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Remnants of a Future Architecture, by Roland Snooks

Remnants of a Future Architecture is a set of architectural artifacts developed by Roland Snooks and research and manufacturing by RMIT Architecture | Tectonic Formation Lab and FormX Technology investigating large-scale metal printing design implications.

Roland Snooks specializes in behavioral formation, algorithmic design, machine learning, multi-agent systems, and robotics. He had demonstrated his design and research at Computational Design: NEXT 7.0. You can register and watch the recordings of the entire conference by clicking here.

Additionally, FormX, founded by Nic Bao in 2019, with the aim of developing intelligent construction solutions using 3D printing technology and innovative materials partially funded the project. Nic had demonstrated his research at Computational Design: NEXT 8.0. You can register and watch the recordings of the entire conference by clicking here.

Remnants of a Future Architecture

The work speculates on the architectural tectonics of the near future, its ruination, and its link to a more extensive set of Anthropocene developing issues.

Remnants of a Future Architecture, by Roland Snooks

The project benefitted from wire-arc additive manufacturing (the WAAM) for the metal printing process. The RMIT Architecture and Tectonic Formation Lab developed this technique over four years.

Remnants of a Future Architecture

As part of Melbourne Design Week, the Remnants of a Future Architecture installation is on display at the Melbourne Art Fair till Sunday.

Project Details:

Designer:
Roland Snooks
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Research + Fabrication:
RMIT Architecture | Tectonic Formation Lab (Director Roland Snooks)
FormX Technology (Director Nic Bao)
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Supported by:
Eureka TechIn
RMIT University, School of Architecture and Urban Design
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Project Team:
Roland Snooks
Charlie Boman
Nic Bao
Ron Ellazam
Daniel Ridout
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Assembly Team:
Bill Buckley
Hesam Mohamed
Alan Kim
Tristan Janle
Divi Panicker
Joseph Luo
.
Structural Engineering:
Bollinger+Grohmann (Director Sascha Bohnenberger)

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Written by
Sheida Shakeri

Sheida Shakeri is a Ph.D. candidate in the landscape architecture field at Istanbul Technical University. She has a background in interior design and architectural engineering from the University of Tabriz. Her interest in technology and computer-aided design led her to pursue her passion through different publications. Hence, she focused on the topics of data-driven design, robotic fabrication, metaverse, and recently bio-fabrication. Complementary to her academic studies, she has the pleasure of working for the Kozalak Yangin, an award-winning company for the early detection of wildfires. Additionally, she works as an architectural editor at Parametric Architecture, a renowned media company researching art, architecture, and design.

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