Fabrication Lab

The Year l & ll Architectural Technology students did their Technology of Architecture module in the Fabrication Lab, they learnt how to use different materials and where the materials lie within the building structure. In these images we see them working in the Metal Shop preparing Joist Hangers. Joist Hangers are used to strengthen load bearing or non load bearing timber connections as well as to use face mount attachments to fasten joists to ledger boards and beams. 😃The students needed to model these joists in preparation for assembling a 1:2 house frame.
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MAKE FOR UKRAINE! Join us for an evening workshop designing and making your very own ceramic patisseries in the University of Westminster’s state-of-the-art Fabrication Lab. Assemble your cake with clay 3D printed by our robots, decorate it as you like using digitally fabricated cutters and stamps, and paint it with glaze. We’ll fire your cake the following week, and it will be yours to keep forever! !

MAKE FOR UKRAINE! Join us for an evening workshop designing and making your very own ceramic patisseries in the University of Westminster’s state-of-the-art Fabrication Lab. Assemble your cake with clay 3D printed by our robots, decorate it as you like using digitally fabricated cutters and stamps, and paint it with glaze. We’ll fire your cake the following week, and it will be yours to keep forever! For more information and tickets please click the link in our bio !

The Fabrication Lab has been hosting a workshop to raise money for the Ukraine crisis. The workshop is an opportunity for ANYBODY (no prior design skills needed) to design and make their very own ceramic patisserie. You will be able to assemble your cake with clay 3D printed by our robots, decorate it as you like using digitally fabricated cutters and stamps and paint it with glaze. For more information click the link in our bio.
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Kinetic Architecture Workshop Group E: Badehaus Am Kaiserstrand by Lang + Schwaerzler, is a bathhouse based in Austria. It is a single-storey building which rests on a platform supported by 30 reinforced concrete columns, connected to land by a 42 meter long pier. The building is designed to be flexible, with folding shutters covering the outer facade and sliding doors.
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Some close ups of the model-making development from the Kinetic Architecture Workshop with the BA students 😊 they had the opportunity to explore the precision of lasers cutters as well vast possibilities that come with it 🤓 a few ambitions students also made use of 3D printing 👍
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Kinetic Architecture Workshop 2022 - WIP 🚧 images of students exploring the mechanisms and forms of their buildings by making sketch models in the fabrication lab and receiving guidance from our staff
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This past week we had a intensive workshop with first year BA architecture students which was a wonderful success 😊 the workshop was an introduction to design through making with emphasis on learning to use Rhino 2D and the laser cutters to create physical models. The students worked in pairs on a kinetic build to represent/create the movement of the building as well as its overall architecture, it was a steep learning curve and they managed it very well 👌
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The Fabrication Lab staff are always about and happy to help! 😊 If you’re a student with us don’t hesitate to approach if you’re unsure or want to discuss your project, we have experience and we will gladly guide you 🔧🪚🗜
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Some WIP behind the scenes of students creating their Masked Ball installations - making use of hand tools, fabric, wood and metal
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Wood Essentials during the Masked Ball MArch project 😊 the students were introduced to various machines and hand-tools like the bandsaw, disc sander, drill press, Japanese saw & files
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