Computation and Craft Technologies
Our research integrates manual craft, computational design, digital fabrication and advanced robotics, to create new ways of working with both digital computation and physical materials.
We develop technology that expands the traditions of making and propose novel ways it may be used. Research in this field is supported by the school’s exceptional suite of workshops, digital manufacturing facilities and the expertise of craftsmen across multiple sites, including our new state-of-the-art collaborative laboratories at UCL Here East. Aesthetic and material innovation is paralleled by scholarship that theorises and contextualises digital approaches to production and looks at how such transformative technology can have far-reaching benefits for society and the planet.
Selected research projects
InnoChain
The InnoChain research network examines how advanced digital design tools can positively challenge future building culture and enable more sustainable and materially smarter design.
DepthmapX
Depthmap is a multi-platform spatial analysis software for spatial networks, which works at a variety of scales, from buildings and small urban areas to whole cities or states.
Playing the Picturesque
Through the construction of interactive game spaces, this project sheds new light on the principles of picturesque design, comparing it to world-building techniques used in videogames.