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Eco-Resilient Tectonics Architecture 

Robotically 3D-Printed Earthen Walls Embedded with Living Organisms Description Eco-resilient Tectonics explores the development of living building materials (LBMs) through robotic 3D printing of earth-based substrates embedded with living organisms. LBMs offer a...

Raster Orientation in Large-Scale Robotic 3D Printing of SCF-PLA  

Print-Path Orientation as a Designable Structural Parameter in Large-Scale Robotic 3D Printing Description Additive manufacturing in building construction can be extended for mass customization of building components or even complex mold making. This study examines...

Axisymmetric Column No. 1

Curved-Layer Toolpaths for a Self-Supporting Thin-Shell Column Description Axisymmetric Column No. 1 is a self-supporting thin-shell column produced by large-scale robotic additive manufacturing, using curved-layer pellet extrusion to deposit short-carbon-fiber PLA...

Chair No. 7: Human Parameters in Circular Design of Everyday Things

A Parametric Design-to-Fabrication System for Robotically 3D-Printed Everyday Objects Description In architectural design, the model of design to construction is constantly changing. One parameter in these permanent changes is human needs, most notably, the...

Circular Mobile-Robot Additive Platform 

On-Site Soil Additive Manufacturing with a Mobile Robotic Platform Description Advancements in robotic technology are ushering in a new era of autonomy in building construction, making it possible to employ soil–based materials through circular additive manufacturing....
Robotics + X

Robotics + X

Robotics + X
Ehsan Baharlou, Dr.-Ing.

Ehsan Baharlou will participate in the UVA OVPR Robotics + X Symposium on January 30, 2026, at Newcomb Hall (Commonwealth Room), University of Virginia. Organized by UVA's School of Engineering and Applied Science, the symposium brings together faculty from across...

Homing the Machine in Architecture

Homing the Machine in Architecture

Homing the Machine in Architecture
Ehsan Baharlou, Dr.-Ing.

Ehsan Baharlou contributed a chapter to Homing the Machine in Architecture, edited by Galo Canizares and Zach Cohen and published by Routledge (2024). His chapter, "Ecotectonics: Using Digital Fabrication Towards Multispecies Design," appears in the volume's...

Vivre avec / Living with

Vivre avec / Living with

Vivre avec / Living with
Ehsan Baharlou, Dr.-Ing.

Ehsan Baharlou contributes a chapter to Vivre avec / Living with, the official catalogue of the French Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia, published by Flammarion (2025). Edited by Dominique Jakob, Brendan MacFarlane,...

“Living With / Vivre Avec” Panel

“Living With / Vivre Avec” Panel

“Living With / Vivre Avec” Panel
Ehsan Baharlou, Dr.-Ing.

Ehsan Baharlou will participate in the “Living With / Vivre Avec” panel on November 9 at the 6th Chicago Architecture Biennial, SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change, originally commissioned by the Institut français for the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale....

Toolpath-Informed Biofabrication

Toolpath-Informed Biofabrication

Conference Presentation
Ipsita Datta, PhD Candidate
Ye Ma, PhD Candidate
Ehsan Baharlou, Dr.-Ing., Assistant Professor

Ipsita Datta, Ye Ma, and Ehsan Baharlou presented their research titled "Toolpath Informed Biofabrication" on November 6 at ACADIA 2025 in Miami, Florida. The project examines how robotic additive manufacturing can spatially guide mycelial growth within oyster shell...

Eco‑Resilience Tectonics: Living Column

Eco‑Resilience Tectonics: Living Column

Exhibition
Ehsan Baharlou, Dr.-Ing.

As part of Biophilic Region Charlottesville–Albemarle County: A Vision for a Nature-Connected Future, the exhibition includes Living Column, a living material installation that brings biological processes into direct dialogue with architectural form. Conceived as a...

Eco-Resilient Tectonics 

Eco-Resilient Tectonics 

Conference Presentation
Ehsan Baharlou, Dr.-Ing.

Ehsan Baharlou presented his research titled "Eco-resilient Tectonics: Living Building Materials in Multi-species Earthen Construction" on March 22 at the 113th ACSA Annual Meeting Proceedings, Repair, in New Orleans. The work investigates how additive manufacturing...