DIGITAL FABRICATION STRATEGIES AND PROCESSES AND ITS IMPACT ON DESIGN CONCEPT OF THE BUILDING ENVELOPE

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Department of Architectural engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Matria, Helwan University

Abstract

The research aims to reduce the gap between design and fabrication in architecture, by studying
the possibilities of design and fabrication in the digital age. It also aims to reach a clear way to use
the digital fabrication strategies and processes through which the envelope elements are
manufactured to reach a design that can fit with the possibilities and capabilities of the digital age.
The study is divided into two parts, the first is the theoretical study to find out strategies and
processes of digital fabrication; and the second part is the analytical study, through which the effects
of using digital fabrication on the envelopes designs are studied.

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