Design Fabrication
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ABEE4007 | Architecture and Built Environment | 4 | 10 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- ABEE4007
- School
- Architecture and Built Environment
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
This module is intended as an introduction to the themes, ideas, and practices involved in the constantly developing field of digital architectural fabrication. It will cover digital approaches, and the steps and skills needed to use digital fabrication as a design tool and as a design output.
Target Students
MArch Architecture Design+Build K11M and MArch Architecture Design K11K; U7PARDAB and U7PADESN; max 12 students.
Assessment
- 40% Coursework 1: Group design project + reflective report.
- 60% Coursework 2: Individual design project + reflective report.
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
This module aims to analyse the process of digital design fabrication, understanding the tools and methods at the disposal of the designer-maker and the process(es) needed to support the fabrication of design ideas. The module will use a hands-on approach to explore the process of design and how it can be shaped through an understanding of fabrication processes and potentials.Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have developed a detailed knowledge of design fabrication and its relationship to architecture.
The students will have knowledge of:
- tools and processes used in design fabrication
- the influence of digital fabrication on architecture and design
The students will have an understanding of:
- the relationship between design and making
- the need to consider how things are made or fabricated
- specific tools and digital platforms available
- how to select and operate specific fabrication equipment
- the nature of digital fabrication approaches
- the potential impact of digital fabrication on architecture
- how knowledge is advanced through research to produce clear, logically argued and original ideas relating to design, making, and architecture.
The students will acquire skills in:
- using available digital fabrication tools
- material selection for digital fabrication projects
- researching and evaluating digitally fabricated precedents
- documenting, reflecting, and reporting on design/fabrication processes
Conveners
Last updated 07/01/2025.