Personalization Process of 3D Printed Products using Parametric Design
Juan Madrigal, Seong-Won Jeong
Abstract
The term participation has been used to define different activities, such as civil debate, communication, consultation, delegation, self-help construction, political decisions.However, participation in design started from the idea that individuals whom being affected by a design project must contribute to the design process.Recently, designers have been moving closer to the future users and developing new ways to empower them to get involved in the design process.In this paper we rethink the way the early design process is developed in a participatory approach thanks to parametric methods.A use case is proposed showing the potential of parametric design methods to empower the participation of users in the design of their facilities.The use case is dealing in particular with the spatial planning of an office building where the users together with the spatial planning team are able to design the layout spatial configuration by 1) fixing the objectives, 2) manipulating the model, 3)modifying some parameters, 4) visualizing the iterations and evaluating in a real-time each solution in an interactive 3D environment and together with facility managers 5) choosing the configuration of the spatial layout.