Abstract
The current advancement of this research within the construction sector is the missing link for bridging the gap between the digitisation of building processes and the fabrication of architectural components. Renewed market needs and contemporary design languages require increasingly in-depth digital proficiency for the management of representation and production. The primary challenge of turning digital data into matter in the building design field must be overcome in order to demonstrate a possible transfer of benefits for new constructions, or interventions on existing buildings. The scientific community unanimously states the importance of deepening the most updated digital fabrication systems. With the aim of elaborating a methodological approach that prevents the technique from prevailing over the cultural assets a project requires, the present study proposes an innovative workflow for restoration projects on culturally relevant architecture in a state of degradation.
Highlights
Digitisation of design processes enables architects and engineers to interface with a common language, reduce uncertainties, and ensure greater awareness in decision-making phases.In parallel, unceasing development of construction technologies aimed at processing digital data, and subsequently reproducing their spatial characteristics (Rocker 2006; Gershenfeld 2012), opened up new and unexplored design possibilities
When the first digital revolution came into play (Carpo 2013), the formal elaboration of architectural projects remained confined within the digital environment, represented through two- and three-dimensional simulations
The transition to the second digital era, theorised over the last decade as the second digital turn, determined the development of automated tools. These tools are programmable to materialise the digital space with great flexibility, without limitations imposed by standardised production methods (Carpo 2017)
Summary
Digitisation of design processes enables architects and engineers to interface with a common language, reduce uncertainties, and ensure greater awareness in decision-making phases. The transition to the second digital era, theorised over the last decade as the second digital turn, determined the development of automated tools These tools are programmable to materialise the digital space with great flexibility, without limitations imposed by standardised production methods (Carpo 2017). On-site automation is widely under study as the uncertainties of construction environments are still crucial features to be faced in order to change previously known building site settings Given these premises, it is of particular interest to explore the advancement of scientific knowledge within the restoration field. The present contribution investigates digital technologies and the role of manufacturing tools to support decision-making phases for innovative interventions on cultural heritage It requires knowledge of traditional construction systems and craft methods as a metaphorical boundary in which design outcomes should be tailored.
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