February | 2016

The Arch_Tec_Lab: a new home for MAS Digital Fabrication

In autumn 2016, the newly constructed “Arch_Tec_Lab” will become the new home to the MAS Digital Fabrication programme. Featuring advanced robotic construction facilities, well-equipped work-spaces, and digital production workshops, this new building is an internationally unique facility where the practitioners and researchers will be able to develop the architecture and construction processes of the future.

Digital Fabrication Lecture Series

As part of its MAS and education support programmes, the NCCR Digital Fabrication has organized a new lecture series with the goal of inviting advanced practitioners, theorists, and leaders of industry to present in the context of the NCCR. The lecture series began in autumn 2015 with four guest presenters, and will continue in the spring semester with presentations from ...

Program Update: MAS

The ETH Masters of Advanced Studies (MAS) Architecture + Digital Fabrication begins a new semester with a new challenge for its participants; to develop a full scale “Minimal Living Unit”. With 17 participants from 12 different countries, the MAS team are now transitioning from architectural generalists into advanced specialists in this multidisciplinary domain. Jay Chenault, an MAS participant, writes about the experiences of the first semester, ...

New CAS Digital Timber Construction – to start in October 2016

The Bern University of Applied Sciences (BUAS) Department of Architecture Wood and Civil Engineering is introducing a new continuing education course; “CAS Digital Timber Construction”. Targeted at construction professionals and craftsmen. This new Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) teaches the concepts, methods and technologies needed to engage digital design data across the full scope of building processes.

Grounded Materials – A Workshop for the ETH MAS Digital Fabrication Sustainable Construction Module at the Migros Museum for Contemporary Art

In January 2016 the Chair of Sustainable Construction conducted a workshop for the MAS Digital Fabrication on the topic of sustainable construction. This workshop promoted the idea that a deeper understanding of the interactions between materials, technologies and construction offer new opportunities to optimize architectural designs and improve overall sustainability.