Robots build! At their program in architecture and digital production at the Eidgen”ssische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich), the architects Gramazio and Kohler have installed a research facility that is unique in the world. It is based on a computer-controlled industrial robot that produces construction elements directly from design data. The robot works flexibly with a tremendous range of tools and materials. In this way Gramaio and Kohler probe the exciting potential of digital design,construction, and manufacturing techniques for architecture. In their projects they incorporate insights and discoveries from the field of computer-aided production into the architectonic design process, using computers to develop innovative construction techniques and architecture. First structures using robots have already been built, for exampe the much noted Gantenbein vineyard in Fl„sch (CH) or the installation at the Swiss Pavilion at the 11th InternationalArchitecture Exhibition in Venice.
- ISBN: 978-3-03778-122-7
- Editorial: Birkhaüser
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 111
- Fecha Publicación: 31/12/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés