Urban Scale Digital Twins Vis-à-Vis Complex Phenomena: Datafication and social and environmental equity

Abstract

To advance the understanding and application of complex material variation within the built environment, this study investigates the development of an interactive fabrication setup that supports co-creation workflows between craftsman, robot, computational system, and non-homogenous materials. By establishing a framework for human-robot cocreation, the study seeks to explore a fabrication workflow where design-specific information (analogue and digital) affords both human and robotic decision-making. In so doing, the study examines a critical method for integrating technological, cognitive, and architectural challenges by adopting nondeterministic co-creation workflows with increased implementation of biogenic and reused materials.