Mixed Reality Fabrication by Gwyllim Jahn makes the case for building by hand inside immersive digital environments—an approach in which craft, improvisation and irregular materials meet complex digital design.
About This Book
Digital fabrication has long been framed around automation and precision. Jahn turns that framing around. Rather than engineering out the wide tolerances, improvisation and non-uniform materials of traditional craft, making in mixed reality works with them: makers interpret simple digital models by eye and by hand, and the design is realised through that interpretation.
The result is a humanist argument about technology that puts skilled labour and craft traditions at its centre. Jahn shows how this way of working can simplify documentation, speed up the transfer of know-how, cut waste and widen what is practical to design—opening up stochastic forms, formed curves, networks and field conditions that would be impractical to draw and build by conventional means. Case-study projects range in scale from sculptural pieces to small pavilions, and the book includes contributions from Vivian Mitsogianni, Cameron Newnham and Nick van den Berg.
Key Features
- A counterpoint to automation-led digital fabrication, centred on making by hand
- Case-study projects from sculptural pieces to small pavilions
- Shows novices and experts alike realising complex digital designs through their own reading of simple models
- Contributions from Vivian Mitsogianni, Cameron Newnham and Nick van den Berg
- Illustrated in colour throughout
What You'll Discover
- How mixed reality can bridge digital design and the tolerances of traditional craft
- Why working this way can reduce documentation, accelerate knowledge transfer and cut waste
- The design territory it opens up: stochastic forms, formed curves, networks and field conditions
- A humanist philosophy of technology that values skilled labour
- How immersive environments are reshaping the relationship between designing and making
About the Author
Gwyllim Jahn's doctoral research at RMIT University investigated design methods for architectural fabrication in mixed reality, in particular the use of spatialised instructions to guide making by hand. This book develops that work through a series of built projects.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Dimensions: 165 × 235 mm
- Pages: 238
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781638401902
- Publisher: Actar
Perfect For: architects, designers, fabricators and educators working where computational design meets craft, and anyone interested in how new tools might return skill to the hand.