Augmented Bricklaying / Gramazio Kohler Research

The Kitrvs winery façade, built from 13596 individually rotated and tilted bricks are currently the largest architectural project entirely assembled on-site with an augmented reality fabri­cation interface. Researchers from Gramazio Kohler Research collaborated with incon.ai, a spinoff recently launched by the Robotic Systems Lab of ETH Zürich, to devel­op the custom made dynamic optical guidance system. This system was used by local Greek masons to construct the 225m2 large façade in less than three months. The devel­oped augmented bricklaying process combines the power of computational design with the dexterity and skills of a human craftsman, introducing an entirely new fabrication para­digm.