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| Brick Labyrinth, Zurich, 2017 |
| MAS Programme in Architecture and Digital Fabrication, 2016-2017 |
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Designed and built within the Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture and Digital Fabrication programme at ETH Zurich, the Brick Labyrinth is the result of a three-month group project realised by students together with researchers from Gramazio Kohler Research. Measuring 8 by 10 meters in plan, it is the first large-scale construction built in the Robotic Fabrication Laboratory at ETH Zurich, which was opened in fall 2016 and features four collaborating robotic arms suspended from two gantries that allow working in an area of 45 by 17 meters.
The labyrinth continues a long tradition of robotic brick placing pioneered at the professorship in 2006, yet pushes the boundaries of computation and robotic control by using dry-stacked bricks with their structural integrity solely relying on gravitation. Students used computational tools not only for design iterations but also to check the stability and feasibility of the produced structures. Furthermore, they managed to generate the sequence and commands to control the multi-robotic fabrication of the final structure. Multiple iterations of physical tests and productions of prototypes allowed them to design and build the labyrinth, which consisted of over 10’000 bricks with a weight of 30 tons, in under 4 weeks. For more information: masdfab.com
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Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich
Collaborators: Hannes Mayer (MAS programme director), David Jenny, Stefana Parascho, Luka Piskorec, Students: Marco Caprani, Samuel Cros, Rodrigo Diaz, Ahmed Elshafei, Federico Giacomarra, Hakim Hasan, Marirena Kladeftira, Iakovina Kontiza, Thodoris Kyttas, Matthias Leschok, Coralie Ming, Wataru Nagatomo, Matteo Pacher, Maria Pachi, Sambit Samant, Theodora Spathi, Dai-Syuan Wu Sponsors: Keller AG Ziegeleien |
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