WS12026MSc2
Workshop MSc 2 2026:
The Interactive Architecture Prototypes (IAP) workshop focuses on skill building in Artificial Intelligence (AI) supported Design-to-Robotic-Production and -Operation (D2RP&O) methods for the development of architectural hybrid assemblies ranging from micro levels, as material systems, to meso and macro levels as building components and buildings. In this context, hybrid assemblies will be explored by designing and robotically producing and/ or operating a structure that consists of various components assembled into an integrated larger whole.
FRAMEWORK
The focus is on an extreme environment, Antarctica, where conditions include extremely cold, dry, and windy polar desert characterized by severe temperatures (ranging from -80 to -20), strong katabatic winds, minimal precipitation, and very low humidity; extreme light cycles with months of continuous daylight or darkness, high UV exposure, reduced oxygen levels. In this context the Norwegian research station in Antarctica, Troll, consisting of containers, is struggling with the limited space that confines activities and limits various and changing needs of inhabitants with respect to work, rest, and leisure. Furthermore, health is highly sensitive to lighting conditions because of their impact on the circadian rhythms, sleep, hormone cycles, visual performance, mood, and spatial orientation. Inadequate or poorly tuned lighting may impair alertness, mental health, immunity, and safety - making advanced, tunable, spectrum-controlled lighting systems essential.
APPROACH
DELIVERABLES
COORDINATORS, TUTORS & ASSISTANTS
Henriette Bier, Arwin Hidding, Lisa-Marie Mueller & Vera Laszlo
DOCUMENTS
Schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wdQEvPvv7gUu-ZV9XkEZfpRcdz9t13LKzSTBah937-0/edit
Brief: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lwgkOkwLq_MkuHcLVb7TmrxsUspAnb1R3pm0jOyIj8c/edit
Student list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AOVUd0Er4L60kd4_d7-1HiplAooonuL7gRpy7-E8srU/edit
