Ammar Mirjan

Co-founder and CEO, MESH Robotic Construction, Switzerland

Ammar Mirjan is an architect and automation expert with over ten years of experience in digital fabrication and robotic construction systems. He founded MESH while working as a researcher at ETH Zurich.

Last updated: March 18, 2024 Zurich, Switzerland

Ammar presented the MESH technology at the Holcim Foundation Sounding Board Zurich. The construction method makes it possible to produce complex or curved reinforcement cages through an automated prefabrication process. The 3D steel-mesh structure created this way serves as both formwork and reinforcement and can be filled by a specific concrete mix without using conventional formwork. As a result, significant amounts of building materials can be saved.

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He holds a Bachelor of Architecture, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland and a M.Arch from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. He has worked for architectural offices in New York, Tokyo, and London. He completed his PhD on architectural fabrication processes with flying robots in 2016.

His work has focused on various teaching and research activities at Gramazio Kohler Research and at the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication.