Digitisation of contemporary fabrication processes in the AEC sector
Saurav Dixit, Anna Stefańska
Abstract
Trends in the contemporary architecture sector constantly change the quality of engineering and construction solutions. Broadly understood optimisation processes improve material usage, as well as precision in mass production. Digital fabrication becomes not only a means of aesthetic concepts or architectural models. The central idea of additive technologies becomes the effective use of sources and energy and creating lightweight and easy to produce structural elements. A vital aspect of new technology development is understanding the possibilities and improvements that bring additive fabrication and the need to create a new material range to manufacturing methods simultaneously. The article presents selected examples of how new tools and techniques for assembling and optimising the structural elements engaged in the computational design improve the end-result quality.