Review of Cementless Materials for 3D Printing of On- and Off-Earth Habitats

This chapter presents a review of cementless materials for 3D printing, with a specific emphasis on the utilization of volcanic ash in the context of a case study for off-Earth construction. As a highly promising alternative to traditional concrete, selected binders are investigated in relation to volcanic ash for the creation of an alternative...

Advancing Design-To-Robotic-Production and -Assembly of Underground Habitats on Mars

In order for off-Earth top surface structures built from regolith to protect astronauts from radiation, they need to be several metres thick. In a feasibility study, funded by the European Space Agency, Technical University Delft (TUD aka TU Delft) explored the possibility of building in empty lava tubes to create rhizomatic subsurface habitats....

Design-to-Robotic-Production and -Operation for Activating Bio-Cyber-Physical Environments

With current advancements in Cyber-physical Systems (CpS), data-driven design to both production and operation processes has been increasingly incorporating aspects of robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). These aspects are the focus of architectural exploration implemented in the Robotic Building lab at Technical University (TU) Delft...

Implications of Robotics and AI in Architecture

Robotic systems are increasingly incorporated into building processes and buildings. The question for the future is thus not if but how robotic systems will be integrated into architecture and the built environment. Such systems have a major impact due to the convergence of multiple technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), large-scale...

Deveoping Interactive Architecture Prototypes by Means of Design-to-Robotic-Operation

Concepts for Interactive Architecture have been developed since the 1970s and more recently with advancements in Cyber-physical Systems and the Internet of Things these concepts have increasingly been developed towards practical applications. This chapter presents Interactive Architecture applications developed at Technical University Delft...

Ancestorfuturist explorations within a design-to-robotic-operation framework

The workshop on Cyber-physical Spaces at the HIPERORGÂNICO 8: Ancestorfuturism (H8A) Symposium identified linkages between Constant’s vision from the 60-70s and its potential implementation with today’s technology. It engaged in the investigation of utopian/dystopian visions about future habitats by reinterpreting Constant’s New Babylon and...

Robotic Building as Integration of Design-to-Robotic-Production and -Operation

Robotic Building implies both physically built robotic environments and robotically supported building processes. Physically built robotic environments consist of reconfigurable, adaptive systems incorporating sensor-actuator mechanisms that enable buildings to interact with their users and surroundings in real-time. These robotic environments...

Materially Informed Design to Robotic Production: A Robotic 3D Printing System for Informed Material Deposition

This paper presents and discusses the development of a materially informed Design-to-Robotic-Production (D2RP) process for additive manufacturing aiming to achieve performative porosity in architecture at various scales. An extended series of experiments on materiality employing robotic fabrication techniques were implemented in order to finally...

Internet-Supported Multi-User Virtual and Physical Prototypes for Architectural Academic Education and Research