Robotic Hot Wire Cutting

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What unexpected surface conditions can we create with precise, ruled geometries? What agencies are given to automated processes in form-finding, and where do we as designers dictate our own authority?

The studio challenged us to investigate these questions through the study of Russian Reconstructivist Sculptures, Convolutional Neural Networks, and Robotic Hot Wire Cutting. The final artifact was a proof of concept bespoke foam tile, which is then imagined across a gallery ceiling.

Location
UPenn Weitzman School of Design

Partner
Grey Wartinger

Studio
Material Agencies by Andrew Saunders

Year
Fall 2020

Robotic Hot Wire Cutting

Assembled Ceiling Chunk

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