Robotic building : architecture in the age of automation / Mollie Claypool, Manuel Jimenez Garcia, Gilles Retsin, Vicente Soler.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword. The Age Of Computational Brutalism / Carpo, Mario -- Introduction. Architecture In The Age Of Automation / Claypool, Mollie / Jimenez Garcia, Manuel / Retsin, Gilles / Soler, Vicente -- Chapter 1. Craft -- Craft / Claypool, Mollie / Jimenez Garcia, Manuel / Retsin, Gilles / Soler, Vicente -- Chi-She, 2016 / Yuan, Philip -- Cyclopean Cannibalism, 2017 / Design, Matter / Clifford, Brandon / McGee, Wes / Stone, Quarra -- Elytra Filament Pavilion, 2016 / Menges, Achim / Dörstelmann, Moritz / Knippers, Jan / Auer, Thomas -- Chapter 2: Print -- Print / Claypool, Mollie / Jimenez Garcia, Manuel / Retsin, Gilles / Soler, Vicente -- Digital Grotesque II, 2017 / Hansmeyer, Michael / Dillenburger, Benjamin -- Space-Truss Prototype, 2012 / Morel, Philippe -- Thallus, 2017 -- Chapter 3: Assemble -- Assemble / Claypool, Mollie / Jimenez Garcia, Manuel / Retsin, Gilles / Soler, Vicente -- Voxel Chair 1.0, 2017 / Jimenez Garcia, Manuel / Retsin, Gilles / Soler, Vicente -- Rock Printing, 2015 -- 2018 -- Int: Robotic Building Blocks, 2017 / Tan, Zoey / Tanskanen, Claudia / Li, Qianyi / Yin, Xiaolin -- Chapter 4: Many -- Many / Claypool, Mollie / Jimenez Garcia, Manuel / Retsin, Gilles / Soler, Vicente -- Semblr, 2017 / Tedbury, Ivo -- Multi-Species Robotic Fabrication For Filament Structures: Towards A Robotic Ecosystem, 2015 / Yablonina, Maria / Menges, Achim -- A Swarm Robot Ecosystem For Autonomous Construction, 2017 / Melenbrink, Nathan / Werfel, Justin -- Chapter 5: Diffuse -- Diffuse / Claypool, Mollie / Jimenez Garcia, Manuel / Retsin, Gilles / Soler, Vicente -- Hoaxurbanism, 2017 / Rehm, M. Casey -- RV Prototype House, 2012 / Lynn, Greg -- Common'Hood, 2019 / Sanchez, Jose -- Positions -- Towards An Artificial Architecture: About Superintelligent Space / Morel, Philippe -- Digital Fabrication, Materiality And Nostalgia / Picon, Antoine -- Appendix -- Authors -- Contributors -- Credits -- Imprint -- Acknowledgements

The use of robots in architecture is already commonplace: robots automate processes that were previously done manually. Complex shapes are created with the help of 3D printing while autonomous swarms of robots construct complex buildings. How does the use of robots affect the resulting structures; how does it affect the thinking of architects who work with robots? Robotic Building answers these questions with several practical examples. A final chapter explores the idea of architect as robot, the fully-automated home and similar concepts in which the robot merges with its environment and becomes part of our experience.

In English.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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