Studio Roland Snooks is an exemplar of the shift in architectural production and design capability. Working across the principles of complex self-organising behaviours found in biological, social and material systems, Snooks’ architecture explores advanced aesthetic and compositional relations. Drawing on his experience as one half of the collaborative practice Kokkugia with Robert Stuart-Smith, Studio Roland Snooks has been realised to explore the intersection of this new architecture with advanced manufacturing technology.
Project teams:
Malibu House (2011-2013)
Project team: Roland Snooks (Design Director), Casey Rehm, Armin Senoner, Tommaso Casucci, Marc Gibson.
SL Foundation Prototype (2013) Project team: Roland Snooks (Design Director), James Pazzi, Amaury Thomas, Armin Senoner.
Fibrous Concrete Prototypes (2013) Project team: Roland Snooks (Design Director), Amaury Thomas, Brad Martin, Jas Johnson, Armin Senoner.
Installation team: Amaury Thomas and Zak Kljakovic
Artist Statement: This exhibition of prototypes explores the potential of robotic fabrication techniques to make complex architectural forms. While the last two decades of digital experimentation in architecture has led to an increase in complexity and intricacy of form, it is the emerging paradigm of robotic fabrication that will make this architecture feasible. An industrial robot is programmed to cut complex surfaces from foam, which is then used as a mold to cast intricate concrete load-bearing walls. These prototypes are an important part of the design process; these small-scale material fabrication experiments are fed back to inform the digital generative design process.
This work was supported by RMIT University School of Architecture and Design.
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