The Siren's Call (2004)
article⁄The Siren's Call (2004)
abstract⁄This paper presents an account of our research and development of processes providing seamless transition from design to fabrication. The narrative of our design, development, and prototyping experi’ments spans seven years, including our current project, the Trusset softwarestructural system. Trusset is a combined building system and agentbased software design tool. The building system is based on a differential spacetruss designed for fabrication entirely with computer numerically controlled CNC linear cutting devices, such as laser cut’ters or threeaxis mills. The software component is a set of agentbased design tools for developing surfaces and envelopes formally suitable to be built using the spacetruss structure. Developed in parallel, the soft’ware and building components combine within the Trusset system to provide a seamless pipeline from design to fabrication and assembly. The story of the development of software components and structural system, leading to the Trusset, act as a means of discussing the larger issues framing the research the potential pitfalls and benefits of design and fabrication integration via the computer.
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2004 |
| Authors |
Clarke, Cory. |
| Issue |
Fabrication: Examining the Digital Practice of Architecture |
| Pages |
150-161 |
| Library link |
Philip Beesley, Nancy Yen-Wen Cheng & R. Shane Williamson, 2004. bib⁄Fabrication: Examining the Digital Practice of Architecture. University of Waterloo School of Architecture Press. |
| Entry filename |
siren-s-call |
