JAUE2020-005: Robotic Tectonics as A Practical Concept for Advanced Architectural Design

Abstract

Robotic tectonics as an emerging construction automation technology has been introduced into the architectural profession for more than a decade, advancing sustainability initiatives in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry, increasing the quality of building construction as well as solving the labor-shortage consumption increasing problems. Over the years, avant-garde architects have explored the feasibility of this new technic and design paradigm through the integration of newly-developed digital design software into advanced automated construction practices. This robotic digital workflow continues to push designers to re-think the complete architecture process (from design conception to physical construction) and guides the building industry towards more precise, efficient, and sustainable development.However, the innovative workflow of Robotic Tectonics has merely accepted as a new emerged technique instead of a newly developed design methodology and theory for advanced architectural design, most of architects and students are barely know, interested, and understand its working mechanism and workflows for inspiration of architectural design. Therefore, in this study, through the literature review of ‘tectonic’ and deductive theory studies, inductive design practice of workshop experiments, exploring the hypothesis of Robotic Tectonic as Crossinteractive workflow for design inspiration.