Architecture, Orders
In this second year undergraduate studio, sudents studied columns and their ordering systems as a means of developing a set of shared tools and collaborative methods across the studio. The studio began with a detailed precedent analysis of the column and moved onto the reimagining of its rules and systems to produce new Orders of columns and eventually building proposals derived from this initial research. All work from the studio was completed in Grasshopper for Rhino 7. Students used this software to develop digital models, produce drawings and tool paths for our Kuka PRC robot. Each student produced a set of 120 tool paths using Grasshopper and KUKA PRC. These tool paths were then used to mill an object from semi-dry blocks of porcelain with a 1/2 inch end mill. The limited number of tool paths and the size of the cutting bit enabled each of the 54 students in the class to robotically mill an object in under 15 minutes , ensuring access to the entire study. At the core of the studio was an idea of making advanced computational tools available to students early in their educations. The hope is that this early introduction will allow them to imaginatively work with new tools and technologies throughout their five year educations.