While additive manufacturing (AM) offers unprecedented freedom of design and a remarkable potential for material efficiency and lightweight
In the vein of mass production, manufacturers leverage repeatable parts and modular construction in an effort to maximize quality control while
The Carapace Pavilion is a university-based, design-build, full-scale custom prototype for a possible replacement of the standard precast concrete
The performative and visual aspects of curved forming/bending thin “formable” planar materials is explored. Early tests for deflection indicate that
This paper documents a six year academia/industry collaboration between researchers at the Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo (SUNY)
New approaches to lightweight metal forming have the potential to advance architectural fabrication, particularly in the design and engineering of
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