Compulsory course CAD Logic

Shaping behavior project
by Alexandr Kalachev

This semester’s course will offer students the possibility to choose from one of the following major themes: digital fabrication, robotics and interactive interfaces/mapping. 

The digital fabrication group will deal with issues regarding innovative fabrication processes. The students will have to develop and design a component based material informed canopy. Digital tools and experiments as well as physical mockups will be part of the design routine. The structure will have to be self-supportive and it will have to use cheap building material. Participants will be introduced to sustainable building design software, analytical simulations and structural optimization techniques. 

The robotics group will have to deal with designing and assembling a autonomous robotized machine and/or system serving particular purpose. The aim of the project is to make participants be able to produce their “Own Tool”, as well as introduce them to the open-source electronic prototyping platform. Students will be introduced to basics of computer coding as well as analog/digital electronics. An additional target is seen as to establish ways of bridge interaction between personal communication devices (smart-phones) and electronic entities.

 Interactive interfaces/mapping will deal with issues regarding interactive design. The students will have to design and work with various platforms and mediums in order to create an interactive environment. Students will be introduced to such techniques as -3D Scanning, Mapping, Body/motion tracking using Kinect sensor and data management trough coding within Processing environment.

Enrollment is open now !
Students who are interested, kindly join the course group and write on the wall (First choice or Second choice)
course Group link : http://dia-live.com/se/groupitem/CAD-Logic-Kalachev