D_152 Boardwalk Re-Design : a case-study of parametric design and digital fabrication

Jose Pedro Sousa and Maruan Halabi,

students with Professor Marta Male-Alemany

Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Barcelona, Spain

The project to present explores the use of digital technologies to re-design the sea walkway of a known city. Programming geometric relations and setting mathematical variables allow for the interactive materialization of context data into architectural form. Parametric modeling can provide a multi-scale work, allowing continuity and real-time updating work from large-scale to small-scale and a direct output for rapid prototyping and CNC milling machines. A twisted element is used as a case-study in this research.