Weaving Tectonics Past Event
Presented by Ding Wen ‘Nic’ Bao and Dan Luo
Date
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Venue
Access
Wheelchair Access
Weaving Tectonics Past Event
Presented by Ding Wen ‘Nic’ Bao and Dan Luo
Presented as a collaboration between RMIT Architecture and The University of Queensland, this exhibition showcases robotically fabricated prototypes that explore the potential of architectural form, structure, ornament, and tectonics through design. The outcome of the new design and fabrication system for large-scale spatial structure is based on a combined workflow of robotic assembly and robotic winding. It validates the feasibility of the proposed system via the design, fabrication, and testing of several full-scale prototypes. The reusability of the robotic assembled temporary support system in the fabrication process further raises its competitiveness among all the manufacturing methods. This technology eventually provides a novel method to build adaptive, lightweight, sustainable, low-cost, and reliable structures.The exhibition displays several pieces of novel furniture and large-scale installation physically in conjunction with a video and floor talk that provides an insight into the digital and automation technologies in the design and fabrication process.
Project Team:
Project Leader & Chief Designer and Engineer: Dingwen ‘Nic’ Bao
Project Leader & Chief Designer and Technologist: Dan Luo
Project Designer, Engineer, Fabrication Lead: Zhuoyang Xin
Project Designer, Engineer, Architect: Xin Yan
Project Designer: Guanqi Zhu
Fabricator (Table): Kelton Boyter-Grant
Fabricator (Installation): Xu Cao, Jiayue Hu, Eryu Ni, Chongyi Tang
This exhibition is supported by FormX Technology, Eureka TechIn, DCF Property Group, and PR Asia.
Participants
Lecturer in Architecture at School of Architecture and Urban Design and Researcher at Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials, School of Engineering, RMIT University; Registered Architect and Director of BDW Architects and FormX.
Lecturer at School of Architecture and School of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland, who holds a PhD in Digital Design and Fabrication from Tsinghua University and Master of Architecture from Columbia University.
PhD Candidate at the School of Architecture, The University of Queensland, where he gained the Master of Civil Engineering.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Tsinghua University and Sessional Studio Leader at RMIT Architecture, who holds a PhD and Master in Architecture and Engineering from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
PhD Candidate at the School of Architecture, The University of Queensland.
Student Research Assistants and Master Student at the School of Architecture, The University of Queensland.
Student Research Assistants and Master Student at the School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland.
Student Research Assistants and Bachelor Student at the School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland.