Most of the students had to follow their Building Technology course, so only a few students take advantage of a very calm and peaceful workshop. After a very busy start the silence was a warm welcome for this cold day.
Its quite amazing that the prototypes come together so fast, today for the few projects being build you can already see a logic and shape in it. And of course, a few special names could already been given, guess who will be the lord of the rings …and not to forgotten the two snow angels …
The 3D printer on site is a real treat, thats really rapid prototyping, drawing a piece, print it, test it, and if it does not fit, reshape and print it again, all done within minutes or a few hours according to the size of the part. But we also have to mention that most of the students go the craftsmanship way of doing it, so a lot of gears are cut manually out of wood and most parts are done by hand. Small complex parts which can't be manufactured by hand are printed, thats quite a good mix of application.
Have a look whats done today
this blog is dedicated to the Bucky Lab from the TU Delft faculty of Architecture. Within the mastercourse we design, develop and at the end build architecture and building construction related prototypes. Its a "get your hands dirty" approach in which the students learn how to translate concepts from sketch into working prototypes. We try to live the spirit of buckminster fuller: what ever you can imagine, you can also build!