Presentation
12. Beyond Automation: Fostering Agency Between Humans, Algorithms, and Machines in Computational Design for Digital Fabrication
SessionPosters: Art & Design
DescriptionThis project explores the role of the designer in digital fabrication workflows as digitization leads to higher levels of design automation. As digital technologies are adopted to streamline design to manufacturing workflows, elements of the creative process can become standardized to improve production efficiency at the cost of designer autonomy and product customization. In order to ensure designers’ agency and increase product variation, the Carrara project presents a collaborative tool utilizing agent-based modeling (ABM) to represent designers, fabrication machines, and algorithms as active co-participants in the design process. This co-participatory workflow enables a generative, scalable product line that takes advantage of digital efficiencies while providing the designer with autonomy and control in the creative process.
Contributor
Event Type
Poster
TimeSunday, 10 August 20259:00am - 5:30pm PDT
LocationWest Building, Level 2, Outside Room 219
Session TimeSunday, 10 August 20259:00am - 5:30pm PDTMonday, 11 August 20259:00am - 5:30pm PDTTuesday, 12 August 20259:00am - 5:30pm PDTWednesday, 13 August 20259:00am - 5:30pm PDTThursday, 14 August 20259:00am - 5:30pm PDT
LocationWest Building, Level 2, Outside Room 219
