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Robotic
Exhalation
ARCHITECTURE STUDENT RESEARCH GRANT




    [ 2023 ] w/ Elliot Smithberger

    Robotic Exhalation explores the materiality of concrete, leveraging compressed air’s innate physical properties and widespread utility as a platform + methodology for patterning, forming, and surfacing material. 

    This work specifically investigates the consequences of directing one finitely controllable medium (air) into another (cementitious slurry). This simple equation generated a number of complex problems, leading to the team designing and fabricating a computer numeric controlled machine, developing a digital plugin for generative toolpathing, and exhaustively cataloging material properties.

    The output of this process embodies a seemingly contradictory hybrid of computer-generated toolpaths and material imperfection. 

    This research funded by the Taubman College ASRG award, a competitive student-led research grant. Work culminated in “Built-To-Scale”, an exhibit that opened Friday, Feb 17, 2023 at Liberty Research Annex in downtown Ann Arbor. 




           

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