Posted on 10/5/2018
Archi-union has used prefab robotic timber construction and 3D-printing techniques to complete ‘venue B’, one of the main buildings for the 2018 world artificial intelligence conference (WAIC), in just 100 days. located next to the vibrant waterfront of xuhui riverside in the heart of shanghai, the 8,885-square-meter space represents a green systematic solution for digital construction, realized through a simple form, pragmatic construction, cyborg ingenuity (man-machine cooperation) and a fully
‘venue B’ is situated next to the west bund art center, as well as other cultural spaces such as the west bund art museum by david chipperfield, the tank shanghai art park, and SANAA’s brand new office space. responding to the spatial planning of the riverside network, archi-union organically divided the building into three main parts, according to different functions, s...