Simulation for Design
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Bend&Block
Bend&Block is a material system whose deformation depends on internal geometrical configurations. The aim is to create a structural system that is flexible when it is flat and stiff when it is deformed. This way, curved elements can be easily formed from flat components which bend and block...
Lecture at University of Bologna: Reversible self-formation process based on geometry-induced variable stiffness structures
On the 7th of June at 15:00 Efilena Baseta will present her research on ‘Reversible self-formation process based on geometry-induced variable stiffness structures’ in the Aula Magna of the School of Engineering and Architecture – University of Bologna .
Special thanks to Prof.Ing. Alessio...
Paper Award for Elytra Filament Pavilion
The ITKE and ICD have been awarded the Publication Prize of the University of Stuttgart 2017 for their paper “Elytra Filament Pavilion: Robotic Filament Winding for Structural Composite Building Systems” which was presented at the Fabricate 2017 Conference in Stuttgart. The award was presented...
Digital Design & Full Scale Fabrication Course – IoA
CONTROLLED ACTIVE BENDING STRUCTURES
“The form is a system which organises itself in the presences of both internal and external forces and these organizations can shape patterns traced through mathematical rules.”
D’ Arcy Thompson
In this framework, this 5-days course focuses on the creation of...
Open Lecture TU Graz : Adaptive structures and material performance
This week Efilena Baseta visited TU Graz as a jury member of the midterm presentation of the studio ”Break it till you Make it” led by Urs Hirschberg. The students focus on experimenting on various materialities of wood with the final goal of building an 1:1 info point. After the reviews...
Blumer Lehmann secondment
The last months I have been working on scaling up the micro-scalar (1 dm) dynamic behavior of wood veneer into macroscalar dynamic wooden structures (10m) exploring controlled bending-active systems.
From the 6th till the 18th of November I conducted my secondment in Blumer Lehman in...