| id |
ecaade2016_221 |
| authors |
Retsin, Gilles |
| year |
2016 |
| title |
Discrete Assembly and Digital Materials in Architecture |
| doi |
https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.1.143
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| source |
Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 143-151 |
| wos |
WOS:000402063700016 |
| summary |
The paper will discuss two projects which explore the territory of discrete or digital material organisations in an architectural context. Taking inspiration from the field of Digital Materials, this paper presents an approach to architectural design which is fundamentally "digital" - not just in the process but also in its physical organisation. The use of discrete and digital materials in architecture is argued for from both an architectonic point of view, as well as from efficiencies related to automation of construction. Experiments with robotic assembly are caught between on the one hand the desire to increase speed, and on the other hand increased complexity. This paper argues that robotic assembly on the scale of architecture is only feasible and scalable in the context of digital materials and discrete computation, which has a limited set of connectivity problems. The two projects are a first attempt to translate the concept of Digital Materials to the domain of architecture. The result is an architecture which is digital in its physical organisation. It demonstrates how differentiated, complex and heterogeneous spaces can be achieved with just serialised, discrete elements. |
| keywords |
Discrete Computation; Robotic Assembly; mereology; Digital Materials; Additive Assembly |
| series |
eCAADe |
| email |
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| full text |
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