Fablab Barcelona Assistant Tutor

(Barcelona, Spain)

Assisting the students of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia – IaaC at their classes projects when using the facilities of Fablab Barcelona, including teaching and coordinating the lab of 3D printers; fixing files and generating geometries to the 3D printers; tutoring them to generate geometries using Grasshopper; and tutoring at the automation of projects using Arduino. The complete tasks include:

• Coordination of the 3D printers lab, 3D printers Lab operation and maintenance of the 3D printers (including three BCN3D – a RepRap based, a FormOne, and a ZCorp);

• Grasshopper definition development for the projects at the Fablab;

• Assisting the students of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia – IaaC at their classes projects when using the facilities of Fablab Barcelona, including teaching; fixing files and generating geometries to the 3D Printers Lab; tutoring them to generate geometries using Grasshopper; and tutoring at the automation of projects using Arduino.

• Technical support with electronics and Arduino to ongoing projects including executing an interactive wall on a new build restaurant, and helping the students at their projects;

• Support at the workshop with the laser cutter and CNC Router machines; and

• Maintenance of the computers of the FabLab, installation of softwares, assembling and dissembling of the PC’s.

A couple of examples:

Authors: Anna Abduraimova Dandyego and Ar Mohit Chordia.

Concept: An machine that could represent the movement of a subway train by moving a pen attached to a 3D printed connection between two metal rods axis.

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Authors: Fidose Basha Ghouse and Choie Funk.

Concept: An machine that represent the movement of people which would pass in front of the machine by moving a pen attached to wooden arms rotated by DC motors which speed would be determined by the proximity of a person.

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Concept: An machine that represent the movement of people which would pass in front of the machine by moving pens attached to wooden blocks rotated by computer cooler fans which speed would be determined by the proximity of a person.      james1 james2