Work flows from design to fabrication: Parametric explorations in fabrication workshops

The key aim is to investigate the work flow from concept design to digital fabrication as a method of teaching that encourages innovation in the architectural field and challenges how we approach the process from design to production. This article explains the teaching strategies used to merge parametric design tools and digital manufacturing methods in one work flow: modeling-fabrication-assembling, realized as part of a series of workshop seminars, developing experiments, prototypes and real scaled self-supporting structures.