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ARCH4686-1 / Spring 2016

Ryan Luke Johns

ASSEMBLING ALL SORTS

Parametric digital design tools and computer- aided manufacturing have enabled a non- uniform, curvilinear and mass-customized architecture. While this conceptual plasticity of the first digital turn has relieved architects of the monotony of the mass-produced detail, the apparent freedom of digitally fabricated architecture still remains bound to industrially produced, standardized components (blanks, bars, bricks and sheet stock) or isotropic plastics (3D printing, themoforming). Designs are generated in a digital world of infinite possibility, and are wastefully materialized into a world constrained by the 4x8 sheet.

The assimilation of digital information and material properties (made possible by algorithmic design and robotic fabrication) has the potential to increase resource efficiency, while enriching the tactile, visual and performative aspects of architecture through the controlled application of material variation. In practice, however, this “digital materiality” is often limited to components which are dimensionally uniform and selectively obtained—the uninformed brick3 or grain of sand4 already bear some resemblance to the pixel.

This seminar will focus on creating details and assembly techniques which derive their non uniformity, in part, from irregular, “found” building materials. We will develop strategies for digitizing such materials, and methods of programming which allow for these digitized properties to be incorporated into the design. The course will involve the creation of digital and physical study models, and the development of a prototypical robotic assembly technique using the school’s UR3 robot. Course size is limited, and previous exposure to Grasshopper and/or some programming (Java/Python, etc) will be helpful for students.

Some past student documentation can be found on the course sites:
- http://assemblingallsorts-fall16.tumblr.com/ - http://assembingallsorts-sp16.tumblr.com/

Location & Time

504 AVERY

TU 11 A M - 1 PM

Session & Points

SES B 3/7-4/22

1.5 Points

Requirements

TECH ELECTIVE- FABRICATION (1.5)

Sequence

Building Science & Technology Elective

Fabrication

Call Number

60837

Programs

Master of Architecture

M.S. Advanced Architectural Design

Stella Ioannidou

Spring 2016 - Assembling All Sorts

Ryan Luke Johns

Stella Ioannidou

Spring 2016 - Assembling All Sorts

Ryan Luke Johns

Stella Ioannidou

Spring 2016 - Assembling All Sorts

Ryan Luke Johns

Mike Howard

Spring 2016 - Assembling All Sorts

Ryan Luke Johns

Mike Howard

Spring 2016 - Assembling All Sorts

Ryan Luke Johns

Melody Siu

Spring 2016 - Assembling All Sorts

Ryan Luke Johns

Melody Siu

Spring 2016 - Assembling All Sorts

Ryan Luke Johns

Da Ying

Spring 2016 - Assembling All Sorts

Ryan Luke Johns

Da Ying

Spring 2016 - Assembling All Sorts

Ryan Luke Johns

A.L. Hu

Spring 2016 - Assembling All Sorts

Ryan Luke Johns

A.L. Hu

Spring 2016 - Assembling All Sorts

Ryan Luke Johns

Other Semesters & Sections

Course	Semester	Title	Instructor	Syllabus	Requirements & Sequence	Location & Time	Session & Points	Call No.
ARCH4686‑1	Spring 2018	Assembling All Sorts	Ryan Luke Johns	Syllabus	Tech Elective-Fabrication Building Science & Technology Elective Fabrication	505 Avery W 7 PM - 9 PM	Full Semester 3 Points	87996
ARCH4686‑1	Spring 2017	Assembling All Sorts	Ryan Luke Johns	Syllabus	Tech Elective - Fabrication Building Science & Technology Elective Fabrication	505 Avery Hall W 7 PM - 9 PM	Full Semester 3 Points	92846
ARCH4686‑1	Fall 2016	ASSEMBLING ALL SORTS	Ryan Luke Johns	Syllabus	TECH ELECTIVE Building Science & Technology Elective Fabrication	300 AVERY HALL W 9 AM - 11 AM	FULL SEMESTER 3 Points	63398