ROBOTICALLY FABRICATED SPATIAL MESHES AS REINFORCED CONCRETE FORMWORK

If robots are to be employed in the construction of high-rise structures, logistics and material systems have to be entirely rethought to cater for both their abilities and limitations: robots have limited loading capacity, but greater dexterity than other on-site, automated construction techniques. Here, Norman Hack of ETH Zurich and Willi Viktor Lauer of the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) at the Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability (SEC) describe the research they have undertaken to develop mesh-mould' as an alternative to conventional formwork.