Students of the Minor Robotic Production & Circular Materials, collectively built a 6-meter Christmas tree from residual wood donated by Amsterdamse Fijnhout

Wood is an increasingly demanded renewable resource and an important raw material for construction and materials. Demands are rising, with a growing attention for re-use and upcycling. This opens opportunities for new business models, empowered by the use of digital design and technologies. A KPI-framework …

Wood is an increasingly demanded renewable resource and an important raw material for construction and interiors and other applications. Yet, 25% of the annually used wood turns into waste, which is mostly incinerated or - in much smaller proportions - turned into particle board. Attention for wood recycling …

On the Open Research Amsterdam website, the Digital Production Research Group presented its main projects and achievements. -- Dutch: Verbinding onderwijs, onderzoek en praktijk In 2017 is het Robot Lab van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) opgericht. Zij transformeren onder andere sloophout tot nieuwe …

Werkspoorkwartier is nu hét toonbeeld van circulaire gebiedsontwikkeling. Niet alleen gebouwen werden circulair gerenoveerd en gebouwd, dus met gebruikte materialen, zonder afval en toekomstbestendig, maar ook nieuwe vormen van samenwerking en bedrijfsvoering werden ontwikkeld. Wil je weten hoe je een …

The exhibition presented the outcomes of the project 'Circular Wood for the Neighborhood', which was carried out by the Digital Production Research Group in 2020-2022. The exhibition consisted of ten panels with mixed media, objects and video's. The exhibition was displayed at the offices of the project …

In the project 'Circular Wood for the Neighborhood', carried out by the Digital Production Research Group and partners, three cases were researched, each of them including prototyping. This output concerns the visuals (including AR-model) for the first case study.

Growing volumes of wood are being used in construction, interior architecture, and product design, resulting in increasing amounts of wood waste. Using this waste is challenging, because it is too labor-intensive to process large volumes of uneven wood pieces that vary in geometry, quality, and origin. …