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Book cover for Fabricate 2017 open access

Publication date: 3 April 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787350014

Number of pages: 260

Number of illustrations: 273

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Fabricate 2017

Rethinking Design and Construction

Achim Menges (Editor),  Bob Sheil (Editor),  Ruairi Glynn (Editor),  Marilena Skavara (Editor)

Series: FABRICATE

Bringing together pioneers in design and making within architecture, construction, engineering, manufacturing, materials technology and computation, Fabricate is a triennial international conference, now in its third year (ICD, University of Stuttgart, April 2017). Each year it produces a supporting publication, to date the only one of its kind specialising in Digital Fabrication.

The 2017 edition features 32 illustrated articles on built projects and works in progress from academia and practice, including contributions from leading practices such as Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, Arup, and Ron Arad, and from world-renowned institutions including ICD Stuttgart, Harvard, Yale, MIT, Princeton University, The Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) and the Architectural Association.

DOI: 10.14324/111.9781787350014

Number of pages: 260

Number of illustrations: 273

Publication date: 03 April 2017

PDF ISBN: 9781787350014

Hardback ISBN: 9781787350007

Achim Menges (Editor)

Achim Menges is a registered architect and professor at the University of Stuttgart, where he is the founding director of the Institute for Computational Design. In addition, he is Visiting Professor in Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. His research and design work has been published and exhibited worldwide, and has received numerous international awards.

Bob Sheil (Editor)

Bob Sheil is Professor in Architecture and Design through Production at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, and has been Director of School since 2014. He is the author of multiple book chapters, refereed papers, and articles on design, making and technology. He has co-designed and built six artefacts/built works, and his work has been exhibited internationally on 11 occasions.

Ruairi Glynn (Editor)

Ruairi Glynn is the co-founder and co-chair of the Fabricate Conference series. He is Director of the Interactive Architecture Lab at the Bartlett, UCL, and installation artist recently exhibiting at the Centre Pompidou Paris, National Art Museum of China Beijing and Tate Modern London.

Marilena Skavara (Editor)

Marilena Skavara is a London-based architect and interaction designer. She is a co-founder and partner at Codica Ltd., a digital product design practice focused on outcome-driven innovation. Using high-fidelity prototyping and embedding design into agile development cycles, Codica delivers the real product experience in record time, maximising the opportunities for iteration and refinement.

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