Augusto Gandia

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Augusto Gandia is a leading researcher at the intersection of digital fabrication, robotics, and architectural construction. His work focuses on developing autonomous and cooperative robotic systems for building spatial structures, with a particular emphasis on timber and hybrid assembly methods. Gandia’s major contributions include pioneering path-planning algorithms for robotically assembled spatial structures (23 citations) and introducing a novel construction method that combines in-place 3D printing with robotic assembly, allowing for highly customized connection details to be printed directly onto standard building components (16 citations). His research on cooperative robotic fabrication of timber dowel assemblies (16 citations), developed within the Master of Advanced Studies in Architecture and Digital Fabrication at ETH Zurich, presents an innovative, fully wood-based constructive system enabled by multi-robot collaboration. This work builds on recent advances in computational design and robotic coordination, demonstrating how off-the-shelf materials can be assembled into complex, sustainable structures without the need for metal fasteners or adhesives. Gandia’s research is shaping the future of automated, material-efficient construction.