Stereotomic Fibre Architecture

In this workshop, the participants were introduced to robotic coreless filament winding. After a conceptual and methodological introduction to the topic, involving both expert lectures and hands-on tutorials, the participants developed their own fibre winding strategies in smaller groups.

                                   

In several skill-up sessions, the participants were taught the digital tools for computational design and fabrication simulation of fibrous structures. A small-scale robot in a robotic training cell was equipped with a custom end-effector and the participants had the opportunity to explore robot programming hands-on.

                           

The workshop concluded with the fabrication of a large physical prototype in form of a coreless-wound long-span demonstrator which was exhibited in the city of Matera.

Niccolo Dambrosio, Christoph Zechmeister, Rebeca Duque Estrada, Fabian Kannenberg, Prof. Achim Menges

Prof. Giuseppe Fallacara, Prof. Nicola Parisi, Ilaria Cavaliere, Dario Costantino, Fabio Parisi, Angelo Vito Graziano