BRIEF:
The Workshop will involve a lecture and series of tutorials, clinics and show ‘n tells, as well as practical demonstrations and fabrication projects. We will introduce you to principles of prototyping and design through making, as well as developing your knowledge and skills in both traditional and digital manufacturing processes. You will learn how to work productively and creatively with a range of materials and have the opportunity to generate, test and realise your designs as a habitable installation. You will be guided along the way by the team of architecture lecturers, technicians and research staff that comprise the Fabrication Lab, and will have exclusive use for a week of all the resources it has to offer. The brief for the Workshop is simple but challenging. You will have the week to use what you learn to design, test and fabricate a collection of spatial installations, physical artefacts and sensory devices to transform the Lab into a unique Casino. We will then use what you create to host an event for us all to enjoy the space and celebrate your work, to which we will invite our key partners from architectural practice as well as senior members of the School of Architecture and the University. Please come prepared for an energetic start to your programme!