
How are new manufacturing methods changing traditional crafts ... and what can we learn from this?
In my research I investigate a variety of phenomena that
happen between carpenters and modern CNC joinery systems.
Is there a substantial change in 'their craft' ... what about their expertise, the tacit knowledge? are they still carpenters or just machine operators? and how do we build our wooden houses when everything (might one day) come from gigantic 3D printers? am sure that I will not be able to answer (all) these questions ... but at least I hope to make another contribution to the current debate on technology, work and the future in timber construction. It is no longer a question that the digital transformation of our society is also changing craft professions. We therefore need to think about the direction in which the processes can/should be steered

written:
Schwarzmann, W. (2020). Traditional Knowledge on Modern Milling Robots. Paper presented at the Anthropologic – Architecture and Fabrication in the cognitive age – International Online Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, Berlin, Germany.
Schwarzmann, W. (2019). How new technologies can promote the reintroduction of traditional knowledge in the profession of a carpenter. Paper presented at the Space and digital reality: Ideas, Representations / Applications and Fabrication, Tallinn.
Schwarzmann, W. (2019). How Does the Process of Industry 4.0 Change the Job of a Carpenter? Paper presented at the DRS Learn X Design 2019: Insider Knowledge, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Schwarzmann, W. (2019). How new technologies can promote the reintroduction of traditional knowledge in the profession of a carpenter. Paper presented at the Space and digital reality: Ideas, Representations / Applications and Fabrication, Tallinn.
Schwarzmann, W. (2019). How Does the Process of Industry 4.0 Change the Job of a Carpenter? Paper presented at the DRS Learn X Design 2019: Insider Knowledge, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
spoken:
Schwarzmann, W. (2021, November 5). Einfach anders bauen; Workshop together with Prof. Dirk Hebel (KIT, Karlsruher institute of technology) Andelsbuch
Schwarzmann, W. (2020, Oktober 22). Digitalisierung im Handwerk; HolzbauKunst - Mensch und Maschine ziehen an einem Strang. Vorarlberger Holzbautag 2020, Alberschwende.
Schwarzmann, W. (2020, Oktober 22). Digitalisierung im Handwerk; HolzbauKunst - Mensch und Maschine ziehen an einem Strang. Vorarlberger Holzbautag 2020, Alberschwende.
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