This interdisciplinary graduate seminar explores how computational geometry can redefine the design and fabrication of precast concrete architecture. Combining structural design methods, digital workflows, and industrial fabrication, the course examines how geometry influences structural behavior, material efficiency, constructability, and architectural expression. Students investigate compression-dominant structural systems—including vaults, shells, folded plates, and polyhedral assemblies—using geometry-based structural design methods such as graphic statics, parametric modeling, and structural optimization. These computational approaches are integrated with contemporary precast concrete technologies, digital fabrication, modular construction, and industrial production workflows. Through lectures, computational exercises, precedent studies, and collaboration with Northeast Precast (NEP), students develop innovative structural systems that are rationalized into precast components, detailed for fabrication, and evaluated through digital simulation and physical prototyping. The course culminates in the design and fabrication of a full-scale precast structural prototype that integrates geometry, structural performance, manufacturing, and assembly.
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