Innovation

Holographic building visualisation among 5G benefits to construction sector  Recently, the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre held an online event that looked at the potential impact of 5G on construction, from design, through to manufacture and build as well as building operation. It was an opportunity to hear from the experts including Paul Coffey, Chief Executive of the Scotland 5G Centre, on the benefits that enhanced connectivity could have on every aspect of the industry. The construction sector has been one of the last to adopt digitisation and for very understandable reasons. Poor WiFi and 4G accessibility on building sites has inhibited the use of data and the challenges of cost and...

IG and NASA collaborate to design 3D-printed buildings for the moon BIG and 3D-printed building company ICON have revealed they are working on Project Olympus, which aims to develop robotic construction for the moon. The architecture firm and SEArch+ (Space Exploration Architecture) were enlisted for the project by ICON after it received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) government contract boosted with funding from NASA. Called Project Olympus, it aims to develop a way to create a 3D-printed infrastructure for living on the moon using materials found on its surface. Project Olympus aims to explore building on the moon "With...

"The virtual world is taking over the real world," says virtual designer Anthony Authié of Zyva Studio Digital designer Anthony Authié of Zyva Studio and visualisation artist Charlotte Taylor and have collaborated on an NFT auction of Architoys, a range of capsules containing fantasy architecture projects. The aluminium capsules, which are the same size as an AirPods case, contain a watch-like mechanism that can display a series of digital images of virtual architectural environments. They can also store digital images and data files relating to a fantasy project. "We wanted to give people the opportunity to collect a one-of-a-kind architectural...

Mighty Buildings plans neighbourhood of 3D-printed homes for California Construction technology company Mighty Buildings has announced plans to build 15 homes using prefabricated 3D-printed panels in Rancho Mirage, California. The project is a collaboration between California-based Mighty Buildings and developers Palari Group. Construction will begin at the end of this year with the homes set to be finished by Spring 2022. 3D-printed panels will form the houses Once complete, Mighty Buildings claims that the development will be the "world's first community" of 3D-printed homes with net-zero emissions. Solar panels will provide energy for the properties. Individual houses will also have...

The environmental impact of NFTs is "horrible" says architect Chris Precht Architect Chris Precht has abandoned plans to sell digital artworks backed by NFTs due to the environmental impact of mining the digital tokens. In a video posted on his Instagram account, Precht said that non-fungible tokens offered creatives an exciting opportunity to make money. But he said the carbon emissions associated with creating the tokens was "horrible". "This leaves such an ecological guilt for me that this time, I have to say no to that," he added. Above: the designer has created three digital artworks. Top image: Chris Precht...