CMU Digital Tectonics: Robotic Fabrication 2010
by CMU-dfab
Carnegie Mellon University
School of Architecture
Pinch Wall is a porous cast component wall designed and fabricated by a team of undergraduate architecture students. The system serves as a prototype of a load-bearing, variably porous wall. A hexagonal grid pattern efficiently nests components, while allowing for a variation in hexagonal cell size and proportion in relationship to wall porosity.
Students utilized parametric modeling and robotic fabrication in the production of two-part molds for subsequent casting. Each of the 145 unique casts nest tightly against their neighbors and rely upon system of ‘surface valleys’ that ensure proper alignment of units.
FACULTY:
Jeremy Ficca
TEAM:
Nelly Dacic
Jared Friedman
Puja Patel
Craig Rosman
Arthur Azoulai
Christopher Gallot
Spencer Gregson
Matthew Huber
Jaclyn Paceley
Giacomo Tinari
Eddie Wong
Jaeeun Chung
Patrick Kim
