AARHUS SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE PRESENTS
HARDCOURSE 2017
TIMBER
EXPLORATIONS
TONI ÖSTERLUND
NIELS MARTIN LARSEN
RYAN HUGHES
12 - 23 JUNE
TIMBER
EXPLORATIONS
AN INTRODUCTION TO
DIGITAL FORM GENERATION AND
ROBOTIC TIMBER FABRICATION
This workshop is carried out in collab-
structions of which one will be select-
oration with Toni Österlund, partner
ed, and collectively further developed
in the Finnish office Geometria, who
realized, fabricated, constructed and
is specialized in digital fabrication
exhibited as a collective result of the
processes. During the course, we will
workshop. During the course you will
explore ways of using the robotic pro-
gain knowledge and skills in relation
cessing of wood members for timber
to digital form generation, a robotic
structures. We will study the Zollinger
fabrication workflow as well as timber
construction principle, and develop
manufacturing and construction.
solutions for machining timber joints
with the large 6-axis ABB robot. We
Fundamental knowledge of 3D mod-
will use the Grasshopper plugin for
elling with Rhino is required for this
Rhino as a form generation tool and
workshop.
as a platform for linking geometric
information with robotic manufactur-
Material Cost: 400 kr.
ing. Through hands-on investigations
Keywords: Robotic fabrication, digital
with timber and robotic processing
form generation, Rhino, Grasshopper,
we will develop designs for roof con-
timber construction.
Hardcourse 2017