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DFAB House (2020-09)

A Comprehensive Demonstrator of Digital Fabrication in Architecture

10.2307/j.ctv13xpsvw.21

 Graser Konrad, Baur Marco,  Apolinarska Aleksandra,  Dörfler Kathrin,  Hack Norman,  Jipa Mihail-Andrei,  Lloret-Fritschi Ena,  Sandy Timothy, Pont Daniel,  Hall Daniel,  Kohler Matthias
Contribution - Fabricate 2020

Abstract

This paper describes the making of DFAB HOUSE, a multi-technology demonstrator of digital fabrication in architecture, engineering and construction (AEC). While most individual digital fabrication technologies used to build DFAB HOUSE have been presented independently at conferences and in journal articles, this paper describes how, in concert, they amount to an architectural achievement that is more than the sum of its parts. To do this, the paper does three things: it describes the process of conceiving and delivering the overall project; secondly, it highlights challenges in implementation; and finally it discusses the significance of DFAB HOUSE in the context of a rapidly transforming architectural research and practice.

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BibTeX 
@inproceedings{gras_baur_apol_dorf.2020.DH,
  author            = "Konrad Graser and Marco Baur and Aleksandra Anna Apolinarska and Kathrin Dörfler and Norman Peter Hack and Mihail-Andrei Jipa and Ena Lloret-Fritschi and Timothy Sandy and Daniel Sanz Pont and Daniel M. Hall and Matthias Daniel Kohler",
  title             = "DFAB House: A Comprehensive Demonstrator of Digital Fabrication in Architecture",
  doi               = "10.2307/j.ctv13xpsvw.21",
  year              = "2020",
  booktitle         = "Fabricate 2020",
  editor            = "Jane Burry and Jenny Sabin and Bob Sheil and Marilena Skavara",
}
Formatted Citation

K. Graser, “DFAB House: A Comprehensive Demonstrator of Digital Fabrication in Architecture”, in Fabricate 2020, 2020. doi: 10.2307/j.ctv13xpsvw.21.

Graser, Konrad, Marco Baur, Aleksandra Anna Apolinarska, Kathrin Dörfler, Norman Peter Hack, Mihail-Andrei Jipa, Ena Lloret-Fritschi, et al.. “DFAB House: A Comprehensive Demonstrator of Digital Fabrication in Architecture”. In Fabricate 2020, edited by Jane Burry, Jenny Sabin, Bob Sheil, and Marilena Skavara, 2020. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv13xpsvw.21.