FRAC Centre Orléans 02.12.2011-19.02.2012
A project by Gramazio & Kohler and Raffaello d'Andrea in cooperation with ETH Zurich.
Flight Assembled Architecture
The first use of the Flying Machine Enabled Construction paradigm is the installation titled "Flight Assembled Architecture" at the FRAC Centre, Orleans. This installation was developed jointly with architects Gramazio & Kohler. Flight Assembled Architecture is the first installation built by flying machines. Conceived as an architectural structure at a scale of a 600 m high “vertical village”, the installation addresses radical new ways of thinking and materializing architecture as a physical process of dynamic formation. A preliminary version of the structure was built at ETH Zürich, and is showcased below.
Collision Avoidance and Freeway Based Flight
To coordinate flying and avoid collisions, the vehicles use two freeways that encircle the structure. Usage of the freeways is controlled by a space-reservation system, whereby each vehicle reserves the space required for a trajectory before the trajectory is flown. This system is also used to stop collisions with the tower.
Both freeways as well as the space reservation system can be seen in the image below, where the black and red "tubes" represent space reserved for each trajectory – one on each freeway.
Collision Avoidance and Freeway Based Flight.
