Co-Creative Robotics Turn-Based Human–Robot Assembly for Architectural Design Exploration

thesis Co-Creative Robotics Turn-Based Human–Robot Assembly for Architectural Design Exploration published yes Hans Sachs author 64589 Yusuf Aykin author 84542 Victor Sardenberg author Bo Schneider author 86766 eCaadeeCAADe editor DEP1055 department eCAADe (44th) This paper investigates co-creativity in architectural robotics through a design-research experiment that repositions the robot from a fabrication tool to an active collaborator in spatial exploration. A turn-based assembly process enables a human designer and a robotic arm to alternately place modular bricks within a shared three-dimensional environment. Each move is evaluated through computational rules—support, stability, and collision—and interpreted in real time via an AI image-to-image diffusion model. This sequential exchange establishes a reciprocal design dialogue: the human reads the robot’s action as a spatial proposition, while the robot responds to the evolving structure. Creative agency becomes distributed across human and machine, encouraging reflection on intent and positioning robotic intelligence as a source of suggestion rather than execution. By prioritizing responsiveness and interpretation over efficiency, the research challenges conventional file-to-factory paradigms and frames robotics as an active participant in design thinking. It contributes to discussions on human–machine collaboration by proposing co-creative robotics as a framework for rethinking authorship in architecture. Keywords. Human–robot Collaboration, Co-Creation, Computational Creativity, Robotic Fabrication, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Fabrication, Generative Models, Discrete Assembly, Human–Machine Interaction. https://www.th-owl.de/elsa/download/14042/14043/ecaade2026_93.pdf application/pdf no CumInCAD2026Lübeck eng Co Creative RobotsCollaborative RobotsDesignArchitecture eCAADe 2026 - Informed creativity in architecture and engineering 44357-366 https://papers.cumincad.org/cgi-bin/works/paper/ecaade2026_93 Sachs H, Aykin Y, Sardenberg V, Schneider B. Co-Creative Robotics Turn-Based Human–Robot Assembly for Architectural Design Exploration. Vol 44. 1st ed. (eCAADe eCaade, ed.). CumInCAD; 2026:357-366.

Sachs, Hans ; Aykin, Yusuf ; Sardenberg, Victor ; Schneider, Bo ; eCAADe, eCaade (Hrsg.): Co-Creative Robotics Turn-Based Human–Robot Assembly for Architectural Design Exploration, 2. Bd. 44. 1. Aufl. CumInCAD : CumInCAD, 2026

Sachs, H., Aykin, Y., Sardenberg, V., & Schneider, B. (2026). Co-Creative Robotics Turn-Based Human–Robot Assembly for Architectural Design Exploration. In eCaade eCAADe (Ed.), eCAADe 2026 - Informed creativity in architecture and engineering (1st ed., Vol. 44, pp. 357–366). CumInCAD. Sachs, Hans, et al. “Co-Creative Robotics Turn-Based Human–Robot Assembly for Architectural Design Exploration.” ECAADe 2026 - Informed Creativity in Architecture and Engineering, edited by eCaade eCAADe, 1st ed., vol. 44, CumInCAD, 2026, pp. 357–66. Sachs, Hans, Yusuf Aykin, Victor Sardenberg, and Bo Schneider. Co-Creative Robotics Turn-Based Human–Robot Assembly for Architectural Design Exploration. Edited by eCaade eCAADe. ECAADe 2026 - Informed Creativity in Architecture and Engineering. 1st ed. Vol. 44. 2. CumInCAD: CumInCAD, 2026. H. Sachs, Y. Aykin, V. Sardenberg, B. Schneider, Co-Creative Robotics Turn-Based Human–Robot Assembly for Architectural Design Exploration, 1st ed., CumInCAD, CumInCAD, 2026.

Sachs, Hans, Yusuf Aykin, Victor Sardenberg und Bo Schneider. 2026. Co-Creative Robotics Turn-Based Human–Robot Assembly for Architectural Design Exploration. Hg. von eCaade eCAADe. eCAADe 2026 - Informed creativity in architecture and engineering. 1. Aufl. Bd. 44. 2. CumInCAD: CumInCAD.

H. Sachs, Y. Aykin, V. Sardenberg, B. Schneider, Co-Creative Robotics Turn-Based Human–Robot Assembly for Architectural Design Exploration, 1st ed., CumInCAD, CumInCAD, 2026. Sachs H, Aykin Y, Sardenberg V, Schneider B. Co-Creative Robotics Turn-Based Human–Robot Assembly for Architectural Design Exploration. 1st ed. eCAADe eCaade, editor. eCAADe 2026 - Informed creativity in architecture and engineering. CumInCAD: CumInCAD; 2026. (2; vol. 44). Sachs, Hans u. a.: Co-Creative Robotics Turn-Based Human–Robot Assembly for Architectural Design Exploration, Bd. 44, hg. von eCAADe, eCaade, CumInCAD 12026 (2). H. Sachs, Y. Aykin, V. Sardenberg, and B. Schneider, Co-Creative Robotics Turn-Based Human–Robot Assembly for Architectural Design Exploration, 1st ed., vol. 44. CumInCAD: CumInCAD, 2026, pp. 357–366. Sachs H et al. (2026) Co-Creative Robotics Turn-Based Human–Robot Assembly for Architectural Design Exploration, 1st ed., eCAADe eCaade (ed.). CumInCAD: CumInCAD. 140422026-09-17T15:06:05Z2026-09-17T15:06:14Z