Studio (Un)Real v3: Robotics

“How will robotic technologies change the way we build and experience our built environment?”

Studio (Un)Real is an experience-based, process-focused design research studio. This semester, we will design manufacturing innovation hubs that integrate robotic technology within its building.

Students will be introduced to the current status of robotics in architecture, design limitations and methods of working. You will gain hands-on experience programming a robotic arm and make full use of the ProtoLAB in order to develop prototypes of their proposals of novel architecture. We will follow a template of “Create, Curate, Convey, Hypothesize” which will see you exploring whats possible before pushing the limits and proposing new outcomes and new ways of working which have the ability to be realised. Students will be expected to show a high level of criticality and understanding of construction processes and documentation.

• keywords: architecture design studio; robotic fabrication; robotic manufacturing; innovation hub
• year: August 2023 – November 2023

Subject details

This subject facilitates students to improve their creative thinking by developing and refining speculative design ideas that address complex, modern global issues. They will use flexible learning skills to handle unpredictable results and link difficult or opposite elements, learning from mistakes through design interactions while using architecture or urban design to solve design and research challenges.

• for: Swinburne University of Technology, Master of Architecture
• subject: Design Research Studio C