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Computational Design Workshop

Key Concepts Explored
Co-creation
Architecture as Game
Computational Design Methods
Physics-based Simulation
Digital Fabrication
Pedagogy
Project Credits
Design & Visualization: Center for Innovation at Universidad Piloto
Design Team: Aaron Brakke, Ivannah Diaz, and Cesar Diaz
Workshop Leaders: Julian, Juan Diego, and the Expressive Use of Technology Research Group

How do you get 100+ students actively engaged in a computational design and digital fabrication workshop?

Our answer was to create a three-dimensional puzzle where everyone was in charge of assembling his/her piece of the puzzle and then work together in small teams to create strips. Then we asked teams to find their neighbors, align their strips side by side, and combine them.

The full assembly came together fairly easily and the vault structure performed as anticipated!

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Photograph of Final Structure
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Design Process with Rhino, Grasshopper and Kangaroo
/ Design Research about Co-creation.

Can computationally designed and digitally fabricated three-dimensional puzzles captivate 100+ undergraduate students? Do computational design workshops prompt students to be both more curious and critical of technology?

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