Probing the Universal with Machines
Research Questions: In the context of automating housing construction, can a plasma cutter -- a subtractive, additive, toolmaking machine -- be used to manufacture parts- based industrial housing?
Informed by Konrad Wachsmann’s observations on architectural machinery developed for and employed in the manufacture of industrial buildings — and as part of a larger research project to develop a contemporary Universal Building Machine (U.B.M.) — the authors determined to test a CNC-based machine capable of subtractive operations, additive operations, and tool making to make parts-based housing.
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| Work Title | Probing the Universal with Machines |
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| Subtitle | Exploring the potential of a CNC plasma cutter to manufacture parts-based industrial housing |
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| License | CC BY-NC 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial) |
| Work Type | Poster |
| Publication Date | September 23, 2021 |
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| Deposited | February 22, 2022 |