Researchers from Swiss university ETH Zürich have created the facades of a winery in Greece from 13,596 individually placed bricks using a technology they have named "augmented bricklaying".
Built at the Kitrvs winery in Pydna near the foot of Mount Olympus, the building will be used to process and store wine from the local vineyards.
Its intricate, semi-transparent brick facades were designed by researchers from Gramazio Kohler Research at ETH Zürich and digital construction company Incon.ai. All 13,596 bricks were individually rotated and tilted to create the overall pattern.
The intricate pattern across the 225-square-metre facades was created using parametric software and then built by masons using an augmented-reality optical guidance system.
"To achieve such an intricate design, a parametric digital design and fabrication model was developed, using Grasshopper software, Compas and Python as a programming language," said Mitterberger.
"By optically instructing masons with tailored digital information through a custom augmented reality user interface, a direct connection to the digital design model can be established."
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