Hyper-Toroidal Deep Surface Prototype This project investigates computational design strategies for differentiated, cell-based membrane morpholgies that describe a continuous surface with variable cylindrical apertures. The tensioned mesh and anchoring location serve...
Perforated Deep Surface Prototype This project investigates computational design strategies for individual cells, describing a continuous surface with variable cylindrical apertures. The tensioned mesh and anchoring location serve to contort the overall geometry....
In summer 2011 the Institute for Computational Design (ICD) and the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE), together with students at the University of Stuttgart have realized a temporary, bionic research pavilion made of wood at the...
Aggregated Lamination One of wood’s defining characteristics is its anisotropy resulting from its fibrous structure. Many manufacturing methods and engineering processes in wood lamination have tried to overcome this inherent natural quality, attempting to create a...
Kerf-Based Complex Wood Systems This research projected investigated complex wood systems constructed from steamed, free formed wooded slats and formed through strategic accumulative local weakening and disruption of fiber continuity by kerfing. Thus the project aimed...
In 2010, the Institute for Computational Design (ICD) and the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) designed and constructed a temporary research pavilion. The innovative structure demonstrates the latest developments in material-oriented...
