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Cutting a part is only half the job. The finish is what makes a project look professional, last longer, and communicate the right tone....

If you’ve ever designed something for laser cutting or CNC routing and found that parts don’t quite fit, chances are you’ve met kerf —...

Running a fabrication lab isn’t just about having machines — it’s about using the right tools for the right jobs. Over time, we’ve built...

Every shop knows materials aren’t cheap. Wood, acrylic, composites — they all come with a price tag. But the true cost of material isn’t...

Small businesses don’t always have huge branding budgets, but what they do  have is creativity — and that’s where digital fabrication...

Most businesses start with a logo. It lives on a website, a business card, maybe a social post. But the real challenge is turning that...

Every semester, I see it happen: students spend weeks refining drawings, then pull an all-nighter to cobble together a final model. The...

In architectural education, models are often treated as neutral tools — just a way to represent geometry in three dimensions. But in...

Every architecture student eventually faces the same late-night decision: Do I keep cutting chipboard, or should I try to 3D print this...

The first time I brought a Rhino file into the CNC workflow, I thought it would be simple. Draw a shape, save it out, cut it on the...

When I first experimented with SLA resin printing in the shop, it was eye-opening. Coming from architecture, I was used to the trade-offs...

When I first added an FDM printer to the shop, the goal wasn’t mass production — it was to make architectural models more accessible....

When we first brought a CNC router into the shop, the goal was simple: bridge the gap between architectural design and hands-on...

This paper explores the architectural significance of two key Latin American institutions—the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of São Paulo (FAUUSP) and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Both universities have played central roles in shaping their countries' educational, cultural, and political landscapes, acting as symbols of innovation, resistance, and societal change.