LoX: Collective AR-Assisted Assembly of Interlocking Structures
LoX, a cooperation between the Professorship of Digital Fabrication and the Professorship of Structural Design with the Zurich start-up incon.ai, invites people to take part in a collective construction process made possible by Augmented Reality (AR) technology.
In LoX, a digital building plan can be retrieved by users via a mobile AR app, which precisely positions building instructions in 3D space overlaid on the physical structure. The construction progress is synchronised and coordinated via the app using cloud-based tools, and allows several users to participate in the construction simultaneously. Based on the principle of topologically interlocking structures, LoX offers a variety of form-fitting connections with just one modular component made of timber without the use of mechanical connectors. This principle allows the implementation of small functional objects as well as larger and more complex structures on an architectural scale, which can be reconfigured and reassembled at any time. The overall aim of LoX is to make building processes more tangible and accessible to the public and to encourage community participation.
LoX Pavilion @ Kunstareal Fest: LoX will be shown for the first time as part of the Kunstareal-Fest in Munich, in which a pavilion will be built collaboratively by students of the Technical University of Munich over the course of two days. The structure will grow continuously and offer visitors varied spatial experiences throughout the construction process.
Opening: Tuesday, July 20, 5 p.m., South lawn of the Alte Pinakothek
Collaborators:
- Professorship of Digital Fabrication
Lidia Atanasova, M.Sc.
Begüm Saral, B.Arch.
Ema Krakovská, B.Sc
Joel Schmuck, B.A.
Kathrin Dörfler, Prof. Dr - Professorship of Structural Design
Sebastian Dietrich, M.Sc.
Pierluigi D’Acunto, Prof. Dr. - Industry Partner
incon.ai
Acknowledgements:
- Chair of Geodesy
TUM Department of Aerospace and Geodesy - Design Factory
TUM Department of Architecture - Empfangshalle
Corbinian Böhm and Michael Gruber