Tools as agents in design and making processes

Paul Loh; David Leggett

doi:10.52842/conf.caadria.2017.799

Tools as agents in design and making processes

Paul Loh, David Leggett

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Abstract

The inversion of knowledge structure in electronics prototyping platform has allowed designers and architects to design and build reasonably stable mechatronic systems to aid novel material production; these new and hacked computer numeric controlled (CNC) machines are used to explore emerging material constructs and facilitate generative design processes. This paper examines tool making and questions the agentive capacity of such tools in design processes through a case study of a bespoke CNC machine which uses vacuum thermoforming techniques. Through understanding the agentive capacity of CNC tools, the authors suggest that the knowledge structure of tool making is distinctly different from fabrication workflow. This paper proposes an alternative means of understanding the capacity of CNC tools in the design and making process.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Protocols, Flows and Glitches: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2017)
Editors	Patrick Janssen, Paul Loh, Aleksandra Raonic, Marc Aurel Schnabel
Place of Publication	Hong Kong
Publisher	The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA)
Pages	799-808
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9789881902689
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2017.799
Publication status	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches, CAADRIA 2017 - Suzhou, China Duration: 5 Apr 2017 → 8 Apr 2017

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Name	CAADRIA 2017 - 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches

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Conference	22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches, CAADRIA 2017
Country/Territory	China
City	Suzhou
Period	5/04/17 → 8/04/17

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Loh, P., & Leggett, D. (2017). Tools as agents in design and making processes. In P. Janssen, P. Loh, A. Raonic, & M. A. Schnabel (Eds.), Protocols, Flows and Glitches: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2017) (pp. 799-808). (CAADRIA 2017 - 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches). The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA). https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2017.799

Loh, Paul ; Leggett, David. / Tools as agents in design and making processes. Protocols, Flows and Glitches: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2017) . editor / Patrick Janssen ; Paul Loh ; Aleksandra Raonic ; Marc Aurel Schnabel. Hong Kong : The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), 2017. pp. 799-808 (CAADRIA 2017 - 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches).

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Loh, P & Leggett, D 2017, Tools as agents in design and making processes. in P Janssen, P Loh, A Raonic & MA Schnabel (eds), Protocols, Flows and Glitches: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2017) . CAADRIA 2017 - 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches, The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Hong Kong, pp. 799-808, 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches, CAADRIA 2017, Suzhou, China, 5/04/17. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2017.799

Tools as agents in design and making processes. / Loh, Paul; Leggett, David.
Protocols, Flows and Glitches: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2017) . ed. / Patrick Janssen; Paul Loh; Aleksandra Raonic; Marc Aurel Schnabel. Hong Kong: The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), 2017. p. 799-808 (CAADRIA 2017 - 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches).

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Loh P, Leggett D. Tools as agents in design and making processes. In Janssen P, Loh P, Raonic A, Schnabel MA, editors, Protocols, Flows and Glitches: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2017) . Hong Kong: The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA). 2017. p. 799-808. (CAADRIA 2017 - 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches). doi: 10.52842/conf.caadria.2017.799

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