Computational Design | Hybrid Workshop | English | Asia-Pacific
Description:
The Tectonic Formation workshop will have two components: an online series of lectures and an on-site fabrication/assembly project (at Tongji University, Shanghai).
The two-day lecture series will examine a cross-section of the design research undertaken by the RMIT Architecture | Tectonic Formation Lab, directed by Roland Snooks. This research includes multi-agent behavioral design processes, machine learning-based generative design, large-scale additive manufacturing, sacrificial formwork tectonics, wire-arc tectonics, the printing of biological materials, and painterly generative design processes.
The on-site workshop will assemble and install a large-scale 3D printed proto-architectural project. The project will be pre-fabricated by an industry partner from concrete (cast within 3D printed moulds) and WAAM printed steel. Workshop participants will learn techniques of Augmented Reality (AR) based assembly where the complex printed parts will be assembled without the need for traditional drawings.
www.instagram.com/tectonicformationlab
www.rolandsnooks.com
Key Words:
Swarm Intelligence,Computational Design,Robotic Fabrication,Additive Manufacturing
Required Skills:
None
Required Software:
None
Required Hardware:
PC and Internet
Maximum number of participating students:
Unlimited
The two-day lecture series will examine a cross-section of the design research undertaken by the RMIT Architecture | Tectonic Formation Lab, directed by Roland Snooks. This research includes multi-agent behavioral design processes, machine learning-based generative design, large-scale additive manufacturing, sacrificial formwork tectonics, wire-arc tectonics, the printing of biological materials, and painterly generative design processes.
The on-site workshop will assemble and install a large-scale 3D printed proto-architectural project. The project will be pre-fabricated by an industry partner from concrete (cast within 3D printed moulds) and WAAM printed steel. Workshop participants will learn techniques of Augmented Reality (AR) based assembly where the complex printed parts will be assembled without the need for traditional drawings.
www.instagram.com/tectonicformationlab
www.rolandsnooks.com
Schedule:
Jun 28 - Jul 2
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Day 1 / Jun 28
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Day 2 / Jun 29
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Day 3 / Jul 1
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Day 4 / Jul 2
Instructors:
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Roland Snooks RMIT University, School of Architecture and Urban Design,Associate Professor & Director of RMIT Architecture | Tectonic Formation LabDr Roland Snooks is an Associate Professor at RMIT University in the School of Architecture and Urban Design. He has previously taught widely in the US, including at Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, SCI-Arc and the Pratt Institute. His work explores the emergence of intricate formations from self-organising processes. Roland's design research is focused on the development of behavioural processes of formation that draw from the logic of swarm intelligence and the operation of multi-agent algorithms and robotic fabrication. Roland is the director of the architectural practice Studio Roland Snooks and founding partner of Kokkugia. Roland also directs the Tectonic Formation Lab & Architectural Robotic Lab at RMIT Architecture. Roland received a PhD from RMIT University, and he holds a master in advanced architectural design from Columbia University, where he studied on a Fulbright scholarship.