Augmented Construction (2019)
article⁄Augmented Construction (2019)
abstract⁄This paper discusses the integration of Mixed Reality in the design and implementation of nonstandard architecture. It deliberates a method that does not require conventional 2D drawings, and the need for skilled labor, by using the aid of holographic instructions. Augmented Construction allow builders to execute complex tasks and to understand structural relations intuitively by overlaying digital design information onto their field of view on the building site. This gives the implementation system authors different levels of control. As a proof of concept, a group of nonprofessionals reconstructed the south wall of Corbusier’s Ronchamp chapel, the NotreDame du Haut, at scale 15 using no architectural 2D drawings but only custombuilt Augmented Reality apps for HoloLens and mobile devices. This project focused on the assembly of nonstandard prefabricated elements, based on an optimized parametric structure that enables designers to integrate imprecision within the construction phases into the design through a constant feedbackloop between the real and the digital. The setup was designed in a nonlinear process that allows the integration of new information during the Augmented Construction phases. The paper evaluates applied Augmented Construction for further improvements and research and concludes by discussing the impact potential of Augmented Construction on architectural design, sociocultural, and economical levels.
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| Year |
2019 |
| Authors |
Goepel, Garvin. |
| Issue |
ACADIA 19:UBIQUITY AND AUTONOMY |
| Pages |
430-437 |
| Library link |
N/A |
| Entry filename |
augmented-construction |
