Title & Author:

Towards a robotic architecture / Mahesh Daas, Andrew John Wit, editors.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Novato, CA : Applied Research and Design Publishing, an imprint of ORO Editions, [2018]
©2018

Description:

299 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color photographs ; 24 x 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Mahesh Daas, Andrew John Wit -- Section 01. Framing architectural robotics : Being thinking doing becoming: framing robotics in architecture / Mahesh Daas -- Robotic production in architecture / Andrew John Wit -- Section 02. Robotectonics : Introduction / Mahesh Daas, Andrew John Wit -- Fibrous tectonics / Achim Menges, Jan Knippers -- Fabrication for differentiation: towards an adaptive material practice / Paul Nicholas -- Materially informed robotic fabrication: architectural robotics and multi-scalar material architecture / Sina Mostafavi, Ana Anton -- Sacrificial formation / Roland Snooks -- Real-time robotics / Martin Bechthold -- Robotic spatial printing: discrete design and production / Gilles Retsin, Manuel Jimenez Garcia, Vicente Soler -- Section 03. Robotic architecture : Introduction / Mahesh Daas, Andrew John Wit -- From paradigms to practice, from avant-garde to culture / Hannes Mayer, Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler -- Accessible robotics: enabling industry and the creative community / Johannes Braumann, Sven Stumm, Sigrid Brell-Cokcan -- SPIDERobot: autonomous robot for budding construction / José Pedro Sousa, Nohelia Gonzálesz, Eduardo Moreira, Andry Maykol Pinto, José Lima, Paulo Costa, Pedro Costa, Germano Veiga, A. Paulo Moreira -- Bridging mountains: Joris Laarman / Andrew John Wit -- Prologue for a robotic architecture: bridging design environments, robotic additive manufacturing and systemic controls for kinetic in-formation / Wes McGee, Kathy Velikov, Geoffrey Thün, Daniel Tish -- From architecture to wearables: embodied interaction with robotic user interfaces / Behnaz Farahi -- Section 04. Robofutures : Introduction / Mahesh Daas, Andrew John Wit -- Parametric chemistry: reverse engineering biomaterial composites for robotic manufacturing of bio-cement structures across scales / Joshua Van Zak, Jorge Duro-Royo, Yen-Ju Tai, Andrea Ling, Christoph Bader, Neri Oxman -- Emergence of soft robotics in architecture / Martina Decker -- Soft, squishy and gooey: a dialog with Skylar Tibbits / Mahesh Daas, Skylar Tibbits, Andrew John Wit -- Rise of the servant zombies / Michael Silver -- Precarious living reactions: new paradigms for robotic architecture / Philip Beesley -- The architecture of gravity / Kendra Byrne -- Robotic construction on Mars / Petr Novikov.

Summary:

The past decade's surge towards more computationally defined building systems and highly adaptable open-source design software has left the field ripe for the integration of robotics whether through large-scale building fabrication or through more intelligent/adaptive building systems. Through this surge, architecture has not only been greatly influenced by these emerging technologies, but has also begun influencing other disciplines in unexpected ways. The purpose of this book is to provide systems of classification, categorisation, and taxonomies of robotics in architecture so that a more systematic and holistic body of work could take place while addressing the multifarious aspects of possible research and production.

ISBN:

1939621631
9781939621634

Subject:

Robotics Human factors.
Architecture and technology.
Cooperating objects (Computer systems)
Robotique Facteurs humains.
Architecture et technologie.
Objets coopérants (Systèmes informatiques)
Architektur
Robotik
Architecture Computer-aided design.
Architectural robotics.

Added entries:

Daas, Mahesh, editor.
Wit, Andrew John, editor.

Even when they do nothing, robots are evocative
Back cover: Watching robots is a magical experience

Holdings:

Location: Library main 299634
Call No.: BIB 245789
Status: Available