2023 Annual Conference: RWTH Aachen University, Keynote Sigrid Brell-Cokcan
Sigrid Brell-Cokcan is the founder and director of the new Chair of Individualized Production IP at RWTH Aachen University and co-founded the Association for Robots in Architecture in 2010 together with Johannes Braumann.
In 2003 Sigrid was the founding partner of II Architects int Istanbul/ Vienna. (Best design award at Turkey Build 2008 for Reinforced Prefabricated client: Alacali Construction Industry and Trade Inc.) Before launching her own architecture firm with Baris Cokcan she was working with renowned international architects and engineers Coop Himmelblau, Frank O Gehry, Peter Cook and Bollinger & Grohmann on projects such as Kunsthaus Graz, MARTA Herford and BMW World Munich.
She holds a Doctorate in technical sciences from TU Vienna (2014), a Master in Architecture (1998) from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (honoured with Carl Appel Prize), is a member of the Austrian Chamber of Architects and has completed international studies in architecture at University of Sydney (1994).
IP focusses on the use of innovative machinery in material and building production. In order to create an environment that allows the efficient, individualized production of lot size one, new and user friendly methods for man machine interaction are developed. The Chair of IP employs researchers from different fields of robotics and building production to streamline the necessary digital workflow from the initial design to the production process; shaping the construction site of the future via intuitive, easy-to-use interfaces.
RiA is leading the international research and software development in making industrial robots accessible for the creative industry and particularly for inexperienced users. The international Association for Robots in Architecture is originally a spin off research association of Vienna University of Technology, founded in December 2010 by Sigrid Brell-Cokcan and Johannes Braumann.
The Building 4.0 CRC conference was hosted on 11th October 2023, and more details can be found here:
https://building40crc.zohobackstage.c...