4 posts tagged “milling”
In computational design techniques we can perceive the presence of one
What we perceive, or understand as a surface grammar, can be described as the means to generate all the valid strings of a specific surface language; it can also be used as the basis for a recognizer that determines for any given string whether it is grammatical (i.e. belongs to the language). To describe such recognizers, formal language theory uses separate formalisms, known as automata.
In this sense we are using geometry as the basic grammar of the surface explorations. To rigorously investigate this condition the course relies on a contained set of geometrical rules, or strings of information. This container is formed by specific tessellations. Two conditions form the rules of the surface grammar:
Tessellation & Delamination. These two conditions alone can create a thriving array of variation.
We were lucky to get access again to the 7Axis Industrial robot of the TU-Vienna. We have been thinking about a specific Sofa & Ottoman in recent times, it came in perfectly handy that we had the possibility to acess the robot, because it is the only practical fabrication solution for a prototype and the mold. As the robot can also access areas of the piece that would be difficult for a 5Axis and impossible for a 3Axis milling machine.
Here are a couple of images of the test assembly we put together yesterday. We tested if everything works as we planed, and how long it needs to setup a portion of the exhibition "Housing in Vienna". The record for building up one pod was set by Phillip, one of the AzW´s hands, with 3min and 42 sec. The Podium of the Architekturzentrum Wien (AzW) doubled as impromptu exhibition space, providing enough space for one colony which at the end had a size of 20ft by 9ft. This colony consisted of eight individuals. Now the entire population consists of forty pods, you get an image of the final appereance.
An undisclosed location in Vienna: There it was, a seven Axis Industrial Robot. It was a little bit like christmas for Sandra and myself, to satisfy our teeth for advanced technologies by getting our hands on this wonderful machine. It is astonishing, not only in terms of what you can achieve using this sophisticated technique, but also in terms of how elegant a robot arm can move. We have been using other milling machines before, basically three axis portal machines, but this one can execute way more complex milling paths, and cut intricate paths within a block of material. Yes, I confess I´m a Techhead, but for the sake to make the architectures we imagine in our practice, feasible.
