Computer gardening

• Main Author: Faught, Robert Townes
• Other Authors: Muriel Cooper.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2012
• Subjects: Architecture.; Sculpture Computer programs; Computer graphics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73232

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1980. === MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-76). === This report documents the initial development of a computer-controlled system for the production of three-dimensional forms. The project involved the design and construction of a carving device which was attached to an existing x-y plotter. The carving device was connected to a computer graphics system and various ways of using that system for three-dimensional design were explored. The material being carved is styrene foam in blocks, 4' x 4' x 1'. These carved blocks have potential use as sketches in exploring sculptural form, or as molds for the production of works in concrete fiberglass, or metal. === by Robert Faught. === M.S.