Confronted with accelerating rates of change, the responsible design of our physical environments demands a resolution of dichotomies: Long-lasting, sustainable design philosophies need to align with hyper-adaptive, on-demand realities. In this workshop, we will explore potential resolutions to this challenge by employing AI-enabled computational design and robotic fabrication for rapidly reconfigurable circular timber assemblies. We will investigate innovative approaches to streamline the design process through generative AI and integrate immediate physical materialization via automated generation, digital simulation, and fine-tuning of robotic fabrication processes. Timber components designed for circular reuse will be continuously re-assembled by a robotic arm following a Prompt-to-Production methodology, in which a text prompt is used to generate architectural timber designs, from which robotic fabrication sequences are derived. Workshop participants will be introduced to novel integrative design-to-fabrication workflows developed at ICD Stuttgart and applied to multiple large-scale building projects. The workshop will include hands-on tutorials, presentations, and guest lectures on relevant topics of design computation and robotic timber construction. Depending on individual expertise, participants will have the opportunity to delve deeply into the workflow and code, and develop their own group projects. 

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Zhenxiang Huang, Nils Opgenorth, Hans Jakob Wagner, Prof. Achim Menges

Jonas Mertens (ITECH)

Qinhui Yooh (CAUP Tongji)

Tianyi Bo, Peter Búš, Shiyi Cao, Yaqi Chen, Yiqian Jia, Jiayi Li, Xinyi Li, Dandan Lin, Yuxing Liu, Xu Liu, Moritz Rietschel, Zhuoyang Xin, Yi Zhang, Zhou Ziheng

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Meshy AI