DIGITAL FABRICATION AND EPHEMERAL ARCHITECTURE: TEACHING INNOVATION IN THE FINAL DEGREE PROJECT FOR THE CREATION OF NEW PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

The aim of this paper is to incorporate new specific competences related to Digital Design and Fabrication for the Final Degree Project (FDP) of the Higher Technical School of Building Engineering of the University of Seville. These competences are currently not integrated in Degree courses, however, they occupy a greater prominence in the professional sector. We propose that the students make contact with previous projects, undertaken by the professors. These projects are based on fundamental principles in Geometry and Digital Fabrication, which have been constructed in different countries and Universities. This previous work is analysed, discussed and reused in the classroom to try to promote links between Education and Research. We present the Final Degree Project of Helena Santos Calvo (student), as a concrete example of this project of teaching innovation. Her work, entitled: Ephemeral Pavilions of Digital Manufacturing and light materials, optimization of the assembly phase, supposes a new advance in certain constructive problems detected in previous experiences.