What is Freedom by Design?
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Freedom by Design™, the AIAS community service program in partnership with the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), uses the talents of architecture students to radically impact the lives of people in their community through modest design and construction solutions. The program embraces efforts to provide both design-build and engagement solutions to address 5 barriers:
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Current Project
3D PRINTED PROTOTYPING
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LTU's AIAS Freedom by Design™ is teaming up with ModPublic™ + Citizens Robotics™ on digital fabrication through exploration.
ModPublic™ aims to create affordable housing opportunities in Detroit using robotic 3D printing. Both students and volunteers can collaborate to design housing prototypes, furniture, and other interactive 3D elements using the Citizens Robotics™ fab lab to support ModPublic's affordability mission. Visit our calendar to join our virtual meetings every Wednesday from 4:00-5:30 PM! Sign up to join the project anytime here:
You will be invited to the Mural Page and Google Drive by
submitting your email in this survey. |
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PHASE ONE OUTLINE
Fall 2020 will serve as an introductory project for 3D printing. The team will first work with a 3-axis 3D printer, accessed at LTU. After working with a 3-axis printer, the team will move to the fab lab in Detroit and learn how to use the 6-axis printer.
This will prepare the team for phase 2 in Spring 2021, where concrete printing will be implemented.
This will prepare the team for phase 2 in Spring 2021, where concrete printing will be implemented.
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DATE
09.09.20 09.16.20 09.23.20 09.30.20 10.07.20 10.14.20- 11.11.20 |
OBJECTIVE
Chapter + info meeting. Project officially kicks off: semester project brief is introduced and teams are assembled. 3D-printing tutorials are deployed. "Warm-up" exercise concludes with a presentation. Site visit details are introduced for next week. Teams begin / continue design iterations for the houses. First iterations are presented. Teams travel to the fab lab for an introduction to the 6-axis 3D printer. Second iterations are presented, now applied to the 6-axis 3D printer's capabilities. Teams are introduced to Grasshopper + the printer setup. Teams iterate and prototype using the fab lab printer until the final print is achieved. |
DELIVERABLES
"Warm-up" 3D printed geometries are completed. 3D printed house iterations are completed. Secondary house iterations are completed, with thought to the 6-axis printer. |
Download 3D-printing software here:
If you have any questions, email our FBD director at avalino@ltu.edu.
Past Projects
St. Clair Shores Ramp Project
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The Motown Movement
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Outdoor Classroom at Sampson-Webber
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