Recon-SkyWood | COMP

Not Site-Specific | Idea | YAC University Award | 2023

RESIDENTIALRETAILOFFICEUTOPIACIRCULARITY

Design Team: Giuseppe Marrone, Davide Angeletti - Supervisors: Roberto Naboni, Anja Kunic (SDU CREATE)

Recon-SkyWood is a circular skyscraper made of engineered wood and driven by automation. Its innovative reconfigurable structure extends the lifespan of its elements, increasing CO2 storage. Through structural joints, it can be infinitely readapted by robotic arms for reuse in various structures, relying on a modular design and optimized structural data.

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RECON-SKYWOOD

ROBOTICALLY RECONFIGURABLE SKYSCRAPER BUILT WITH ENGINEERED WOOD

Recon-SkyWood is a circular and automation-driven skyscraper built with engineered wood. Its structure is based on reconfigurable timber frames that are robotically fabricated, assembled and disassembled with the collaborative work of robots and humans in Mixed Reality (MR).

The computational workflow explores an erosion-based approach to form-finding and material distribution. The process operates through a voxel-to-maxel translation, in which geometric erosion, material density, and structural optimization are progressively integrated. The initial phase defines the input parameters, generating a probability field that guides the erosion process. The subsequent voxelization phase interprets spatial proximity, orientation, and neighborhood relationships to generate a proximity map.

This map provides the foundation for allocating and orienting material, guiding the subsequent materialization process. The maxelization phase translates the voxel data into structural logic, defining material density, layout, and connections.