DI‑REH
Digital Twin Reinterpretation of Historical Patterns
CNC-Based Hybrid Heritage Fabrication Workshop
A five-day intensive workshop that treats the digital twin as a living, generative medium. Historical architectural ornaments are documented, computationally reinterpreted and re-materialised as CNC-fabricated relief prototypes in timber, cork or composite materials.
From historical motif to fabricated artefact
Historical Motif
Geometric & vegetal ornament read as a cultural knowledge system.
Visual Analysis
2D reading of geometry, rhythm, repetition and formal structure.
2D Interpretation
Visual references translated into digital working files.
Digital Twin
A computational model of the motif as living, editable data.
Computational Reinterpretation
Line abstraction, cubist fragmentation, pixel and geometric distortion.
CNC Fabrication
Toolpath logic re-materialises the motif in timber, cork or composite.
Physical Prototype
A hybrid heritage panel holding both memory and computation.
Digital Exhibition
The full process re-narrated as a web-based dissemination layer.
Heritage that evolves rather than merely endures.
Rather than reproducing patterns as exact replicas, participants pursue controlled reinterpretation through computational interventions — line-based abstraction, cubist fragmentation, pixel-based transformation and geometric distortion.
How can historical ornaments be transformed into contemporary hybrid heritage objects through digital twin methodologies, computational reinterpretation and CNC-based fabrication workflows?
Three intertwined territories
Digital Heritage
Read architectural ornament as data — decomposition, tracing and scan-oriented capture of geometric and vegetal motifs.
Computational Twin
Build the digital twin and manipulate it: pixel transformation, fragmentation and parametric distortion as design moves.
Hybrid Production
Translate computation into matter through CNC relief fabrication — re-materialising heritage as a hybrid artefact.
Join the reinterpretation of heritage
Places are limited to a maximum of 15 participants. Register your interest to receive the call for participants, eligibility details and the full programme.