The Digital
in Architecture II
Prof. Fabio Gramazio Prof. Matthias Kohler Jesús Medina
063-0611-00L Autumn Semester - HS19
Exercise Thu 15:00 –
18:00
Room HIB D13.1
About the course
Subject of the course is Robotic Fabrication in
architecture. Through material exploration, basic skills such as robotic
control are being taught and applied to a small design and fabrication project.
The course teaches how to develop a simple fabrication and material aware
digital design process linked to a robotic fabrication procedure.
Students learn to use industrial robots such as the
Universal Robot (UR5) and understand basic principles of robotic control. At
the end of the course, students are able to translate simple design ideas into
robotic fabrication processes, which they can run independently. Furthermore
students deepen their skills in Python and Grasshopper, which they have
acquired in the course “The Digital in Architecture I”.
See in Course
Catalogue
News & Updates
19.09 First session ŕ Course intro
Lectures
19.09 Session 1 Intro - Basic
Robotic control
26.09 Session 2 Introduction to UR5
03.10 Session 3 Process iteration
10.10 Session 4 Process iteration, Desk-Crit
17.10 Session 5 Mid-Term Presentation
24.10 n.a. Seminarweek
31.11 Session 6 Feedback loop
07.11 Session 7 Process iteration
14.11 Session 8 Process iteration
21.11 Session 9 Process iteration, Desk-Crit
28.11 Session 10 Process iteration & documentation
05.12 Session 11 Final presentation
Exercises
Bring your laptop + mouse!
Required software: Rhinoceros 6 for Windows and Grasshopper (see details and
install instructions)
19.09 Exercise
1 [assignment] [submit] Intro
Contact
For general questions and discussions, join us on slack
Jesús Medina medina@arch.ethz.ch +41 44 633 01 76