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Advances in Sustainable Robotic Construction: A Comprehensive Overview
Robotics

Advances in Sustainable Robotic Construction: A Comprehensive Overview

Building sustainably turns slowly but steadily from suggestion to norm. The general aim is to ensure that actions today are laying the foundation...

Parametric design and prefabrication: Redefining architecture's creative and constructive potential
Tools

Parametric design and prefabrication: Redefining architecture’s creative and constructive potential

Parametric architecture is commonly believed to be a design language and a certain aesthetic but refers at the base merely to a method...

Scooters, bikes, and cars: The battle for space in modern cities
ArticlesArchitecture & Design

Scooters, bikes, and cars: The battle for space in modern cities

Electric scooters fall into a category of transport that can be called micro-mobility. Bicycles, segways, non-electric scooters, skateboards, longboards, wheelchairs, and Starship delivery...

Inventing, experimenting, and collaborating: The Architectural Biography of Frei Otto
ArticlesArchitects

Inventing, experimenting, and collaborating: The Architectural Biography of Frei Otto

This article embarks on a visionary journey of invention, experimentation, and collaboration, the architectural biography of Frei Otto unveils a profound legacy that...

"Performance over form and design intelligence over style": Winka Dubbeldam and Archi-tectonics
ArticlesArchitects

“Performance over form and design intelligence over style”: Winka Dubbeldam and Archi-tectonics

Almost 30 years ago, in 1994, Dutch-born architect Winka Dubbeldam founded her own architectural office called Archi-tectonics.

Towards a parametric material: Corian® Solid Surface and 3D Fabrication Solutions
ArticlesTechnology

Towards a parametric material: Corian® Solid Surface and 3D Fabrication Solutions

Corian® Solid Surface offers architects a sustainable and versatile material that seamlessly integrates with parametric design. Let's look at Corian® Design's efforts to...

Human-centric design: How to plan for people?
ArticlesArchitecture & DesignUrbanism

Human-centric design: How to plan for people?

If human-centric design can be a service - rather than a ‘standard’ - what other design approaches are there? Is there a difference...

Warsaw Architecture Guide: 6 modern structures to see
ArticlesArchitecture & Design

Warsaw Architecture Guide: 6 modern structures to see

By January 1945, it was estimated that over 80% of Warsaw's urban fabric had been either damaged or destroyed by German and Soviet...

On the use of AI and other digital tools in participatory urban planning
ArticlesArtificial IntelligenceUrbanism

On the use of AI and other digital tools in participatory urban planning

The public, the planned object, and the planners: The essential idea of participatory urban design is to bring these three elements into a...

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