Build Something Big Out of Wood!
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A group of 10 students and 2 faculty mentors learned to navigate the use of Mixed Reality as both a design tool and a fabrication aid. Each member of the team brings a unique perspective and area of study; including M.Arch Graduate Students, MLA Graduate Students and BSc. Architecture Undergraduate Students. The groups collective experience ranges from applied mathematics, wood sawmilling, artistic drawing, aerospace engineering, botanical studies, sustainability, fabrication and music / sound.
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Tim Victorio Project Leader M.Arch 2022; Melissa Goldman Fablab Manager; Trevor Kemp FabLab Manager; Rafi Alam M.Arch ‘22; Sierra Brown M.Arch ‘22; Kendra Chow M.Arch ‘22; Alex Hall M.Arch ‘22; Deborah Lee M.Arch ‘22; Jamie Hark MLA ‘22; Talia Moore BSc. Arch ‘22; Haley Roland MLA ‘22; Tommy Ryan BSc.Arch ‘23
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White Pine (1”x3”) and Ash for wood ribboning
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Students saved $1000-1200
Mixed reality brings together both the real and virtual worlds, creating a new hybrid experience that changes the way we occupy and interact with the world around us. As technology progresses, new and exciting ways of utilizing mixed reality come to the surface. The design world has begun to take advantage of this new medium as a means of both concept design as well as augmenting the construction process. This independent study explored the use of Mixed Reality headsets to aid in the design and fabrication of a wooden pavilion that was placed at UVA’s School of Architecture. 10 students, both undergraduate and graduate level, along with 2 mentors, Melissa Goldman and Trevor Kemp (Fabrication Lab Managers), worked on this semester-long project to collect, mill and process lumber provided by UVA Sawmilling to build this installation by means of Mixed Reality headsets and parametric design.
Learn more at their website, Virginia Mixed Reality , to get more details!
