1:1 Interactive Architecture Prototypes Workshop

This course involves skill building in computational design and robotic prototyping by employing Design-to-Robotic-Production-Assembly and -Operation (D2RPA&O) methods. Focus is on small scale interventions in extra-/terrestrial environments relying on sensor-actuator mechanisms that enable buildings to interact with their users and surroundings in real-time. Students learn in a workshop set-up to conceptualize, design, produce and/ or operate building components that are assemblable into buildings by applying D2RP&O methods, which consist of parametric design, robotic fabrication, and interactive operation techniques. In this context, D2RP&O is understood as a systemic approach for the design, construction, and operation of buildings.

Process and final results are evaluated by means of scaled models and 1:1 virtual and/ or physical prototypes, written reports, and oral/ visual re-/ presentations.

The design project is awarded a grade between 1.0 and 10.0. Students pass the course with a 6.0 or higher. With a grade below 6.0 students are allowed to do a repair. The repair is unsupervised and needs to be completed within 2 weeks after the end of the course. When the repair is unsuccessful, the student has to retake the course.