Systems Reef: Developing Onsite Robotic Weaving

• What we'll do
Next week we have Dr Dagmar Reinhardt and Chris Bickerton presenting their project 'Systems Reef: Developing Onsite Robotic Weaving'. Industrial robotics enable completely new ways of advancing manufacturing for the building industry. This talk discusses the ideas and concepts, and the work process, for a design research project developed in close research collaboration between practice and academia. It presents the development of a new, integrated ceiling structure that is produced through robotic weaving with lightweight and super-strong carbon-fibre threads. The ‘Systems Reef‘ is the result of intense co-design and collaboration process between BVN and the Robotics Lab/DMaF at the School of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney, and is a trailblazer for a new concept of fabrication. The talk discusses the project’s multiple criteria, from the development of workspace scenarios and conditions to new robotic applications and material practices. It presents the stages of prototyping of geometrically complex, fiber-reinforced building elements as a distribution system for data and light, the structural performance, and the challenges of onsite live construction and testing environment of robotic manufacturing within the running architecture practice. Join our LinkedIN Group - Robots in Architecture and Construction Australia
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/10361169. Follow the project on Instagram - www.instagram.com/BVNrobotics. Dr Dagmar Reinhardt is a practising architect, researcher and educator, and a principal of reinhardtjung (www.reinhardtjung.de), a research-based architecture practice that has been widely published, and received numerous recognitions and awards. As the Program Director of the Bachelor of Architecture and Environments (BAE) and Leader of the Digital Architecture Research Stream at the School of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney, she pushes the boundaries for computational concepts, scripting protocols and new developments for advanced manufacturing and robotic fabrication. Chris Bickerton is an Associate at BVN where he has practiced as a Computational Designer since 2012. After completing his Masters in Architecture at The University of Sydney he has become an advocate for the adoption of Digital Fabrication, in particular additive technologies, in large architectural practice. Working primarily in the Rhino/Grasshopper environment, Chris has applied his skills to a wide collection of project typologies and scales including Workplace, Residential, Healthcare, Hi-Rise, Commercial, Master-planning and Sport.

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Doors open from 4pm. Talk will start at 6pm.