Talk Abstract:
The future of optimised design for manufacture, fabrication, assembly and installation.
Talking to machines, robots and drones.
Working internationally with universities to research and develop future technologies.
Mass customisation theory, practice and strategies.
Closing the gap between designers and makers.

Biography:
Andrew Watts FICE FIED FIET FRSA RIBA, CEO of international building engineers, Newtecnic, is a building engineer and architect who specialises in the engineering design of facades and their interface with structural and environmental design. Andrew is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Royal Society of Arts and the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Newtecnic’s approach to building engineering is based on research from first principles. This allows the company to achieve design excellence for complete engineering designs​, from concept to fabrication for structure, facades and internal environments. Newtecnic authors the Modern Construction textbook series​ by Birkhauser.