Robotic Earth Reinforcement

Exploring the potential of digitally enabled hybrid construction, this seminar merges the textile repertoire of natural fiber reinforcement with a robotic shot-earth process to develop fully recyclable and structural performant material systems. Participants will explore textile concepts for spatial fiber reinforcement for earth structures through digital design and hands-on experimentation and prototyping of full scale robotic fabrication processes in DDF´s Digital Construction Lab.

 

In close collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) the seminar outcome will contribute to research in 3D-printed earth construction, and will be further explored in an autumn workshop in Barcelona, Spain.