At the intersection of A.I. and timber,
expect new tessellations and kinetic results. Unfrozen interviews Mykola Murashko, a 23-year-old Cambridge graduate who, with Carlo Ratti, founded Maestro, a software-powered construction company whose initial projects feature precision-cut timber panels, optimized by artificial intelligence.


 


Intro: The Cutter, by Echo and the Bunnymen


 


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Discussed:


 


Blank: Speculations on CLT: Jennifer Bonner & Hanif Kara


MIT Senseable City Lab


Katerra 


ETH Zurich Robotics Aesthetics & Usability Center


AGO Modina - adaptive reuse in which an A.I.-designed steel kinetic roof covering the courtyard - using digitally fabricated components.


Alpine stone bivouacs


What’s the best tessellation?


What’s the best kinetic result?


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Outro: The Trees, by Pulp