New RhinoFabLab at the University of Kassel, Germany
"We, the staff of the architectural faculty of the University of Kassel note that for most students their designs come to a halt when a scaled architectural model is built. We would like to have our students make use of the possibilities of producing real prototypes, production models etc. So basically we want to show our students the possibilities of the personalized production that comes with a fabrication lab.
A main part of our motivation to become a RhinoFabLab is to help our students on planning, assessing and finally building non-standard architecture in a 1:1 scale. In educating the new generation of digitally planning and working architects to build their (non standard) designs, it is our obligation to teach the fabrication processes and hand the necessary tools over to our students.
Our facilities are of course not only open to students and staff of our university, but anyone who would like to build/produce their designs in our facilities. We are open to all kinds of support for local communities / schools when it comes to teaching the techniques of digital fabrication."
Some past cool projects include the Self-Supporting-Framework by Mischa Proll and the Radiolaria project by Christian Troche and students.
Equipment:
Rhino, Grasshopper, RhinoCAM, Epilog laser cutter, Precix milling machine, ZCorp 3D printer, Vialux 3D scanner with Geomagic Studio, self-built CNC milling machines and 3D printers, thermoforming machine, and in the near future we are going to provide a KUKA robot and/or a waterjet!
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