M.Arch - Thesis (Autonomous Building Robots)
Tutor : Shajay Bhooshan,
AADRL, Architectural Association, London.
Investigations into materials and robotics in the field of architecture have begun to challenge the architectural discourse by proposing alternatives to conventional modes of practice through the adoption of new fabrication technologies. Our research aimed at creating a process that ensured continuity between the stage of design and the materialization of the final outcome, through the customization of industrial robotic arm technology. A material system combining of fibre - glass rods, spring steel and nylon coating was created to achieve the development of a prototypical system connected hierarchically.
Taking advantage of the force and form interaction that characterizes active-bending structures, our networked material system was deformed and through a thermoforming process the overall output was fused to produce an architecture of high-
resolution formation.