Introduction to digital fabrication and parametric design as project strategy for architecture teaching: workshop experience at the Polytechnic University of Valencia
Ramón, Amandaa; Sánchez, Santiagob; Gamón, Josec; Catalán, Francisco Josed; Bono, Javiere; Martínez, Josef
aGraduate in Fundaments of Architecture, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, bPhD candidate, Department of Architectural Projects, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain cGraduate in Fundaments of Architecture, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, dFundaments of Architecture degree student, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, eGraduate in Fundaments of Architecture, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, fArchitect, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Abstract:
With the irruption of the Modern Movement and consequently, the introduction of steel and concrete as major building materials that offer unique mechanical and very particular aesthetic characteristics, certain guidelines were established in the development of academic programmes at Architecture Schools, where perhaps not all the possibilities offered by industry 4.0 and its processes (CAD and CAM design, the use of open-source software or Internet of things among others, used in favor of design, innovation, and personalization) are currently being applied to the processes regarding architectural projecting.
This paper aims to reflect on how to introduce the use of new design technologies and prefabrication processes to teaching and into the academic itinerary of architecture students for them to, eventually, acquire enough knowledge in terms of application of materials and development procedures which adapts those projects to the digital revolution being reflected little by little on the architectural field. These guidelines will be explained through the analysis of a workshop experience covering digital fabrication which took place at the Architecture School of the Polytechnic University of Valencia.
Keywords: digital fabrication, Project strategies, new technologies, adaptive design, teaching