Drone Port
Digital Fabrication Lab, Georgia Tech
Cyber Physical Working EnvironmentProfessor: Keith Kaseman
Featured in School of Architecture Digital Fabrication Lab Showcase
This Design + Research Studio began not with a site or a program, but a collection of ideas centered around the technologies we had at hand. The idea of the studio revolved around learning and developing work-flows using Augmented Reality as a tool. With a Microsoft Hololens, Rhino, Grasshopper, and Fologram we can now see detailed and complex designs mapped to our reality, this mixed reality acts as both a fabrication guide and design tool. With the capability to design incredibly innovative and complex spatial relationships with no two pieces alike, the semester began with a deep dive into building large scale wireframe models out of steel. This process led to a series of discoveries, one of which being a drone port and fabrication space, designed to situate itself in any context.
Phase 01: Testing Mixed Reality Workflow
Hololens + Fologram: Rod Bending Process
Completed Full Scale Model: Quarter Inch Steel Rod with Welded Connections
Phase 02: Architectural Design
Extracted Portion of the building for 1:10 scale section detail model.
Assembly Model: Color coded and numbered based on progression of assembly. Projected into physical environment for accurate placement of overlapping parts.
Digital Model: Showing the bamboo members joined together by universal connection details, this building could be assembled by local peoples with a Hololens as a guide.