| |||||||||
|
|
| Semiramis, Tech Cluster Zug, 2019 |
|
Semiramis is an architectural installation designed with artificial intelligence that will be constructed in 2022 at the entrance of a new Tech Cluster Zug, Switzerland. As a herald for the increasingly interwoven collaboration between machines and humans, it aims to go beyond usual urban programs and it will rise as a vertical urban habitat reserved for plants and small local animals. By dwelling between the artificial and the natural, Semiramis has been established through a manifold of synergies and research projects in the fields of interactive computational design, machine learning, and digital fabrication. On a formal level, the structure is 22.5 meters in height without vegetation and is composed of five amorphous wooden pods sustained by 8 thin steel pillars.
Design and fabrication |
| Credits: |
|
Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich In cooperation with: Müller Illien Landscape Architects GmbH, Timbatec Timber Construction Engineers Switzerland Ltd Client: Urban Assets Zug AG Collaborators: Sarah Schneider (project lead), Matteo Pacher (fabrication lead), Aleksandra Apolinarska, Gonzalo Casas, Philippe Fleischmann, Matthias Helmreich, Michael Lyrenmann, Beverly Lytle, Romana Rust Selected experts: Computational Robotics Lab (CRL), ETH Zürich Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC), Zürich Industry partner: Erne AG Holzbau; TS3 AG; X, The Moonshot Factory |
| Copyright 2016, Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich, Switzerland | ||
| ||
|
Gramazio Kohler Research
Chair of Architecture and Digital Fabrication ETH Zürich HIB E 43 Stefano-Franscini Platz 1 / CH-8093 Zurich +41 44 633 49 06 | Follow us on: Vimeo | Instagram | |