Angelo Figliola

Sapienza University of Rome | la sapienza · Planning, Design and Technology PDTA

The contribution offers an overview of the key concepts of Industry 4.0 and the application of enabling principles and technologies in the AEC sector. In this sense, the most promising possibilities offered by the fourth industrial revolution are analysed, hinging them inextricably around the theme of sustainability, in the broadest sense of the te...

This book collects contributions of forefront research and practices related to the use of the enabling technologies of Industry 4.0 in the architecture and design fields and their impact on the UN's Sustainable Developments goals. The book is structured into three sections (research, practice, and technologies), with the goal of creating a new fra...

The contribution presents the results of an applied research aimed at developing an operative methodology and its corresponding data-driven and user-friendly computational workflow for the design of climate-resilient building façade (CRBF) able to adapt to the variation of the environmental conditions through morphology configuration. The research...

Il contributo presenta i risultati del progetto I.TM Innovative Territorial Map, finanziato nell’ambito del POR Marche FESR 2017, per l’attuazione di un sistema avanzato di monitoraggio e gestione del comune di Grottammare (AP) attraverso una piattaforma tecnologica in grado di gestire l’acquisizione e l’elaborazione di dati attraverso una mappatur...

The chapter proposes a reflection on the role of technological modernization in the reintroduction of ancient construction techniques and traditional materials, commonly used in the Mediterranean. The continuous flow of traditions and innovations has affected architecture through the introduction of materials and construction technologies for the d...

The setup of the first robotic manufacturing laboratory in 2005 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), marked a new course for digital manufacturing in architecture by introducing innovative design paradigms that soon became the cornerstone of major researches on the topics. A generic industrial machine is a tool used to transf...

One of the main aspects investigated in the European research context on Informed Architecture is related to the use of digital innovations in wood structures construction of units and technological systems as well as architectural organisms at 1:1 scale. To analyze the different approaches, the contribution proposes a series of case studies and th...

A new field of exploration in the European research context on Informed Architecture is related to the digital innovations and fibrous materials to design and fabrication of units and technological systems as well as architectural organisms at 1:1 scale. To analyze this path, the contribution proposes a series of 1:1 scale pavilions as results of t...

A new branch of investigation in the European research context on Informed Architecture is related to the use of digital innovations and plastic elements to design and fabricate units and technological networks as well as architectural organisms in a 1:1 scale. In order to analyze this path, the chapter proposes a series of case studies in which in...

The analysis of case studies and applied research leads to the definition of a design methodology for computing and fabricating informed architectures, stimulating a critical reflection on the possibility of introducing the technological systems proposed in architectural practice, explaining the level of applicability of the same and identifying th...

The paper shows the results of an applied research aimed at developing an operative methodology and its corresponding data-driven and user-friendly computational workflow for the design of complex climate-resilient façade able to responsively react to the variation of the environmental conditions through morphology configuration. The project work c...

This book highlights the concept of informed architecture as an alternative to performance-based approaches. Starting with an analysis of the state of art, the book defines an operative methodology in which performative parameters lead to the generation of the shape becoming the design’s input, rather than being mere quantitative parameters. It the...

This research aims at developing an innovative methodology and the related computational workflow to design energy efficient buildings equipped with climate responsive building skins able to respond dynamically to environmental conditions changing over the time. This methodology, called Adaptive Building and Skin (AB&S), is applicable in different...

The contribution proposes a reflection on the role of typological and technological innovation in the design and implementation of vertical architectures through the analysis of technological scenarios of 2050. In the Anthropocene era, where the effects of human action shape the terrestrial environment, it is necessary to ask ourselves how we can i...

The poster shows the results of an applied research aimed at developing an operative methodology and its corresponding data-driven and user-friendly computational workflow for the design of complex climate-resilient façade able to responsively react to the variation of the environmental conditions through morphology configuration. The project work...

Whilst robots are predictable, repetitive, predefined and constant, natural materials present unpredictable complexity. Over the past few centuries, materials have been standardized to fit industrial processes, in an attempt to defy this unpredictability. Thanks to new advances in sensing technologies and computational design, today we have the opp...

One of the main aspects investigated in the European research context on Performative Architecture is related to the use of digital innovations in wood structures construction of units and technological systems as well as architectural organisms at 1:1 scale. To analyze the different approaches the contribution proposes a series of case study and t...

Whilst robots are predictable, repetitive, predefined and constant, natural materials present unpredictable complexity. Over the past few centuries, materials have been standardized to fit industrial processes, in an attempt to defy this unpredictability. Thanks to new advances in sensing technologies and computational design, today we have the opp...

