transformed off-site building component fabrication. At the same time, traditional repetitive manufacturing still dominates building component production. Bricks, bathroom fixtures, window mullions, and door hardware are all repetitively manufactured. Ironically, CAM's computer numerical controlled (CNC) machines have made the fabrication of custom molds for repetitive manufacturing easier. This allows architects to customize repetitively manufactured architecture components. I am using the term customized repetitive manufacturing (CRM) to refer to this type of work. Through my ongoing research, I have identified a wide range of historic and contemporary examples of CRM for architecture components. Designs for repetitive manufacturing architecture components involve coordination between the architect and the manufacturer. Both must balance capital costs with production runs, mold complexity with manufacturing parameters, and size restrictions with manufacturer's abilities. How these issues are balanced depends on the application of the architectural component. I have identified three categories of custom designed architecture components based on application”custom components, architecture prototypes, and architecture products. This paper presents the three categories of application in reference to CRM. I define each category, provide multiple examples, and analyse particular case studies. Analysis of the case studies provides the architectural and manufacturing impacts on CRM within each category.
Beyond buildings [but] inside architecture
In recent years, mass customization and computer aided manufacturing (CAM)technologies have transformed off-site building component fabrication. At the same time, traditional repetitive manufacturing still dominates building component production. Bricks, bathroom fixtures, window mullions, and door hardware are all repetitively manufactured. Ironically, CAM's computer numerical controlled (CNC) machines have made the fabrication of custom molds for repetitive manufacturing easier. This allows architects to customize repetitively manufactured architecture components. I am using the term customized repetitive manufacturing (CRM) to refer to this type of work. Through my ongoing research, I have identified a wide range of historic and contemporary examples of CRM for architecture components. Designs for repetitive manufacturing architecture components involve coordination between the architect and the manufacturer. Both must balance capital costs with production runs, mold complexity with manufacturing parameters, and size restrictions with manufacturer's abilities. How these issues are balanced depends on the application of the architectural component. I have identified three categories of custom designed architecture components based on application”custom components, architecture prototypes, and architecture products. This paper presents the three categories of application in reference to CRM. I define each category, provide multiple examples, and analyse particular case studies. Analysis of the case studies provides the architectural and manufacturing impacts on CRM within each category.
Beyond buildings [but] inside architecture
Gulling, Dana K (author)
2014-07-16
doi:10.17831/rep:arcc%y247
ARCC Conference Repository; 2014: Beyond Architecture: New Intersections & Connections | University of Hawai῾i at Manoa
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
720
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