Aural-Aid is an architectural acoustics firm. We pride ourselves in having a young and fun startup culture! Our manufacturing arm designs and makes acoustic panels and diffusers, while our contract arm constructs acoustic environments for cinemas, schools, auditoriums, and places of worship.
For more information, visit us at www.auralaid.com!
Objectives
Interns will be attached to a mentor under the design department to improve and/or propose new designs for fabric tracks, which is the principal component of the highest revenue-generating product (Fabrix). Alongside with the director and department engineers, they are expected to produce new/improved parametric designs for existing products based on proposed merits of their design direction. Their tasks include taking on analytical and technical roles as described in the following:
Product Design (Fabrix tracks)
- Understanding of existing products, including product characteristics, costs, fabrication and installation processes/challenges
- Design Ideation
- Students will base their ideation process on the following (not restricted to):
- Ease of installation
- Cost of production
- Construction reliability
- Design needs and trends
- Students will propose their approach to produce and materialise their designs e.g. biomimicry, parametric optimisation etc.
- Students will base their ideation process on the following (not restricted to):
- Prototyping
- Based on the parameters for their design approach, students will produce CAD drawings and prototypes with the 3D printer.
Technical Skills
(preferred) AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, SketchUp, V-Ray
Deliverables
- Parametric CAD drawings
- Design prototypes
- Photorealistic renders
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