Design of Complex Buildings with Digital Fab Tools Design Studio, Rapid Prototyping & New Design Languages Prof. Larry Sass Jennifer Seely Department of Architecture and Planning MIT

Lever House – NYC Mass manufacturing parts 2.Multiple components of the same size or geometry 3.Relationship of drawings to manual construction 20 Century Standard Design

Frank Gehry Stata Center 1.Increased Building Complexity 2.High Cost to Build and Design 3.No Rapid Prototyping tools were used in the design process 21 Century Non Standard Design; Complexity

Rapid Prototyping + Creative Design MIT Studios CADCOMPUTER NC

Two Transformations in the Design Process 1) Creative design with RP devices in studio – Teaching Design for complexity through generative methods in computing 2) Embedded knowledge into building components Function, behavior and structure into each component

Background George Stiny – Shape Grammars & Rule Based Design 1975 John Gero – Agent Based Design 1980 Branko Kolaveric – Digital Fabrication 1995

1 [ Generative Methods of Design ] CBA Student Yanni Loukissas

Generative Design Process The creative process is a generative process

2 [ Embedded knowledge or rule into building components ] CBA – Jen Seely UROP – Sarah Hudson

Eif Form Kristi Shea – Cambridge University [ All Nodes are different ]

Modella Milling

21 Century of Architecture Design Creativity using Rapid Prototyping Devices in Studio [Studio] [Rapid Prototyping ] [Embedded Knowledge]