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At the disposal of today’s architect is an evolving array of interoperable tools and processes that allow the fabrication of design propositions to be increasingly complex, non-standard and adaptive. How are we equipped to deal with such a growing breadth of new potential, and how are the philosophies that underpin this potential being defined? This paper attempts to address what is something of a contemporary dilemma in architecture, as the constraints of industrial standardisation are relaxed. Have the roles of designers and makers changed in a way that we’ve not experienced before, and is a new approach to making architecture emerging?
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Sheil, B. (2012). Manufacturing Bespoke Architecture. In: Williams, K. (eds) Digital Fabrication. Nexus Network Journal. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0582-7_4
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