Archi-Union has surrounded the Light of Internet World Internet Conference Centre in Wuzhen, China, with pavilions that were built using robotic construction techniques.
The conference centre, which has a curving tiled roof and a facade of angled glass, sits in a landscaped park on a site northwest of the town surrounded by farm houses.
The main conference centre has an undulating tiled roof
Wuzhen has hosted the World Internet Conference since 2014, and the growing popularity has led to the demand for a new dedicated venue.
Archi-Union gave the Light of Internet World Internet Conference Centre a tiled roof that sweeps up to meet in four tent-like peaks to echo the rooflines of historic structures in the area.
3D-printed plastic parts make up the canopy of the Cloud pavilion Surrounding this hall are four themed pavilions, the Water Pavilion, Moon Pavilion, Red Pavilion and Cloud Pavilion. The design and construction of each employed experimental, robot-based construction techniques.
They provide amenity spaces for conference attendees that demonstrate the potential of digital technologies for architecture.
Robots were used to construct the brick forms of the Water Pavilion
For the Cloud Pavilion, prefabricated 3D-printed plastic components were used to create a cluster of umbrella-shaped canopies that shelter a cafe. The pavilion was built in two weeks by four robots.
The Water Pavilion, constructed in-situ by robots using bricks, provides a series of cylindrical toiled ...