During this assignment we were tasked with designing a brick element and brick wall that could be digitally fabricated and built with a robotic arm. This assignment was completed during 2020 COVID-19 Lockdown and was completed through robotic simulation program RoboDk.

​The Brick was designed to be easily fabricated from ply and cut with either a laser cutter or CNC router. Waste minimisation influenced the design of the brick with the brick easily being nested into a sheet in a tessellating form. The design of the brick also allows it to be transported easily and with a vacuum gripper on the robotic arm easily picked up.
 
This first exploration into the brick utilised one connection of the brick repeated. This the created a strong wall but the result became monotonous, so further connection possibilities were explored.

​Using the same brick, other connections were explored. using all possible connections  together produced great shadow and light qualities, this technique was explored through grasshopper and RoboDk.

​I then took the concept of the Ply Brick  wall and produced a concept of a pavilion space made entirely from the single brick element. The egg-shaped pavilion created dappled light that changes throughout the day. Parametric modelling techniques were used to create the space.