Robot lab

Re-Inventing Architecture

Orlab is the academic arm of Orproject, situated at the University of Cincinnati under the direction of Dr. Christoph Klemmt. We carry out research into new materials and innovative software tools. Recent projects include the development of large-scale 3D-printing of wood, and the Structural Growth method for the topology optimization of trusses.

Projects

People

Current researchers

Kailey Akins, Marcel Barts, Meghan Glass, Yuka Imada, Lizzie Sturgeon, Josep Campoy Valdez, Sam Yeganeh

Current and past collaborators

Gregory Beaucage
Igor Pantic
Andrei Gheorghe
Mania Meibodi
Wes McGee

Selected Publications

Journal Papers

Klemmt, Christoph. 2019. Discretization of cellular growth simulations for construction. Architectural Science Review. Taylor and Francis. DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2019.1653258

Klemmt, Christoph. 2019. Cellular Design. In Symeonidou, I (ed.). Archidoct Vol. 6 (2). pp.36-53.

Klemmt, Christoph and Bollinger, Klaus. 2017. Angiogenesis as a Model for the Generation of Load-Bearing Networks. in International Journal of Architectural Computing. Sage Publishing

Klemmt, Christoph. 2013. Semiotics Between Time and Space. The International Journal of Arts Theory and History, Volume 7, Issue 2: pp.69-83. Champaign, IL: Common Ground Publishing

Conference Papers

Klemmt, Christoph. 2023. Growth-Based Methodology for the Topology Optimisation of Trusses. in Gengnagel, C., Baverel, O., Betti, G., Popescu, M., Ramsgaard Thomsen, M. & Wurm, J. (eds.) Towards Radical Regeneration – Design Modelling Symposium Berlin 2022. Springer. pp. 467–475. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-13249-0_37.

Klemmt, Christoph, Aghaei Meibodi, Mania, Beaucage, Gregory & Mcgee, Wes. 2022. Large-scale Robotic 3D Printing of Plant Fibre and Bioplastic Composites. in Proceedings of the 40th eCAADe Conference.

Klemmt, Christoph and Pantic, Igor. 2021. Discrete Cellular Growth. in Kory Bieg (ed.). 2018 TxA Emerging Design + Technology Conference Proceedings. pp.72-81.

Klemmt, Christoph, Pantic, Igor, Gheorghe, Andrei, and Sebestyen, Adam. 2019. Discrete vs. Discretized Growth – Discretized Fabrication of Geometries Generated With Cellular Growth Simulations. In Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA).

Klemmt, Christoph, Gheorghe, Andrei, Pantic, Igor, Hornung, Philipp and Sodhi, Rajat. 2018. Engineering Design Tropisms – Utilization of a bamboo-resin joint for voxelized network geometries. In Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA). pp.322-327.

Klemmt, Christoph. 2018. Subdivisional Growth Logics. In Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.). Computing for a better tomorrow – Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference – Volume 2. pp. 79-84.

Hymes, Connor & Klemmt, Christoph. 2018. Discrete Swarm Logics. In 23nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2018. The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Hong Kong.

Klemmt, Christoph, & Sugihara, Satoru. 2018. Growth Structures. in Kory Bieg (ed.). 2016 TxA Emerging Design + Technology Conference Proceedings. pp.108-123.

Klemmt, Christoph. 2017. Curved Space as a Design Tool to Control the Growth of Venation and Shortest Path Algorithms. In Alberto T. Estévez (ed.). Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Biodigital Architecture & Genetics. ESARQ, Barcelona. pp.162-173.

Klemmt, Christoph & Sodhi, Rajat. 2017. Double-Curved Form Approximation with Identical Discrete Panel Geometries. In 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches, CAADRIA 2017. The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Hong Kong. pp.457-466.

Klemmt, Christoph & Bollinger, Klaus. 2016. Load Responsive Angiogenesis Networks. in Kathy Velikov K., Ahlquist S., del Campo M. and Thün G. (eds.). ACADIA 2016 Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture. pp.88-97.

Klemmt, Christoph & Bollinger, Klaus. 2015. Cell-Based Venation Systems.in Martens, B, Wurzer, G, Grasl T, Lorenz, WE and Schaffranek, R (eds.). Real Time – Proceedings of the 33rd eCAADe Conference. Volume 2. pp.573-580.

Klemmt, Christoph, & Sodhi, Rajat. 2015. Echo. In Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design. pp. 125-135.Springer International Publishing. Chicago

Klemmt, Christoph & Sodhi, Rajat. 2014. Materialising Energy. in: Voyatzaki, Maria. Proceedings of Materiality and Materialism at the Age of Computation. pp.261-272. European Network of Heads of Schools of Architecture.

Klemmt, Christoph. 2014. Compression Based Growth Modelling. in Gerber D, Huang A, Sanches J (ed). ACADIA 2014 Design Agency, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture. pp.565-572. Riverside Architectural Press

Poster and Project Presentations

Klemmt, Christoph, Pantic, Igor & Gheorghe, Andrei. 2019. Styx. In Projects of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA).

Klemmt, Christoph & Pantic, Igor. 2019. Bryx. In Projects of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA).

Klemmt, Christoph & Sodhi, Rajat. 2019. Plaisiophy. In Projects of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA).

Klemmt, C. and Sugihara, S.. 2018. Architectural Design by Cellular Growth Algorithm. In Artificial Life Conference Proceedings. pp.548-549. MIT Press.

Klemmt, Christoph & Sodhi, Rajat. 2018. Photoptosis. In Projects of the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA). pp.210-215.