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Hybrid Craft: Designing a workflow for traditional and digital craftsmen

Grajewski, Zachary T
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439310578

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2015, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
In an industry that is increasingly opting for off the shelf assemblies and components, skilled craftsman are an endangered commodity in the modern design and construction trades. The result of this is architecture that is visually homogenous and plain, with very rare attempts at complexity of form or custom solutions. Simultaneously, the architecture and construction industries have yet to embrace technologies at their disposal, namely digital fabrication techniques. The use of digital tools in tandem with the hands and knowledge of skilled craftsmen allows architects to design more formally and materially complex structures, which are tailored to users’ desires. Utilizing some combination of traditional and digital methods, more visually interesting results can be achieved with levels of accuracy and speed currently unmatched by current means and methods. Embracing the use of digital tools can introduce traditional craftsmen to a new market. This will be achieved through research in the areas of methods and theories of customizing, traditional craft, as well as those of digital design and fabrication, establishing the strengths of both, and then proposing the optimal workflow to utilize both in a variety of architectural applications.
Michael McInturf, M.Arch. (Committee Chair)
Aarati Kanekar, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
78 p.
Architecture
Fabrication; Craft; Digital; Craftsman; Traditional

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  • Grajewski, Z. T. (2015). Hybrid Craft: Designing a workflow for traditional and digital craftsmen [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439310578

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Grajewski, Zachary. Hybrid Craft: Designing a workflow for traditional and digital craftsmen. 2015. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439310578.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Grajewski, Zachary. "Hybrid Craft: Designing a workflow for traditional and digital craftsmen." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439310578

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