Robotic building at Dutch Design Week
The Delft Robotic Building Lab has two entries for the Dutch Design Week (17-25 October) in Eindhoven.
The first project, Componential Hybridity, concerns a plant-like stairwell for a former Philips factory hall in the Brabant capital of Eindhoven. Henriette Bier (Architecture and the Built Environment) and her team entwined 3D printed metal connectors and winding branches and trunks to create an organic whole.
The second project, the Bio(-cyber)-physical Planetoid, uses additive construction technology to provide shelter for plants and animals in remaining urban spaces. The 3D printed ‘planetoids’ are 0.5 to 1 metre in diameter, and are made of bioplastic from wood waste. The designers hope that the hollow spheres will create new microclimate zones where existing and new life can germinate.
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