MAS ETH DFAB

Programme description The MAS ETH DFAB teaches advanced methods and technologies at the forefront of computational design, 3D printing and robotic fabrication and their implementation in architecture and construction. Throughout the intensive twelve-month programme, students gain the technical, intellectual and artistic skills to master the digital chain from computational design to fabrication and assembly of full-scale structures in architecture. Jointly organised by Gramazio Kohler Research and the Chair for Digital Building Technologies at the Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA), the MAS ETH DFAB is the educational programme of the National Centre for Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication, one of the biggest and world leading interdisciplinary research clusters on digital fabrication and robotics in architecture.Objectives The MAS ETH DFAB prepares students for a Digital Building Culture, where the architect develops integrative concepts for design and construction, which are technologically advanced, sustainable and responsive to societal progress. Professional perspectives Expert knowledge in computational design, advanced fabrication methods, robotics and materials research positions graduates as cutting-edge practitioners in the field. The MAS ETH DFAB has regular interactions with representatives from industry and architecture, to prepare them for practice. Alumni of the programme have successfully set up robotic divisions in progressive architecture and construction firms, work as computational design and digital fabrication specialists or have become leading researchers in the field. Programme structure The MAS ETH DFAB is a twelve-month full-time programme structured in three terms