2011SP Pratt | Digital Crafting
This seminar is examining the procedural distinctions between craftsmanship and manufacturing; the former being the “workmanship of risk” and the latter the “workmanship of certainty”. Digital Crafting operates through a framework of computational, material, and fabrication strategies that hinge on the craftspersons’ skill, dexterity, and willingness to embrace the unknown, what has been termed “Risk” by David Pye in his seminal work, The Nature and Art of Workmanship .
It is our assertion that through this notion of Risk we may best critique our current milieu and arrive upon an apt characterization of Craft, as well as its affiliated set of procedures, within architectural praxis today.
Participating Students:
Heidy Garay
Justin Hattendorf
Sharon Jamison
Eun Ji Lee
Seo Hee Lee
Victoria Perez
Christopher Santos
Ji-Won Shin
Jia Rong Zhu
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