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Title: Collaborative Casting with Robotics

Author(s): Sarafian

Publication: Web Session

Volume: ws_S22_Sarafian.pdf

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Date: 3/28/2022

Abstract:
Form Found Design co-founders, Joseph Sarafian, AIA and Ron Culver, AIA present their robotically adjustable fabric mold for concrete casting and illustrate how a new CAD-CAM process allowed them to build the first ever robotically cast concrete structure. When Amazon commissioned Form Found Design to build the MARS Pavilion, FFD harnessed a novel workflow that allowed for the casting of 70 unique concrete "wishbones" that bolt together within a 1mm tolerance to form a 15' tall compression structure. The team will discuss the robotics, material science, and software hurdles that they overcame to achieve this feat and will discuss present and future applications.