HyparHut Pavilion

The HyparHut Pavilion is designed primarily to demonstrate the capability of the distributed robotic screwdriver. It is has a column grid framing with a hyperbolic roof. The typology is similar to a hut. The grid consists of 2 rows of 3 columns. However, one of the columns does not touch the roof and creates a cantilevered corner for the curved roof.

The roof elements featured non-planar lap joints, which were not assemblable with the robotic clamps developed earlier. The screwed connections adds stability to elements where gravity and friction alone cannot keep an element in place.

The robotic arm can hold the timber element either with a parallel gripper or by holding from the back of one of the screwdrivers.

All the screwdrivers needed for assembling the timber element are attached to the timber element and is transferred together with it.

The pavilion is attached to a temporarily scaffolding on the ground during assembly.