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The Sequential Roof, Zurich, 2010-2016
Digital assembly of a complex roof structure
The Arch_Tec_Lab of the Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA) is covered by a novel timber roof structure, developed and planned at the Chair of Architecture and Digital Fabrication. The structure consists of 168 single trusses – which are woven into a 2,308 square meter free-form roof design. As such, an integrated digital planning process connects design, structural analysis and the generation of fabrication data. Based on this data, a robot-based assembly process of 48,624 timber slats to individually formed trussed beams allows an efficient fabrication of the complex roof geometry. The project demonstrates the potential of combining digital fabrication technology with timber as a local and sustainable building material. In collaboration with experts from academia and practice, the Chair's research results in the field of digital timber construction are being condensed and applied at full architectural scale. The Sequential Roof was planned by Arch-Tec-Lab AG and manufactured by ERNE AG Holzbau.


Mastering the Sequential Roof (Paper)
The Sequential Roof (Paper)
Complex Timber Structures from Simple Elements (PhD Thesis)

Credits:
Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich

Client: ETH Zurich Building and Constructions Infrastructure Division
Collaborators: Aleksandra Anna Apolinarska (project lead construction), Michael Knauss (project lead building project), Jaime de Miguel (project lead preliminary project), Selen Ercan, Olga Linardou
Selected experts: Dr. Lüchinger + Meyer Bauingenieure AG, SJB. Kempter Fitze AG, Prof. Dr. Josef Schwartz (Chair of Structural Design, ETH Zurich), Prof. Dr. Andrea Frangi (Institute of Structural Engineering, ETH Zurich), Estia SA (EPF Lausanne), ROB Technologies AG
Selected contractors: Arch-Tec-Lab AG, ERNE AG Holzbau

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