In between science and teaching researchers work with students in an interdisciplinary team consisting of biologists, architects and civil engineers on the transformation of natural shape creation processes as ignition for new design and fabrication techniques in architecture.
The manufacturing process of the diving bell of the water spider (Argyroneta aquatica) was abstracted to a robotically build research pavilion made out of fibre reinforced polymers and ETFE film.
For the realisation of the biomimetic inspired light weight structure consisting von ETFE, carbon and glass fibres methods of form creation, finite element simulations and new materials systems are developed and investigated.
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ITKE Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design,
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Knippers
ICD ICD Institute for Computational Design,
Prof. Achim Menges
Scientific Development
Gundula Schieber, Valentin Koslowski, Manfred Richard Hammer, Seiichi Suzuki, Lauren Vasey, Moritz Dörstelmann, Marshall Prado
System Development, Fabrication & Construction
Hassan Abbasi, Yassmin Al-Khasawneh, Yuliya Baranovskaya, Marta Besalu, Giulio Brugnaro, Elena Chiridnik, Tobias Grun, Mark Hageman, Matthias Helmreich, Julian Höll, Jessica Jorge, Yohei Kanzaki, Shim Karmin, Georgi Kazlachev, Vangel Kukov, David Leon, Kantaro Makanae, Amanda Moore, Paul Poinet, Emily Scoones, Djordje Stanojevic, Andrei Stoiculescu, Kenryo Takahashi and Maria Yablonina with the support of Michael Preisack and Michael Tondera
In collaboration with
University of Tuebingen, Departement of Evolutionary Biology of Invertebrates,
Prof. Dr. Oliver Betz
University of Tuebingen, Departement of Palaeontology of Invertebrates,
Prof. Dr. James Nebelsick
University of Stuttgart, Institute of Aircraft Design,
Prof. Dr.-Ing. P. Middendorf
University of Stuttgart, Institute for Machine Tools,
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Stehle, Rolf Bauer, Michael Reichersdörfer
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