dc.contributor.author | Rael, Ronald | |
dc.contributor.author | San Fratello, Virginia | |
dc.contributor.author | Curth, Alexander | |
dc.contributor.author | Arja, Logman | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-07T20:13:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-03-07T20:13:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1079-9680 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/153642 | |
dc.description.abstract | Casa Covida advances large scale earthen additive manufacturing by establishing new methods for the creation of interconnected, partially enclosed dome structures using a lightweight SCARA robotic arm and custom toolpathing software in combination with traditional earthen construction techniques. In the time of Covid-19, digital fabrication
and construction are made difficult by a diminished supply chain and the safety concerns associated with a large team. In this project, local material, dug from the site itself is used for construction coordinated by a team of four people working in a remote location. Three rooms are printed on site 500 mm at a time by moving the 3D printer between stations connected by a low cost 4th axis constructed from plywood. This system allows essentially simultaneous construction between domes, continuously printing without waiting for drying time on one structure so that a continuous cycle of printing can proceed through the three stations 2-4 times in a day, thereby minimizing machine downtime. The machine control software used in this project has been developed from the framework of Potterware, a tool built by our team to allow non-technical users to design and 3D print functional ceramics through an interactive web interface. | en_US |
dc.publisher | ACADIA | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.52842/conf.acadia.2020.2.214 | en_US |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.source | Author | en_US |
dc.title | Casa Covida | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Rael, Ronald, San Fratello, Virginia, Curth, Alexander and Arja, Logman. 2020. "Casa Covida." | |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture | |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/NonPeerReviewed | en_US |
dspace.date.submission | 2024-03-03T08:18:42Z | |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_CC | |
mit.metadata.status | Authority Work and Publication Information Needed | en_US |