Precise emotions: Digital fabrication in the teaching of architecture

Authors

  • Rodrigo García Alvarado
  • Rodrigo Lagos
  • Pedro Salcedo
  • Mario Ramos
  • Claudio Labarca
  • Underlea Bruscato

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2009.52.06

Abstract

Architectural education must develop technical and aesthetic skills in order to elaborate constructions projects. New digital manufacturing machines allow to the creation of material models, as well as industrialized components creating new capabilities that must be properly integrated into professional teaching. This article discusses the implications of these technologies in the architectural education based on seven academic experiences. The activities were guided by authors in different institutions in Chile, Brazil and Argentina, with different equipments, extensions and contents. These experiments contributed to the learning of constructive subjects, and the relationship of design teaching, motivation and creativity. This study detected the influences of these technologies in the material understanding and design logic, that evolve from the development of global shapes to constructive systems, changing the cognitive condition of design. This article also discusses the industrial and social projection of these technologies in building, since they encourage automation in construction generating productive changes. Finally, it states that these new resources promote a review the work and educational activity in architecture, and motivating a more precise elaboration of design’s qualities.

Key words: project, architectural education, digital manufacturing.

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Published

2021-05-24

How to Cite

Alvarado, R. G., Lagos, R., Salcedo, P., Ramos, M., Labarca, C., & Bruscato, U. (2021). Precise emotions: Digital fabrication in the teaching of architecture. Arquitetura Revista, 5(2), 122–136. https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2009.52.06

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2009): Jul-Dec

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