KONRAD WACHSMANN'S ARCHITECTURE MACHINE

Konrad Wachsmann's Local Orientation Manipulator (LOM) represented a visionary step towards the automation of architectural construction. Developed in 1969 in collaboration with John Bollinger and Xavier Mendoza at the University of Southern California, the LOM was conceived as a mechanical system capable of freely positioning and orienting a building's components in space, enabling their precise assembly. More than just a machine, the LOM embodied Wachsmann's radical conviction that architecture could evolve through industrialised pr...[Read more]