computational design + robotic fabrication
From architecture, to landscape furniture, to interiors and products, we cover a wide area of expertise in standard, parametric, and computational design and analysis.
We provide concept, visualization, animation as well as development of existing concepts. Our workflow allows us to plug into one or more of the processes seamlessly and efficiently.
Our consultancy and R&D services are based out of Germany and available to you around the world.
We provide concept, visualization, animation as well as development of existing concepts. Our workflow allows us to plug into one or more of the processes seamlessly and efficiently.
Our consultancy and R&D services are based out of Germany and available to you around the world.
Our design workflow is often integrated into our fabrication setup; however, we welcome your designs to be rationalized and provide solutions for traditional, digital, and robotic fabrication. We are material agnostic and take every new opportunity of growth.
We provide solutions for our own as well as existing designs, and customize them to the needed materials, industrial processes, and code requirements. Once we integrate your design model, our software workflow integrates your files as to make adjustments and changes semi or fully automated, and therefore save redundant processes, costs, time and coordination.
We are happy to work with both ends of the chain: designers/architects/ artist and fabricators/contractors.
We provide solutions for our own as well as existing designs, and customize them to the needed materials, industrial processes, and code requirements. Once we integrate your design model, our software workflow integrates your files as to make adjustments and changes semi or fully automated, and therefore save redundant processes, costs, time and coordination.
We are happy to work with both ends of the chain: designers/architects/ artist and fabricators/contractors.
Our fabrication experience covers state-of-the-art equipment for additive, subtractive, cutting, as well as welding and assembly processes. We help manufacture your projects with our industry partners or your own suggested suppliers.
Whether or not you consult with us for your fabrication solutions, we handle and manage the realization of your project. We coordinate fully with contractors, sub-contractors, material suppliers, and provide a final product delivered to your site.
We look forward to collaborating with you to bridge the gaps between design, fabrication, automation, and assembly.
Whether or not you consult with us for your fabrication solutions, we handle and manage the realization of your project. We coordinate fully with contractors, sub-contractors, material suppliers, and provide a final product delivered to your site.
We look forward to collaborating with you to bridge the gaps between design, fabrication, automation, and assembly.
PHILOSOPHY
Our experience spans across the spectrum of the descipline of designing and making. Trained as architects and specialized in robotic fabrication and computational design, our mission is to bring design and manufacturing closer with the use of cutting edge software solutions and fabrication tools.
We believe in integrative approaches to design process and fabrication, and believe that traditional and digital are to be used both to better one another.
Whether by computational design, robotic fabrication, collaborative robotic fabrication, or human-robot collaboration, we see the future to be a combination of methods. We approach every project with fresh eyes and always try to justify our choice of materials, machines, and balance them with design and function.
EXPERTISE
Our experience spans across the spectrum of the descipline of designing and making. Trained as architects and specialized in robotic fabrication and computational design, our mission is to bring design and manufacturing closer with the use of cutting edge software solutions and fabrication tools.
We have worked with traditional and digital fabrication processes involving
timber + wood composites | metal | foam | composites | gfrc + gfrp | stone
material + media
Craft: Digital vs Human
Integrated Workflow
We have worked with:
PEOPLE
Our core competency is comprised of the academic and professional experience of our founder Bahar Al Bahar and the advisory support of Layth Mahdi Al-Attar. With a background in Architecture, both have gained years of extensive experience practicing in the field as architects working with design, planning, management, fabrication coordination and being involved from concept to site work. They both completed their masters specializing in robotic fabrication and computational design, as well as integrative and digital technologies and architectural design research In Germany and the United States. During those years, they took part in research projects, contributed to conferences, gave workshops, and won awards. They each kept working between research and industry, and today bring all of this under one roof.
Our team is KUKA certified for both industrial and collaborative robotic works.
director
Bahar Al Bahar
MSc. Integrative Technologies and Architectural Design Research, B.Arch
An Architect specializing in computational design and robotic fabrication.
He is an award-winning designer who has worked in the UAE and Germany on several projects in the Architecture, Art, Product and Installation Design fields, where he was also heavily involved with planning, fabrication, and project management. Bahar has completed his master’s of science degree in Integrative Technologies and Architectural Design Research (ITECH) from the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
He has won multiple awards including Young Artist Award 2nd place design category and people’s choice award, and was a finalist in several including the Christo and Jean Claude award in New York University AbuDhabi. During his Master Studies at Stuttgart, Bahar worked in the digital fabrication lab, as he also took one several research assistance jobs involving design and fabrication conceptualization.
He was also a finalist in the KUKA Innovation Awards of Hannover Fair 2018, as part of team CRoW in collaboration with ICD Stuttgart.
