The robotic touch : how robots change architecture / How robots change architecture edited by Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler, Jan Willmann. - 488 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

"Gramazio & Kohler, Research ETH Zurich, 2005-2013." "Chair of Architecture and Digital Fabrication, ETH Zurich"--Colophon.



1. Thriving digital materiality -- 2. The robot -- 3. A new physis of construction -- 4. Code, language, design -- 5. Reality matters.

The synthesis of data and material, which failed to develop in the early digital age, is being realised in today's architecture. This becomes apparent in various medial, spatial and structural manifestations; where data and material can no longer be interpreted as parallel features but rather as being innate expressions of architecture, that have become essential to construction in a new digital age. Closely related to this development is the increasing use of robots in the building process; enabling the fundamental integration of data and material, programming and construction, where processes are developed based on fixed rules, analysed, and then translated to practical construction. Using robots in architecture has not to date been comprehensively researched. This book examines the the theory and practice robot-based building processes and the specific implications of using robots, within architectural design, looking to the future of this innovative and cutting-edge technology.

3906027376 9783906027371

2014368921

GBB426458 bnb

016645206 Uk


Architecture and technology.
Robotics.
Architecture--Technological innovations.
Building--Automation.
Computer vision.
Robotics
Architecture et technologie.
Robotique.
Architecture--Innovations.
Construction--Automatisation.
Vision par ordinateur.
Architecture and technology.
Architecture--Technological innovations.
Building--Automation.
Computer vision.
Robotics.

TJ210.3 / .G73 2014 NA2543.T43 / R63 2014