The ‘Adaptive Joints’ workshop explores the potentials of 3d printed joints that can connect conventional materials (fabric, wood/plastic/ paper boards, sticks, meshes, and pipes) in novel ways. Using this joint design, the students will design and construct a habitable structure (e.g., pavilion, canopy, partition, or furniture). Concepts including flexibility, instability, adaptability, and programmability will be introduced; and mechanisms such as compliant mechanisms, bi-stable mechanisms, Kirigami, Origami, soft/flexible joints, and hybrid joints will be investigated.
Through the workshop, the students will not only be able to develop skills and knowledge of the digital design and fabrication process but also learn how to apply advanced geometry and
tectonics in developing material systems. Emerging digital techniques and processes including generative design, geometry optimization, and design scripting will be introduced as hands-on workshops, and the students will utilize them to develop their design research project.
