Design from Availability
In this case study, digital design and robotic production methods are integrated as a flexible tool. Algorithms optimize how to ‘fit’ a stock of circular wooden beams to a desired shape, arranging them as a spatial frame with variable connection nodes. Every node is different, yet that’s no problem for production: industrial robots can easily saw, mill and drill wooden beams, given variable angles and lengths. This design and production flexibility can also include tenants in a creative dialog, to co-design their community structure. In this concept, the processing of beams and nodes is like fabricating a kit of custom parts. When all elements are pre-fabricated and tagged by robots, it can be built together with local tenants.
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This case study is part of the 'Circular Wood for the Neighborhood' project, done at the ROBOT LAB and lead by the Digital Production Research Group (DPRG) of the Knowledge Center Technology, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS).