Research & Innovation
Where craft meets
digital fabrication
Bürgin Creations operates at the boundary between traditional craftsmanship and the frontier of digital fabrication and material science — collaborating with leading research institutions to expand what can be physically built.
Areas
Research focus
Digital Fabrication
We explore how digital design tools — parametric modelling, computational geometry and CNC fabrication — can be integrated with physical craftsmanship to produce objects and surfaces of unprecedented complexity.
3D Printed Formwork
Research into using 3D printing to create complex, reusable formwork systems for GFRC and concrete casting. This allows architectural components of complex geometry to be produced with high precision and at reasonable cost.
Material Innovation
Ongoing experimentation with composite materials, mineral surfaces, bio-based binders and experimental coatings — in pursuit of performance, longevity and new aesthetic possibilities not available with standard materials.
Craft & Technology
Investigating the productive tension between traditional craft knowledge and digital tools — where handwork cannot be replaced by machines, and where machines enable what handwork alone could not achieve.
Partners
Collaborations
Research Collaboration
ETH Zürich
Digital fabrication research and applied material science projects.
Digital Fabrication
DFAB Projects
Applied research into robotic and digitally-driven fabrication methods for construction.
Material Research
EMPA
Collaboration on advanced material testing, analysis and development.
Position
The most interesting fabrication work happens at the boundary between what is known and what is not yet possible. Research is not separate from production — it is embedded in every project we undertake.
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