Robotic Rammed Earth

Issue
04/2024 Balconies, Loggias, Roof Terraces
Author
Joschua Gosslar
Author
Harald Kloft
Source
DETAIL
In the Digital Fabrication Laboratory (DBFL) at TU Braunschweig, the process steps of material feeding, compaction and shuttering are being researched in a cooperative robotic process.
© Joschua Gosslar, Institut für Tragwerksentwurf, TU Braunschweig
The robot-assisted manufacture of rammed earth elements takes the millennia-old concept of slip formwork and transfers it into a digitalised manufacturing process. 
In the Digital Fabrication Laboratory (DBFL) at TU Braunschweig, the process steps of material feeding, compaction and shuttering are being researched in a cooperative robotic process.
© Joschua Gosslar, Institut für Tragwerksentwurf, TU Braunschweig