About the course
On this course you will:
- develop,
learn and innovate with advanced manufacturing processes, including
robotics for fabrication and assembly, 3D printing, CNC milling, water
jet, 3D scanning and laser cutting.
- have access to large-volume
space for 1:1 prototyping at Here East in close proximity to
complimentary disciplines and expertise in civil engineering, computer
science, architectural computation, environmental design and performance
design.
- work collaboratively to design and prototype elements,
such as furniture systems, structures and enclosures, set within the
context of contemporary challenges such as sustainability, production,
cost, and assembly.
- work with B-made, The Bartlett Manufacturing
and Design Exchange, our state-of-the-art fabrication resource staffed
by experts in craft, making, manufacturing and robotics.
- have access to simulation and fabrication software within a new experimental factory-based environment
- contextualise
design innovation and design practice within theoretical discourse on
architectural and engineering design, digital design, automation and
industrial processes.
- participate in the triennial FABRICATE conference.
Programme summary
There
is an abundance of advanced design and engineering tools in the UK that
an elite workforce develop and deploy to export their expertise
worldwide. Yet there is currently a shortage of skilled workers at the
point of production tasked with delivering increasingly sophisticated
and challenging projects by clients, in line with rising expectations on
quality and regulation.
The Design for Manufacture Masters course
aims to prepare a new professional workforce of highly skilled,
creative and adaptable experts, with tacit and explicit knowledge in
design, engineering, material behaviour, analogue and digital craft, and
advanced systems operations.
This course will expose students to
new forms of advanced design and engineering methodologies – such as
robotics and 3D scanning – that are currently reinventing core
approaches to shaping, making and refitting the built and manufactured
environment.