RESEARCH AGENDAS

XL METAL 3D PRINTING (WAAM)

This approach is fast and relatively inexpensive, making it the ideal approach to building scale metal printing.

XL POLYMER 3D PRINTING

This research explores techniques for robotic extrusion and the implications this has for design.

ARCHITECTURAL GLASS 3D PRINTING

Development of 3D glass printing for architectural applications.

FIBER-COMPOSITE PRINTED TECTONICS

This research explores the design of tectonic prototypes that compress surface and structure through the integration of carbon fibre composites and 3D-printed polymer skins.

GEL SUSPENSION 3D PRINTING

Development of gel suspension printing techniques and an exploration of their design implications and tectonics.

BIO-MATERIAL PRINTING

This research explores the design implications of constructing architecture from biological materials which are grown.

EARTH TECTONICS - PRINTED FORMWORK

Earth Tectonics leverages the capacity of robotic 3D printed formwork to create highly detailed rammed earth structures.

MULTI-AGENT GENERATIVE DESIGN

This generative design approach encodes design intent within computational agents that self-organize to create an emergent architectural intention, and proto-architectural form and structure.

PAINTERLY FORMATION

The generation of non-indexical form through the interaction of self-organising generative processes and painterly operations

DIFFUSION TECTONICS

Diffusion Tectonics explores the application of generative AI in shaping proto-architectural tectonics with a central focus is the training of AI diffusion models,

SACRIFICIAL FORMWORK

This research explores large-scale polymer 3D printing of permanent, or sacrificial, formwork.

PRINTED FORMWORK

This research explores large-scale polymer 3D printing of formwork for cast concrete.

REAL-TIME ROBOTICS

This research is developing robust real-time control systems and computer vision approaches to robotics.

ARTIFICIAL AGENCY

This algorithmic design research project seeks to explore the operation of Machine Learning within venturous and highly speculative generative design processes and to examine its architectural implications.