Ivo Tedbury is a computational designer and technology enthusiast based in London, interested in the potential of increased computational power and fabrication technologies to generate buildings, products and tools which enlighten and empower their users. Since 2021 he has worked as VP of Engineering and Co-Founder at Automated Architecture, building a global ecosystem of automated micro-factories to deliver sustainable, affordable and beautiful architecture to millions of people.
 
Ivo graduated from MArch Architecture [with Distinction] at the Bartlett School of Architecture in Unit 19, and was awarded Ambrose Poynter Prize, Sir Andrew Taylor Prize, the Bartlett School of Architecture Medal, and the Imagination Bursary in Year 4. He previously completed BSc Architecture, also at the Bartlett, with First Class honours and winning the Fitzroy Robinson Drawing Prize.

His award-winning Master's project - 'Semblr' - was awarded a commendation at the RIBA President's Medals. The project consisted of the research and development of an innovative method of housing construction using robotically assembled discrete timber 'bricks'. He has significant experience and interest in Robot-Oriented Design applied within the architectural field, having prototyped and tested this robotic construction system using industrial robots, and developed and submitted a patent application for a new concept and application of distributed robotics in architecture. After graduating he worked as a Research Assistant for the Design Computation Lab at the Bartlett, also assisting with the delivery of the Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2017 Pavilion for Gilles Retsin Architecture.

Having completed an additional MRes in Architectural Computation (distinction and receiving the Alistair Turner prize), Ivo founded the startup company Semblr Technologies to commercialise his research, with investment from leading incubator program Entrepreneur First.

Ivo also previously worked at Arup Associates, and also in collaboration with several other designers and makers for numerous freelance design projects.

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