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| Malleable Voxels, Madrid, 2017 |
| Robotics Atelier 2017 at the Norman Foster Foundation |
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The workshop Malleable Voxels explores the potential of robotically aggregating earthen materials by shooting clay projectiles from varying directions, suggesting an entirely new interpretation of existing 3D printing techniques. Due to the projectiles’ malleable nature, they deform through impact and create an interlocking bond with the existing structure. This workshop focuses on designing and fabricating formations of small-scale clay projectiles in model scale, which are informed by their orientation and compression.
The workshop is held at the Norman Foster Foundation in Madrid as part of the Robotics Atelier 2017. Ten students from universities and institutions from all over the globe are invited to develop creative ideas and concepts about the synthesis of computational design, material processes and robotic fabrication. With the urgent call for sustainability, we ask how untreated natural materials and advanced technology can be combined to arrive at new methods in construction that shape the future of architecture.
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Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich
In cooperation with: Norman Foster Foundation Collaborators: Romana Rust (project lead), Selen Ercan, Hakim Hasan, David Jenny Students: Vasilija Abramovic (The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, UK), Serban Bodea (Institute for Computational Design and Construction, Stuttgart, Germany), Adrián Carrio (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain), Hareesh Godaba (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Prakhar Jain (Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India), Steven Keating (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA), Luz Martínez Ramírez (Universidad Iberoamericana de Ciencias y Tecnología, Santiago, Chile), Brenda Mboya (Ashesi University, Accra, Ghana), Parascho Stefana (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland), Ricardo Valbuena (Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain) Sponsors: Rolex Institute |
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