TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, [A+BE] Graduate School

Materially Informed Design to Robotic Production Systems (MID2RP)

Keywords: Design to Robotic Production, Material Architecture, Robotic Building, Robotic 3D Printing, Multimode Robotic Production Systems, Performance Driven Design

Architectural Engineering + Technology, Hyperbody

Area of Research: Computation & Performance, Robotic Building Sina Mostafavi

PhD started in: Aug. 2011

Master of Architecture University of Tehran

Sep. 2010

Bachelor of Arch., Art University of Tehran

Sep. 2007

Promoter:

Prof. Kas Oosterhuis

Co-promoter:

Dr.-Ing.Henriette Bier

Daily Supervisor(s):

Dr.-Ing. Henriette Bier

Dr. Nimish Biloria

Research Summary: The aim of this research is design, development and application of novel design to robotic production systems in order to achieve performance driven and material efficient constructible design solutions for architectural scales ranging from macro to micro. The Materially Informed Design to Robotic Production systems, MID2RP, establish frameworks for design systems in which integration and customization of production systems enhance and augment designer’s understanding for design materialization. MID2RP establishes feedback loops from physical production to digital design systems and expand the capabilities of design parametrization and computation procedures for measurement, analysis and evaluation. The main performance criteria in MID2RP research cases are environmental and structural. With these criteria, the objective is to realize porous and hybrid physical prototypes with performative material architectures. Methods for design information exchange with goal of integration of material optimization in parametric models; Informed-Robotic-3D-Printing with the goal of depositing material where needed and as needed; Multimode-Robotic-Production methods with the goal of purposefully expanding the potentials of single production methods; and Informed-Porosity research project with goal to remove material where it is not needed and propose assembly methods of mass customized components, are all prototypical examples in which the MID2RP methodology is developed and tested at one to one scale.

Research Methodology: The framework for the research methodology is defined within the realm of design research in which research is included in the design process, and in the case of this project embedded in the design to production procedures. In addition to purposefully reviewing, understanding and assessing the state-of-the-art, prototyping and testing are the leading methods in MID2RP project.

Key Publications: Mostafavi, S., Bier, HH.(2016) Materially informed Design to Production systems, a Robotic 3D printing system for informed material deposition In D. Reinhardt et al. (Eds.), RobArch2016 Sydney proceedings, Springer Publisher Bier, HH & Mostafavi, S (2015) Data-Driven Architectural Design to Production and Operation in open-access journal Systema: Connecting Matter, Life, Culture and Technology Mostafavi, S., Bier, HH. Anton, A., Bodea, S (2015), Informed Design to Robotic Production Systems - Developing Robotic 3D Printing System for Informed Material Deposition , Real-time eCAADe 2015 proceedings, Vienna, AustriaMostafavi, S, Morales Beltran, M.G.. & Biloria, N.M. (2013). Performance driven design and design information exchange. In R Stouffs & S Sariyildiz(Eds.), Proceedings eCAADe 2013 conference, (pp. 117-126), Delft, The Netherlands

Email: s.mostafavi@tudelft.nl

Phone: +31648509606

Main Question: How to integrate and customize robotic production methods in design procedures that could advance the process of design computation and materialization at macro and micro scales, and how this would expand designer’s understanding of digital and physical design materiality?

Deliverables: MID2RP Methodology: Materially Informed Design to Robotic Production systems with cases on Design Information Integration, Robotic 3D Printing, Multi-Mode D2RP for structurally and environmentally efficient material architecture.

Links:https://www.linkedin.com/profile/preview?locale=en_US&trk=prof-0-sb-preview-primary-button http://www.hyperbody.nl/research/projects/robotic-building/

Updated: March 7, 2016