This article has been originally published as part of the column FABBRICATION in XXI magazine, vol.156, February 2017. This article can be accessed here in Turkish. As we have mentioned in our previous issue1, there is a resistance to change in the construction industry, a stance not tolerated in other industries. The excuse mostly revolves around the following statement: When …
to Fabricate or not to Fabricate
This article has been originally published as part of the column FABBRICATION in XXI magazine, vol.156, February 2017. This article can be accessed here in Turkish. …that is, indeed, the question. Conceiving an idea and embodying it into a tangible form requires a significant effort. It is not a linear process which you can take for granted, and it is …
analogRead ( ) digitalWrite ( )
This article has been originally published as part of the column FABBRICATION in XXI magazine, vol.156, February 2017. This article can be accessed here in Turkish. Sketches, preliminary studies, drawings, and network analysis diagram for Fun Palace juxtaposed in one image. It has been a recurring theme in this column, we are neither the first nor the last to claim …
digitalRead( ) analogWrite( )
This article has been originally published as part of the column FABBRICATION in XXI magazine, vol.161, July/August 2017. This article can be accessed here in Turkish. Alberti’s computational communication, Gaudi’s informational models, Otto’s free structural experimentations. All share the same roots. Collage by Efe Gözen, 2017. Many believe the emergence of computational design corresponds to the golden era of the …
How to Train Your Robot?
This article has been originally published as part of the column FABBRICATION in XXI magazine, vol.160, June 2017. This article can be accessed here in Turkish. How to Train Your Robot, ATONATON’s Mimus installation and its visitor. Typical information flow from design to execution is taken granted as linear, rather one-directional. Often, a G-Code with lines and lines of comprehensive …
Does Orange Dream of Electric Brick?
This article has been originally published as part of the column FABBRICATION in XXI magazine, vol.159, May 2017. This article can be accessed here in Turkish. We are enjoying the journey, as it is itself the reward for us. This time, we will focus solely on our beloved “orange” for a briefer time frame compared to that of our prior …