Royal Academy
by Gilles Retsin Architecture

Gilles Retsin Architecture combines timber construction with Augmented Reality and Automation at the Royal Academy.

The Hololens overlays a digital model of the envisioned design in the exhibition space, indicating the position of the lego-like blocks and their connections.

As the blocks are modular and the design is not fixed, adaptations to the design could be done in real-time.

Each plywood building block consists of a 9mm and 12mm soft plywood sheets that has been CNC-milled in a kit of parts.

The elements are then engineered to be able to perform in any structural situation within the installation.

In themselves, every element is relatively weak, but the redundant combination of the elements establishes a strong structure.

The building blocks are kept together under tension with lateral steel rods placed in specific, repeating connection points between the elements.

Exploring how Augmented Reality could be used for fabrication, rather than merely visualisation, Gilles Retsin Architecture used Microsoft’s Hololens to assemble modular timber building blocks in real-time.

Authors Gilles Retsin, Kevin Saey, Johan Wijesinghe
Team Manja Van de Worp,YIP Structural Engineering London (Engineering), Kevin Saey, Johan Wijesinghe, Mario Medina, Rida Qurashi, Effie Douroudi, Manuel Montoro, Tanishk Saha, Athina Athiana, Eleana Georgousi, Akhmet Khakimov, Eirini Tsomokou, Evangelia Triantafylla, Vicente Sánchez Seoane, Ming Liu, Po-Fu Yang, Evgenia Krassakopoulou, Ning Zheng, Keshia Lim, Joana Calado Correia, Chuan Tian, Mengmeng Zhao, Pablo Maldonado, Gilles Willems, Nadia Souki, Shuting Guo, YenFen Huang, HungDa Chien, Charles Wu (Pre-Fabrication), Isaie Bloch, Brecht Reynaert, Kevin Saey, Johan Wijesinghe (On-Site Construction), Mollie Claypool, Manuel Jimenez, Gilles Retsin, Vicente Soler (Design Computation Lab, The Bartlett School of Architecture), Niamh Grace, David Shanks, Mads Peterson, Alex McCann, John Henshaw (Bartlett B-Made, The Bartlett School of Architecture)
With the support of MetsaWood
Augmented Reality Fologram
Photography Studio NAARO

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