Robotic Building

Lecture of Philip Beesley from Living Architecture Systems Group organised by Robotic Building and Crossing Parallels takes place June 19th, 16:00 @ Room R, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment TU Delft

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Abiogenetic Architecture - Notes toward design method

New projects by the Living Architecture Systems Group will be presented, providing detailed illustrations of prototypes and offering design methods that could be applied to contemporary design. These ‘living labs’ harness emerging technologies into a responsive, breathing, sentient architecture by combining detailed artificial fabric systems from fashion and heavy structures from architecture. Newly invented structural systems combine mechanics, sound, light, and filtering systems using artificial intelligence and synthetic biology. The work evolves through collaborative exchanges with an international network of scientists, engineers, and artists including Atelier van Herpen and Salvador Breed of [1] 4DSOUND in Amsterdam, University of Waterloo researchers, engineer lead Rob Gorbet, and the main Living Architecture Systems studio in Toronto.

Philip Beesley, FRAIC, RCA, OAA (1956, Canadian) is an architect and multidisciplinary artist. His next-generation intelligent environments are recognized for their innovative, nearly-living qualities. He leads Living Architecture Systems (LAS), an international research consortium at the University of Waterloo where he is a professor. He holds degrees in Visual Art and Architecture, apprenticed in instrument making, and represented Canada at the Venice Biennale for Architecture (2010). Philip Beesley Architects

Next Tuesday our Colloqium will be held at Room U of Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment TU Delft. Everyone is welcome to join!

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Architecture requires different disciplines working jointly to create transla­tional innovations that integrate and move beyond discipline-specific ap­proaches.
Researchers and practitioners from Architectural Engineering (AE), Robotic Building (RB), Studio RAP and Building Product Innovation (BPI) congregate to identify aspects of their research and practice that have translational innovation potential.