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Building Blocks and Digital Fabrication

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Technology is a continually evolving and ever-changing entity. It seems like every day something new is happening across the board to change the way we work, live, and play. This has also extended into the built environment, both in the design and fabrication of a wide variety of mediums, from furniture to smart building façades. The implementation of BIM has led to integration across disciplines, allowing actual project design and construction to take much less time and, most importantly, to identify potential problems much earlier in the design process.

CNC milling machines and computer-controlled robotics have pushed design and implementation farther and allowed for formal creations to be implemented much more seamlessly. An architectural firm in Switzerland, Gramazio & Kohler, has taken this to an interesting level involving one of the most simple and timeless building materials in...

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