Fabricate 2017 Excertp by Daniel Akinsulire

ACHIM MENGES, BOB SHEIL, RUAIRI GLYNN, MARILENA SKAVARA, fabricate RETHINKING DESIGNAND CONSTRUCTION, 2017, pg 55-58 ​ INÉS ARIZA1 / T. SHAN SUTHERLAND2 / JAMES B. DURHAM / CAITLIN T. MUELLER / WES MCGEE2 / BRANDON CLIFFORD, ROBOTIC FABRICATION OFSTONE ASSEMBLY DETAILS, MIT, University of Michigan

​      This research follows an important body of work from the past decade, which focuses on the design of global surface geometries for compression-only structural behavior. Details can be inspired by different motivations. In this project, the role of the details is to coordinate different type of constraints: structural (type, direction and magnitude of reaction forces), fabrication (properties of the carving and casting tools and machines)and assembly (direction and fixing steps of units).This approach takes advantage of the ability of robots to perform custom non-repetitive stone carving and match it with cast metal’s ability to be formed with geometric flexibility.