A new machinecraft: Architectural robots

Ioana Cristina Nan

doi:10.52842/conf.caadria.2015.745

A new machinecraft: Architectural robots

Ioana Cristina Nan^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Urban Design

Abstract

The topic of this paper concentrates on robots and their new role in the architectural process from the early stage of conceptualization to the final stage of its materialization. By presenting a theoretical framework and an applied case study, this paper tries to initiate the discussion of redefining the status of the robotic machine in architecture. Besides being a regular tool among other digital fabrication tools, the robot and the ability of the architect to technically manipulate them, bears the potential of further reconnecting and intertwining the process behind design and fabrication. Operational and structural processes are being modified and points of focus shifted. Digital design connected by customized robotic machines to digital fabrication has the capability to result in a new type of architecture.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015)
Editors	Yasushi Ikeda, Christiane M. Herr, Dominik Holzer, Sawako Kaijima, Mi Jeong Kim, Marc Aurel Schnabel
Pages	745–754
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2015.745
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015) - Daegu , Korea, Republic of Duration: 20 May 2015 → 22 May 2015

Conference

Conference	20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015)
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Daegu
Period	20/05/15 → 22/05/15

Keywords

Machinecraft
robotic printing
robotic fabrication
construction strategy

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10.52842/conf.caadria.2015.745

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Nan, I. C. (2015). A new machinecraft: Architectural robots. In Y. Ikeda, C. M. Herr, D. Holzer, S. Kaijima, M. J. Kim, & M. A. Schnabel (Eds.), Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015) (pp. 745–754) https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2015.745

Nan, Ioana Cristina. / A new machinecraft : Architectural robots. Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015). editor / Yasushi Ikeda ; Christiane M. Herr ; Dominik Holzer ; Sawako Kaijima ; Mi Jeong Kim ; Marc Aurel Schnabel. 2015. pp. 745–754

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Nan, IC 2015, A new machinecraft: Architectural robots. in Y Ikeda, CM Herr, D Holzer, S Kaijima, MJ Kim & MA Schnabel (eds), Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015). pp. 745–754, 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015), Daegu , Korea, Republic of, 20/05/15. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2015.745

A new machinecraft: Architectural robots. / Nan, Ioana Cristina.
Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015). ed. / Yasushi Ikeda; Christiane M. Herr; Dominik Holzer; Sawako Kaijima; Mi Jeong Kim; Marc Aurel Schnabel. 2015. p. 745–754.

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Nan IC. A new machinecraft: Architectural robots. In Ikeda Y, Herr CM, Holzer D, Kaijima S, Kim MJ, Schnabel MA, editors, Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015). 2015. p. 745–754 doi: 10.52842/conf.caadria.2015.745