ABSTRACT
The combination of pioneering robotic fabrication technology with the sustainable material wood points the way to a future where renewable, possibly local materials are given novel aesthetic and structural potential through bespoke automated robotic assembly methods. Considering building-scale applications, such a fully integrated robotic assembly of complex timber structures is in its infancy, and presents many theoretical, practical and methodological challenges to architecture. Aspecific case for the industrial implementation of robotic timber construction is presented by ‘The Sequential Roof’. Building-scale robotic timber construction is in its infancy, and presents many challenges to the architecture and the timber sector. The integration of all subsequent steps into one single process was fundamental in order to preserve digital information integrity and to avoid complex logistics such as the intermediate storage of prefabricated specific parts. In turn, tolerances in the build-up emerge, which, through their accumulation, cause major problems to the assembly process.
