HRC in Preliminary Design stages

Research Statement

FIELD

The study model is a valuable practice. It invokes the designer to participate intuitively and freely in the design process.

As a critical tool it helps to manifest a design vision prior to its verbalization. As a self reflective tool it communicates the idea between the designer’s logic , skill and vision. And in a design community it informs the partners and stakeholders.

GAP

Physical Models are becoming obsolete due to their low value – for – money measure. The process takes time and skill, And the outcome has to be manual digitized in order be used in the continuous design process.

Digital fabrication processes such as CNC and 3D prototyping , although helping to maintain the tangibility of a design, do not replace the haptic design process as they are direct result of a symbolic modeling process.

OPPERTUNITY

In this gap, emerges the possibility of integrating the creation of physical model while producing its digital twin. By merging the digital and physical modeling ,one can open the process new possibilities such as informing the design, integrate more participants, or create a physical facsimile. In addition, the integration could lead to a new tangible design process.

PROJECT

In this project, I aim to lay the groundwork for an integrated design exploration workflow, where the design exploration occurs simultaneously in a digital and a physical environment. By creating a digital/physical craft procedure, the study models could be reintegrated to the general design workflow, and can emerge as a new digital craft skill.

In The Design Process can be characterized as one that starts from absolute freedom and imagination and through overlaying data and decision we trade the infinite potential to materialistic accuracy

To aid in this process architects utilize a range of different tool. while the physical design tools (models/ sketches) are more associate with the expressive and imaginary, The Digital tools (CAD/BIM) are more related to

The need for accuracy and communication

The Transition between these tool is ideally converges but not linearly. where designers in each stage will need the free expressive tools and the accuracy of the digital representation to progress.

in the current state, the designers are working in one envioerment. In order to switch platform a translation procedure is needed , fabricating the digital or remodel the physical.

This project suggest an alternative workflow where the translation between the platforms in inherit, thus fusing the Digital and the Physical allowing the designers to make the jump from expressive state to accurate workflow