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Automated Architecture (AUAR)
Robotic micro-factories for sustainable timber housing
- 1-20 employees
- B2B
- Artificial Intelligence
- Sustainability
- Hardware
- Deep Tech
- Robotics
- Construction
- Automation
- London, UK
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Company mission
Automated Architecture (AUAR - pronounced ‘our’) is building a global ecosystem of automated micro-factories to deliver sustainable, affordable and beautiful architecture to millions of people
55% female employees
Our take
The construction industry's reliance on traditional building methods, labour shortages and supply chain complexities are hindering productivity, resulting in £1.6tn/year unrealised revenue globally. An industry starved of innovation, traditional building methods are inefficient, unproductive, and over-reliant on emission-intensive brick, concrete and steel. Alternative approaches like modular construction and mobile micro-factories lack automation, requiring manual construction which reduces speed and increases costs/Co2-emissions.
Automated Architecture (AUAR) offers a different vision for the built environment, where automation is not centralised into large factories but empowers local ecosystems of communities, contractors, architects and developers to build better homes. This disruptive low-CapEx, low-OpEx approach makes building sustainable and affordable housing commercially viable for small, medium and large home-builders.
The operation line works by factory/warehouse-based robots pulling timber panels off the shelves to then be assembled into one or two-story houses. The cleverly designed panel variations can be used for different designs again pushing efficiency and lack of waste to the forefront of the company's mission. The company has been described as a “startup to watch in 2024” and we’re sure this premise will most definitely draw the right attention for AUAR to excel in the construction space with its innovative drive.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Flexible working (where possible) with the team based in Bethnal Green, London
- Generous leave with 28 days bookable days each year (+bank holidays +seasonal office closure)
- Well-being support including health & dental Insurance
- Opportunity to be an early employee and help us shape the business as we grow
Company values
- For People & Planet
- Think Holistically
- Good Design
- Be Bold Be Redical
- Build Together
- Embrace Responsability
Leadership
Mollie Claypool
(CEO)Systems thinker & activist. Previously Associate Prof, UCL
Gilles Retsin
(CTO)Architect & programmer. Previously Associate Prof, UCL.
Ivo Tedbury
(VP Engineering)Also Co-founded Semblr Technologies and was apart of Entrepreneur First's LD11 Cohort Member.
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