Producing Digital Architecture: Fabrication and Structural Implications of Computer Digital Modelling and Expressive Form

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Digital Architecture

The emergence of digital technologies has impacted architectural practices . Digitally-driven design processes , distinguished by dynamic open-ended and unpredictable but consistent transformations of three-dimensional structures , provide a way for the emergence of new architectonic possibilities (Kolarevic 3 . The rise of new dimensions in architectural design has been influenced by the generative and creative possibility of digital media , in addition to manufacturing innovations already achieved in

automotive , aerospace , and shipbuilding industries (Kolarevic 3 . The implications of the popularity of digital technology on architecture are numerous , which include the remaking of architecture itself . Technological advances in computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD /CAM ) have also provided new opportunities for the production and construction of very complicated forms that were previously difficult and expensive to design , produce and assess utilizing traditional construction technologies (Kolarevic 3 . The goal of the is to highlight the foundation of digital technology , issues relevant in the use of computer as a tool for three-dimensional visualization that leads to historical , formal , and structural implications of computer controlled fabrication and expressive form , the evolution of craft-based to industrialized , mass production and mass customization , and historic expressive architectural form . The also discusses the importance of developing visualization /fabrication processes and research into techniques for making digital architecture

Advances in Digital Technology

Architecture or the art of building has evolved from the primordial...