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Drone footage shows progress on Ennead Architects’ Shanghai Planetarium

April 6, 2018 Fiona Hartley 0

Our latest captioned movie shows drone footage of Ennead Architects’ Shanghai Planetarium as construction progresses.  The planetarium in Lingang near Shanghai, China, will include a 78 foot-high solar telescope as well as a youth observation camp and observatory.  Installation of the exterior aluminium cladding will commence later this year, with the project on track to open to

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Robots used to build wooden architectural structures

April 4, 2018 Fiona Hartley 0

This captioned movie shows a new digital construction method that allows robots to build timber structures.  Called Spatial Timber Assemblies, the project aims to merge robotics and craftsmanship. It was developed as a collaboration between research labs Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich and ERNE AG Holzbau. Find out more about ETH Zurich’s research units ›

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