The workshop proposes an integrated introduction to computational design and robotics as tools applied to architectural design, fabrication, and construction, understanding both not as ends in themselves but as means to critically expand the scope of design. Through work with environments such as Rhino and Grasshopper, participants will learn to develop parametric models capable of generating, analyzing, and optimizing solutions according to geometric, structural, material, and construction criteria, while also understanding the workflow that connects the digital definition of a component or system with the programming of robotic trajectories and operations such as cutting, manipulation, or assembly. Applied in this case to timber, the workshop will explore the potential of this material as a field for architectural experimentation, integrating parametric design, material logic, and robotic fabrication within a single workflow, always under BAI’s premise that technique follows the project, not the other way around.

KEY INFORMATION

Date and location:

June 22–26, 2026, Arrosadia Campus, Public University of Navarra (UPNA).

Limited number of places

Open to final-year undergraduate and Master’s students in Architecture and/or Engineering, young architects or engineers who have already graduated, and students or recent graduates from higher-level vocational training programs (Levels D and E) related to the subject.

Free registration. The workshop is fully funded and carries no tuition fee.

Registration deadline: May 15. ACCESS THE REGISTRATION FORM

Workshop instructors:

Jesús Medina and Panayiotis Papacharalambous, experts in digital fabrication and applied robotics from ETH Zurich

More information:

Poster and explanatory dossier