ARCH 672/692 + MUD 732 S/F 2025
ARCH 672 - PROPOSITIONS
FALL 2025Computational Fabrication
Computational Fabrication is a studio dedicated to exploring how contemporary design and fabrication techniques contribute to advancing architecture and construction. Robotic technologies are becoming ubiquitous in many industries, but their impact on architecture and construction is still nascent.
For the Fall 2025 semester, this course focused on the application of robotic additive manufacturing to building façades, using thermoplastic composites. Starting from the basics, this course introduces students to robotic additive manufacturing and parametric design-to-fabrication workflows, developing the skills to 3d print building components at scale. Many of these fabrication techniques have been developed through years of research at the Taubman College FABLab and can be applied across a wide range of materials. Students will learn about current research on 3DP building façades and use this knowledge to inform their own design process. The course will introduce robotic programming, simulation, and operation, as well as slicing tools applicable to robotic 3DP and students will learn to operate the custom extruder used in the lab. Projects will build sequentially in scale, with the goal of prototyping systems which have the potential to scale to real-world building applications.