How Digital Fabrication Can Help in Architecture

During the recent American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2017 Annual Meeting in Boston, researchers revealed some of the latest developments in digital fabrication in architecture at 1:1 building scale, including 3D printing. The process of digital fabrication joins production and design together, using 3D modeling or CAD software, and both additive and subtractive manufacturing processes. Many construction workers are still dealing with building processes today that involve sub-standard working conditions, and are not truly sustainable. But, there is a light at the end of the well-built tunnel - current research on integrating digital fabrication technologies within construction processes is enabling totally new forms of architecture, and is promising major contributions to both productivity and sustainability. One of the people who spoke at the AAAS Annual Meeting, about how digital fabrication technologies can be integrated in planning, design, and building processes to disrupt the building industry, was CEO of Emerging Objects and UC Berkeley Associate Professor for Architecture Ronald Rael. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/166436/digital-fa...-architecture/

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