TY - GEN
T1 - Developing digi-mechanical formwork for construction in environments of displacement
AU - Shaffer, Marcus
PY - 2013/10/4
Y1 - 2013/10/4
N2 - This paper details the development of (semi-automated) digi-mechanical formwork to be used for constructing "emergency urbanism" in environments of population displacement. Through a combination of advancements in CAM technologies, continuous developments in remote power sources, and the ubiquitous reach of telecommunications networks, design professionals in the near future will have the capacity to transmit construction aid-in the form of deployable buildingmaking machinery-to refugee populations in dire need of the physical, economic, and cultural benefits of architecture. This project has evolved from a series of linked/hinged casting plates manipulated by hand-cranks or drills, into a mechanized casting "textile" of linked formwork cartridges driven by hi-torque motors, controlled through a cell phone app.
AB - This paper details the development of (semi-automated) digi-mechanical formwork to be used for constructing "emergency urbanism" in environments of population displacement. Through a combination of advancements in CAM technologies, continuous developments in remote power sources, and the ubiquitous reach of telecommunications networks, design professionals in the near future will have the capacity to transmit construction aid-in the form of deployable buildingmaking machinery-to refugee populations in dire need of the physical, economic, and cultural benefits of architecture. This project has evolved from a series of linked/hinged casting plates manipulated by hand-cranks or drills, into a mechanized casting "textile" of linked formwork cartridges driven by hi-torque motors, controlled through a cell phone app.
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U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.748.1142
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.748.1142
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84884786550
SN - 9783037857526
T3 - Advanced Materials Research
SP - 1142
EP - 1149
BT - Material and Manufacturing Technology IV
T2 - 2013 4th International Conference on Material and Manufacturing Technology, ICMMT 2013
Y2 - 11 May 2013 through 12 May 2013
ER -