SkyTimber: Mass Timber Architecture in the Tropics Lecture Series 7

Over the past decade investigations in Digital Fabrication have progressed from being “avant-guard” research into steady-state development field strongly present in both academics and industry. In this presentation Dr. Russell Loveridge will introduce the Swiss NCCR Digital Fabrication, present its history of highly interdisciplinary research innovation, and will discuss the next topics and focus for research in Architecture, Engineers and Construction. The presentation will focus on “Digital Timber” and will show how both the approaches and the tools used have changed over the past decade – from early expressive sculptural works to the highly successful current engagements with local and international timber industries. The presentation will feature projects developed at ETH Zurich in Switzerland which use open-source computational platforms and timber focused software to promote an increasingly integrated collaboration between designers and the CNC and robotic timber manufacturing sector.