A case-study in cross-disciplinary student work: a CNC-manufactured body for FSAE racing

The project discussed here involves the contribution of architecture students towards the design and fabrication of the body for an open wheel race-car for the annual SAE competition (Society of Automotive Engineers). The development of this body constitutes only a portion of a wider project that involves engineering a fully functional car within the time-span of one academic year, within the school of Mechanical Engineering. Naturally, the overall project involves a wide range of skills that exceed architectural training and the author is interested in this collaborative effort between two distinct departments and the logistics involved in its materialization.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.Teach.2011.10

Volume Editors
Kiel Moe & William Braham

ISBN
978-0-935502-79-4