Thursday, October 5, 2017, 16:00
WHGA Auditorium
Russell Loveridge, Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research
(NCCR)
Abstract:
Digital tools and numerically controlled fabrication processes are
redefining and revolutionizing manufacturing across many of the most
prominent and innovative commercial and business sectors. However, the
single largest industrial sector worldwide, focused on production -
architecture and construction - is resistant and slow to adopt
technology.
Initiated in 2014, the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication aims to revolutionise architecture through the seamless combination of digital technologies and physical building processes. Researchers from different academic disciplines collaborate to develop ground-breaking technologies for tomorrow's construction. Their research allows Switzerland to take a leading position within the global field of digital fabrication.
This presentation will highlight research being undertaken within the
Swiss NCCR Digital Fabrication, and will discuss the innovative and
collaborative approaches needed to tackle the programmatic, economic,
and social challenges of digitally augmenting the construction of our
built environment.