Looking Outwards 03 – Computational Fabrication

A work of computational fabrication which I find interesting is the Winery Gantenbein, by Gramazio & Kohler + Bearth & Deplazes.

This is an addition to an existing winery and is an open air fermentation room.
Here, the architects used a brick laying robot to attain great precision for these brick walls, but were able to stay playful with the material and keep the project feeling “human”. The pattern laid by the robot went brick by brick, and laid the bricks so the pattern could be read, while the design also allowed for fresh air
during fermentation, without allowing for direct sunlight. Here I think that the architects have done a great job, as they used computational fabrication in order to augment a design which may have otherwise ended up much more boring.