bartlett architecture students use robots to build arkhive reconfigurable timber pavilion

the structure is conceived as a material bank for long-term reuse

project info:

name: Arkhive
architect: Design for Manufacture, Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London

students: DfM cohort of 2023-2024 (Matías Ramírez Muñoz, Hakyeong Jeon, Victoria Arancibia Retes, Jawad Soueid), DfM cohort of 2024-2025 (Anuj Bajaj, Chao-lin Cheng, Hongkun Chen, Iqbal Utomo, Jun Myung, Longfei Ma, Nour Beydoun, Petra Li, Pongpreedee Chaveegoolrat, Qiyang Zhu, Shengtong Liu, Sibei Chen, Sihan Liu, Tong Wu, Xujie Shen, Yanzhu Che, Yuan Gao, Yuntian Ma, Yuxuan Zhou, Zining Zhu, Zishan Huang, Ziyue Wu)

B-made workshops & labs: Hamish Veitch, Yaoyao Meng, Guillem Perutxet Olesti, Melis Van den Berg, Samuel Turner-Baldwin, Claudia Toma, Adam Meyrick, Costa Harrison, Mark Burrows

structural engineers: Bedir Bekar, Tim Lucas, Giulio Gianni, Price & Myers

plywood sponsor: Ben Price, Plykea – Here East

screw pile foundation contractor: Radix Group, Dundee Scotland

project partner: Harry Watkins, St Andrews Botanic Garden

design tutors: Ben Spong, Pradeep Devadass

program director: Peter Scully

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edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom