Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)
Design Research Laboratory AADRL
The studio research agenda explores the use of combined technologies, robotic arms and 3d printing, in the architectural design process. The main objective was to translate structurally motivated spatial networks into habitable dwellings. This can only be achieved by integrating digital fabrication into the design and production process.
This Research analyses how spatial printing can define a new design and fabrication method that addresses new formal and tectonic challenges with spatial extrusion, through the understanding of the material behaviour.
The conventional approach of layer-by-layer printing method is replaced by spatial extrusion. Thus, it is essential to design a 3d printer technology and define a particular external digital control system. This was achieved through the customization of existing industrial robotic arm technology responding to the material’s properties.