Autonomous Assembly as the Fourth Approach to Generic Construction. (July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lu, Andong
• Other Names: Tibbits Skylar guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 87:Number 4(2017)
• Page Start: 128
• Page End: 133
• Publication Date: 2017-07
• Subjects: Baukunst -- Rem Koolhaas -- building information modelling (BIM) -- GIS -- Internet of Things (IoT) -- Chinese government -- Vanke -- US -- prefabrication -- Liu Dongwei -- China Institute of Building Standard Design & Research -- Daxing -- Beijing -- Zhu Jingxiang -- Z‐Panel System -- New Lawuga Charity School -- Yushu -- Qinghai -- OPEN Architecture -- HEX‐SYS -- Guangzhou -- Andong Lu -- School of Architecture and Urban Planning -- Nanjing University -- Nanjing -- Frank Duffy -- Stewart Brand -- How Buildings Learn? Stephen Wolfram -- A New Kind of Science -- Le Corbusier -- Quartiers Modernes Frugès housing development -- Pessac -- France -- Aldo van Eyck -- Xihuafu Sales Pavilion -- Kisho Kurokawa -- Agricultural City project -- Li Biao -- Sand Mapping -- Architectural Algorithms & Applications exhibition -- Southeast University -- Zhong Huaying -- Year 4 Studio -- Dou Pingping -- Jiangning; 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.2205
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

Abstract : The three major approaches to generic construction tested since the advent of prefabrication – element assemblage, layer stratification and module composition – all maintain a separation between manufacturing and assembly. Autonomous assembly, in contrast, coalesces these into a single method of collective production. But – as Andong Lu, Professor at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University, argues – for such innovative approaches to inspire the future of architecture, it is crucial to connect technology, design and people, based on a comprehensive understanding of construction.