One of the main aspects investigated in the European research context on Performative Architecture is related to the use of digital innovations in wood structures construction of units and technological systems as well as architectural organisms at 1:1 scale. To analyze the different approaches the contribution proposes a series of case study and t...

Gilles Deleuze thought has radically changed the way of thinking Architecture, the architectural work, outlining a new paradigm tied to the concepts of heterogeneity, diversity and self - organization that are introduced and analyzed by “Rizoma” written in 1976 by Deleuze along with Felix Guattarì. The contrast between the classical rational though...

The concept of performance in architecture is related on his ability to create a dynamic relation with the users, function and with the environment in which architecture is placed. The dynamic relation can be explained through a series of design operations that are able to exploit the potentialities offered by technological innovation of the contem...

The paper shows the results of an applied research aimed at developing an operative methodology and its corresponding computational workflow for the design of resilient architectures able to responsively react to the variation of the environmental conditions. The proposed methodology consists in a form-searching process built-up by a series of cons...

La nascita del primo laboratorio di fabbricazione robotica nel 2005 presso la scuola Politecnica Federale di Zurigo ETH con la direzione di F. Gramazio e M. Kolher ha segnato un nuovo corso per la fabbricazione digitale in architettura. Le potenzialità di questa metodologia progettuale vengono indagate rispetto a diverse linee di ricerca che hanno...

In the age of Anthropocene, when the effects of human action condition the Earth’s environment, it is necessary to ask ourselves how we can modify design processes to give life to informed and performative architectures that can positively affect the technosphere. Hence the necessity to investigate innovative design and manufacturing techniques thr...

The introduction of robots and the spread of 3D print, marked the beginning of the post-digital era in architecture that puts its roots in the combination of digital computing and manufacturing. The bidirectional connection between the generative process and manufacturing do not imply a formal evolution without logical relationships, but they ident...

This research aims to develop an innovative methodology and the related computational workflow to design energy efficient buildings equipped with climate responsive building skins able to respond dynamically (thanks to their form and materials) to environment conditions changing over the time. This methodology, called adaptiveB&S (Building & Skin),...

This paper explores the process of digital materialization through robotic fabrication techniques by presenting three wooden projects. The analysis of the case studies is oriented to underline the impact that computation had on architectural construction due to its methodological and instrumental innovations over the last decades. The absorption of...

The prototypes, made in collaboration with industrial partners, represent the results of transdisciplinary experiments in which environmental, structural and material performances inform the computational process and the robotics manufacturing. Fusta Robotica, is the result of a tectonic exploration deriving from the use of non-engineered material,...

The contribution proposes the experimental results of research on robotics manufacturing issues for the realization of informed architectural organisms on a 1:1 scale. The pavilions Fusta Robotics and Digital Urban Orchard and the technological system In.Flux represent the results of tests in which material, environmental and structural performance...

L'era moderna, definita da Paul Crutzen come " antropocene " , caratterizzata da un forte impatto antropico al quale vengono attribuite le responsabilità maggiori per ciò che riguarda i cambiamenti climatici, territoriali e ambientali ci spinge a rivalutare l'approccio al progetto a tutte le scale. In merito a ciò, l'articolo intende analizzare il...

The Digital Urban Orchard1, developed during the Applied Research program Open Thesis Fabrication 2015 at IaaC, is a digitally fabricated pavilion located in Barcelona. The 1:1 prototype was realized using 1,681 Redwood sticks of Flanders, maximizing time and cost effi ciency thanks to the application of the mass production paradigm. Structural, ma...

Performance – oriented architecture: robotic 3D printed façade system through the computational process, materials behaviour and the multi - objective optimization.

The goal of the essay is reflecting on some aspects of the concept of 'new' and what might be the limits in relation to the context. Defining the theme often takes naively to relegate the adjective 'new' to too narrow or too wide fields. Analyze the concept of 'new' can mean deeply work to realize a renewal and a modification in order to put an add...

The goal of the essay is reflecting on some aspects of the concept of 'new' and what might be the limits in relation to the context. Defining the theme often takes naively to relegate the adjective ‘new’ to too narrow or too wide fields. Analyze the concept of ‘new’ can mean deeply work to realize a renewal and a modification in order to put an add...

The research aims are the investigation of the living phenomenon in relation to the population growth, the gradual urbanization of the world population and the need for new technologies for food production in urban consolidated centers. To outline the problem you need to analyze some figures: in 2050 the world population will count up to 9.9 billio...