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| Author(s): |
Rodrigo Scheeren
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Carlos. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2021-08-20 |
| Examining board members: |
David Moreno Sperling;
Paulo Eduardo Fonseca de Campos;
Maria Gabriela Caffarena Celani;
Márcio Minto Fabricio;
José Ripper Kós;
Ruy Sardinha Lopes
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| Advisor: | David Moreno Sperling |
| Abstract | |
Architecture has expanded its ways of acting in recent decades, due to a series of digital technical and technological changes. The research addresses how digital fabrication technologies are being applied to design, architecture and construction in educational and research institutions, Fab Labs and design offices in South America, engendering a historiography from the early 2000s to 2018. The objectives are: a) to systematize laboratories in South America; b) understand the strategies and applications of technologies; c) characterize the activities of research, teaching, technical development, processes, artifacts and connections with the environment; d) identify the particularities of the local context of production; e) analyze the local scenario from a global north perspective; f) develop theories and practical guidelines for the implementation of laboratories and situated activities; g) design knowledge networks to connect laboratories and promote collaborative practices. The methods consist of: a) bibliographic review of topics related to digital fabrication; b) systematic review of academic production on digital fabrication since 2000; c) mapping of information about laboratories in South America and Europe, which develop activities related to architecture, design and construction; d) survey to obtain quantitative and qualitative data on the operation of each laboratory; e) case studies based on technical visits and interviews with those responsible for digital fabrication laboratories in South America and Europe. Information about more than 100 active digital manufacturing laboratories in South America was mapped, including research institutions, Fab Labs and design offices. Overall, we observe three stages of experimental application of digital fabrication technologies: 1) object prototyping, understanding and developing technical skills; 2) large-scale creation and models, short- and medium-term research; 3) long-term research, solving technical and social problems, and promoting technological transfers. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/04946-7 - Research centers in architecture and digital fabrication in South America: action strategies and the state of the art of production |
| Grantee: | Rodrigo Scheeren |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |