Technology and Material Innovations
From AI and remote sensing tools to 3D printing and mass timber, technological innovations are changing the ways we analyze, design, and craft the built environment. Our college is at the forefront of leveraging these new materials and technologies to confront the climate crisis and inequities in our built environment.
Feb 22, 2016
A new recipe for construction
Ron Rael, Associate Professor of Architecture, is one of a small group of researchers advancing a novel type of 3D printing capable of processing recycled as well as under-utilized materials into a range of sturdy products.
Mar 3, 2015
UC Berkeley unveils first-of-its-kind, architectural-scale, 3-D-printed cement structure
Groundbreaking research demonstrates the potential of architectural 3-D printing.
Feb 3, 2015
3D-printed “cool bricks” can cool an entire room using water
Emerging Objects, founded by Associate Professor of Architecture Ron Rael, and Virginia San Fratello has come up with a solution which may be able to greatly reduce the use of air conditioning systems in hot dry climates.