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Mesh‐Mould: Robotically Fabricated Spatial Meshes as Reinforced Concrete Formwork
Author(s) -
Hack Norman,
Lauer Willi Viktor
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1753
Subject(s) - formwork , robot , polygon mesh , sustainability , robotics , computer science , civil engineering , engineering , construction engineering , artificial intelligence , computer graphics (images) , ecology , biology
If robots are to be employed in the construction of high‐rise structures, logistics and material systems have to be entirely rethought to cater for both their abilities and limitations: robots have limited loading capacity, but greater dexterity than other on‐site, automated construction techniques. Here, Norman Hack of ETH Zurich and Willi Viktor Lauer of the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) at the Singapore‐ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability (SEC) describe the research they have undertaken to develop ‘mesh‐mould’ as an alternative to conventional formwork.