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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....
Wood Proto-architecture II

Wood Proto-architecture II

ARCH 4010-11 / ALAR 8010: Research Studio
Ehsan Baharlou, Dr.-Ing.

Wood Proto-architecture II: Integrating Design Computation and Materialization “It is a question of surrendering to the wood, then following where it leads by connecting operations to a materiality, instead of imposing a form upon a matter.” — A Thousand...

Computational Design and Construction

Computational Design and Construction

ARCH 5500-003: Special Topics in Architecture
Ehsan Baharlou, Dr.-Ing.

Introduction to Computational Design and Construction “The manifest form—that which appears—is the result of a computational interaction between internal rules and external (morphogenetic) pressures that, themselves, originate in other adjacent forms (ecology). The...

Wood Proto-architecture I

Wood Proto-architecture I

ARCH 4010-11 / ALAR 8010: Research Studio
Ehsan Baharlou, Dr.-Ing. and Thomas Jefferson Visiting Professor Achim Menges

Wood Proto-architecture I: Integrating Design Computation and Materialization “It is a question of surrendering to the wood, then following where it leads by connecting operations to a materiality, instead of imposing a form upon a matter.” — A Thousand Plateaus,...