Made by Robots Workshop: Crafted and Advanced

The workshop will focus on the creation of crafted architectural elements based on the analysis of manual processes and their translation to robotic fabrication methods. The topic comes from a recent research project at the Material Topology Research Laboratory (MTRL) at the Technion IIT. As part of the workshop, students will be exposed to the specific challenges posed by combining tools and concepts from the world of craft and robotics. Craft provides an ideal case study for this workshop since it requires translating manual actions into robotic procedures by developing rule-based systems, control schemes, and tools for material processing. The workshop will include three practical tasks which explore existing notions of digital manufacturing in respect to their counterparts in traditional architectural craft: Technical drawing, additive manufacturing, and subtractive manufacturing. Each task will display an increasing complexity with respect to the process of robotic fabrication.

Instructor: Tom Shaked

Spring 2018 | Confluence Institute for Innovation and Creative Strategies in Architecture | 23 rue Montrochet | Lyon, France