UTS Central: A case study in digital fabrication

You can read a case study for UTS Central, a design project for the University of Technology Sydney.

Discussed for this 17-story glass-encased building are:

• Early contractor involvement.
• Prototyping.
• Shifting away from conventional BIM software to more manufacture-based software. Delivery of the BIM information.
• Geometrically deriving the sun shading system in Grasshopper. Fabrication of these louver and cladding panels from folded aluminum components. 
• Individual fixture design.
• The Grasshopper script.
• Material feedback.
• Scan data to determine the as-built structural steel geometry.
• 2D documentation.
• On-site installation.

UTS Central: A case study in digital fabrication by Parametric Monkey...