STARTED IN THE SPRING OF 2024, SPOLIA BEGAN AS A PLATFORM FOR THE COLLECTION, SCANNING, CATALOGUING, AND REDEPLOYMENT OF BUILDING MATERIALS THAT HAVE LOST THEIR ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL VALUE.
USING SCANNING TECHNOLOGIES, OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS, AND ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY, SPOLIA SEEKS TO REDEFINE THE THRESHOLD OF MATERIAL VIABILITY IN CIRCULAR CONSTRUCTION AND INVESTIGATE THE STRUCTURAL AND AESTHETIC REGIMES OF MATERIAL RE-USE IN ARCHITECTURAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS.