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| Kizuki-au, Collaborative Constructions, Aichi Triennale, Tokoname, Japan, 2019-2022 |
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Collaborative Constructions investigates a new practice of architecture based on the creative, innovative and personal use of technology. The two projects by our chair at ETH Zurich and the University of Tokyo engage in a global collaboration looking at architectural strategies to relate nature and humanity through technology; they are results of human-robots collaborations and exemplify how we can engage with the past while looking ahead.
Our contribution consists of a three-storey tall timber-frame structure, which revives the long history of expert timber construction in Japan through Swiss design and technology. It revisits carpentry for the age of robotics, making metal parts, nails, screws or fasteners obsolete. The five constituting timber frame modules consist of more than a thousand bespoke timber elements and were prefabricated in the dRobotic Fabrication Laboratory at ETH Zurich. Designed to withstand earthquakes and storms, the towering structure activates its surrounding neighbourhood and landscape, while the wooden terrace or Japanese engawa serves as a meeting point for the community. Age-old knowledge has been revived through digital technologies, allowing for a highly material efficient and performative approach to building with timber. A new strategy for building multi-storey timber buildings is thus suggested as a sustainable alternative to conventional concrete and steel constructions. Vitality Swiss Publikationen: Matthias Helmreich, Hannes Mayer, Matteo Pacher, Tadahiro Nakajima, Mitsuhiro Kuroki, Shinya Tsubata, Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler . "Robotic Assembly of Modular Multi-Storey Timber-Only Frame Structures Using Traditional Wood Joinery." In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), 111-120. 2022. (Link)
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Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zürich
Hannes Mayer (project lead), Matthias Helmreich (fabrication and computational design lead), Matteo Pacher. In Zusammenarbeit mit: Shimizu Corporation Auftraggeber: Eidgenössisches Departement für auswärtige Angelenheiten EDA, Schweizerische Botschaft in Japan, Präsenz Schweiz. Ausgewählte Experten: Tadahiro Nakajima, Mitsuhiro Kuroki, Shinya Tsubata (Shimizu Corporation); Franz Tschümperlin, Lukas Ehrle (SJB Kempter Fitze); Thomas Wehrle, Steffen Hermann (ERNE AG); Philippe Fleischmann, Michael Lyrenmann (Robotic Fabrication Lab, ETH Zurich) Ausgewählte Unternehmer: Erne AG Holzbau, Kalt AG Partner: IWC Schaffhausen, BMW Japan, Panasonic Holdings Corporation, LIXIL Corporation, Cypress Sunadaya Co., Ltd, Vitra Co., Ltd., Knapp AG, Raimund BECK KG, MONTAGE Inc., Tokoname City. |
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