Webinar held Wednesday 25th March, 2015, presented by Nicholas Williams, RMIT University.
In this webinar Nicholas Williams from the Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory (SIAL) at RMIT University will present a series of research projects and proposals demonstrating pportunities for novel timber products using digital fabrication technologies.
He will review international exemplars from Europe and North America and discuss the evolution of the technologies in these markets. Current projects from RMIT include the rapid fabrication of freeform timber members for custom design and integrated ornament and services in CLT panels for the housing sector.
Presenter:
Nicholas Williams is an architect and researcher based at RMIT, Melbourne. He has studied and practiced in Melbourne, London and Zurich, winning a number of prizes for his academic and design work. His practice and research addresses ways in which architectural design can better connect with the industrial context of contemporary manufacturing. In particular this seeks expanded access to manufacturing technologies to enable design-led innovation.
Current projects includes robotic techniques for customised wall-panels, systems for enabling design with architectural acoustics, applications for large scale timber in multi-residential construction, and roles for additive manufacturing in small construction elements.
