The digital fabrication tools used in project Malbec included the
digital modeling tools Autodesk Maya and McNeel’s Rhino 3d, the
manufacturing software MasterCAM, and a 3-axis CNC machine. The
project was part of fabrication seminar held at Texas A&M University,
Department of Architecture. The concept, as depicted in the name
Malbec is of a wine splash on a gallery wall.
Malbec, the physical manifestation of the study (see figure 4),
addressed material experimentation produce expressive form: we
strove for minimal design sacrifice by developing innovative
fabrication techniques and assembly procedures which allowed us to
find a way around the machine's 3-axis limitations.