| id |
caadria2014_237 |
| authors |
Imbern, Matias |
| year |
2014 |
| title |
(Re)Thinking the Brick: Digital Tectonic Masonry Systems |
| doi |
https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2014.211
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| source |
Rethinking Comprehensive Design: Speculative Counterculture, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2014) / Kyoto 14-16 May 2014, pp. 211–220 |
| summary |
"The introduction of digital tools in the production of architecture undoubtedly constitutes the main force behind contemporary architectural innovation. In addition, the interaction of digital technologies with analog craft manufacturing -a rather unexplored field of study- suggests a wide range of novel opportunities. This research focuses on developing a framework for deploying digital design techniques to the production of bricks under vernacular technology as a medium of achieving geometrical variations and functional complexity in domestic-scale projects. Solid clay bricks are embedded in traditional ceramic-construction culture. Thus, this investigation faces the challenges of making a feasible innovative system in a country where digital fabrication is not an economically viable option, and engaging a design that can be easily implemented with current hand-labour. Consequently, the new bricks would be massively introduced in the construction market, allowing novel formal and functional possibilities for designers. |
| keywords |
Ceramics; brick; tectonic; digital tools; fabrication; vernacular technology |
| series |
CAADRIA |
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