Bahar ran several workshops and published two academic papers involving robotic fabrication, computational design, and structures. Bahar’s interest lies in bringing together the digital and the analog, the material and the virtual, to bring out the best of each, while using computation as an integrative approach to design, structural analysis, and fabrication.
advisor
Layth Mahdi
MSc. Architecture and Digital Technologies (h.hons), B.Arch
An Architect and Fabricator with an extensive experience in Advanced Robotic Fabrication. He is an award-winning designer who has collaborated with an array of international architects and been heavily involved in the design of many of UAE’s iconic projects. Layth has completed his master’s degree of in Architecture and Digital Technologies from the University of Michigan, United States.
His projects won multiple awards some of which are AIA Middle East 1st place design award and Young Artist Award 1st place design category and Harper’s BAZAR Best Emerging Designer.
While at University of Michigan, he was chosen to be a research fellow working at the DigitalRobotic Fabrication lab at the University of Michigan.
The work of experimental Iraqi born- American educated Architect and
Designer Layth Mahdi challenges the boundaries of art, science, and technology.
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NEWS
news from robocraft as well as robocraft team members
Exhibitions
2018, Dubai, UAE //Booth exhibition in Downtown Design, robotically fabricated stone products, Dubai Design District / Layth Mahdi
2018, Dubai, UAE //Booth collaboration exhibition with D04 studio and HKD Jewelry, Downtown Design, digitally fabricated wood products, Dubai Design District / Layth Mahdi
2018, Mexico City, Mexico // Video feature in ACADIA 2018 conference / master thesis at ICD, University of Stuttgart / Bahar Al Bahar
2018, ETH Zurich, Switzerland // Video feature in Robots in Art Architecture and Design conference Rob|Arch / master thesis at ICD, University of Stuttgart / Bahar Al Bahar
2018, Hannover Messe, Germany // Finalist, KUKA Innovation Award / robocraft, part of team CRoW with ICD University of Stuttgart + FormFollowsYou
2018, Dubai, UAE // Exhibited digitally fabricated light installation in collaboration with Sawsan Al Bahar and Raoudha Al Ghurair / Sikka Art Fair 2018 / Bahar Al Bahar
Honors & Awards
2018, Dubai, UAE // Winner, Harper Bazaar Interiors Best Emergent Designer Award / Layth Mahdi Al-Attar
2018, Hannover, Germany // Finalist, KUKA Innovation Award / robocraft, part of team CRoW with ICD University of Stuttgart + FormFollowsYou
2017, Madison, USA // Awarded the Quarra Matter Fellowship 2017 in collaboration with Quarra Stone, Matter Design – MIT and University of Michigan
Presentations
2018, Dubai, The Forum @ Downtown Design // MADE IN THE MIDDLE EAST panel talk / Lauth Mahdi
2018, Kaiserslautern, Germany //Bending-Active Lamination for Spatial Timber Structures: Robotically Fabricated Elements with Continuous Fibre Elements / Paper Session in Research Cultures in Architecture Conference / Itech Master Thesis 2017 – ICD University of Stuttgart / Bahar Al Bahar
2018, Kaiserslautern, Germany //Bending-Active Lamination for Spatial Timber Structures: Robotically Fabricated Elements with Continuous Fibre Elements / Paper Session in Research Cultures in Architecture Conference / Itech Master Thesis 2017 – ICD University of Stuttgart / Bahar Al Bahar
Workshops
2018, Dubai Design District, Dubai // Basic Woodworking workshop / Layth Mahdi
2018 ETH Zurich, Switzerland // Collaborative Robotic Architectural Fabrication workshop co-leader in Rob|Arch conference / robocraft
2018 ETH Zurich, Switzerland // Collaborative Robotic Architectural Fabrication workshop co-leader in Rob|Arch conference / robocraft
Papers
Proceedings of the Research Cultures in Architecture conference 2018, Kaiserslautern, Germany // Bending-Active Lamination for Spatial Timber Structures:Robotically Fabricated Components with Continuous Fibre Alignment / Bahar AL BAHAR, Abel GROENEWOLT, Oliver D. KRIEG, Achim MENGES
Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2017“Interfaces: architecture.engineering.science”September25-28th, 2017, Hamburg, Germany // Irregularcable-nets: exploring irregularity as a driver for formand structure / Pedro A. G. S. GIACHINI, Bahar AL BAHAR, Jonathan J. SOLLY, Evy L. M. SLABBINCK, JanKNIPPERS
CONTACT US
We strive to make all our interactions into collaborations, and are hence open to take part in any form of work partnership. For more information about our services and experience please get in touch using the contact details below, or our contact form.
email: info@robocraft.de
germany: +49 (0)162 520 61 92
robocraft UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Rheinsbergerstraße 76/77
10115, Berlin
Trade Register Berlin HRB: 224555 B
tax ID: DE324055223
uae: +971 (0)50 308 35 36
For career inquiries, please send us your details to the contact email below.
We have no current openings but are always happy to expand our team. Get in touch and we will keep your contact for future opportunities.
We have no current openings but are always happy to expand our team. Get in touch and we will keep your contact for future opportunities.
email: careers@robocraft.de