The Institute for Computational Design (ICD) and the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) of the University of Stuttgart have constructed another bionic research pavilion. The project is part of a successful series of research pavilions which showcase the potential of novel design, simulation and fabrication processes in architecture. The project was planned and constructed within one and a half years by students and researchers within a multi-disciplinary team of architects, engineers and biologists.
The focus of the project is a parallel bottom-up design strategy for the biomimetic investigation of natural fiber composite shells and the development of novel robotic fabrication methods for fiber reinforced polymer structures. The aim was the development of a winding technique for modular, double layered fiber composite structures, which reduces the required formwork to a minimum while maintaining a large degree of geometric freedom. Therefore, functional principles of natural lightweight structures were analyzed and abstracted in cooperation with the University of Tübingen and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Through the development of a custom robotic fabrication method, these principles were transferred into a modular prototype pavilion.
PROJECT-TEAM
Institute for Computational Design – Prof. Achim Menges
Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design – Prof. Dr. Jan Knippers
RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Moritz Dörstelmann, Vassilios Kirtzakis, Stefana Parascho, Marshall Prado, Tobias Schwinn
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
Leyla Yunis
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND REALIZATION
WiSe 2012 – SoSe2013: Desislava Angelova, Hans-Christian Bäcker, Maximilian Fichter, Eugen Grass, Michael Herrick, Nam Hoang, Alejandro Jaramillo, Norbert Jundt, Taichi Kuma, Ondrej Kyjánek, Sophia Leistner, Luca Menghini, Claire Milnes, Martin Nautrup, Gergana Rusenova, Petar Trassiev , Sascha Vallon, Shiyu Wie
WiSe 2013:Hassan Abbasi, Yassmin Al-Khasawneh, Desislava Angelova, Yuliya Baranovskaya, Marta Besalu, Giulio Brugnaro, Elena Chiridnik, Eva Espuny, Matthias Helmreich, Julian Höll, Shim Karmin, Georgi Kazlachev, Sebastian Kröner, VangelKukov, David Leon, Stephen Maher, Amanda Moore, Paul Poinet, Roland Sandoval, Emily Scoones, Djordje Stanojevic, Andrei Stoiculescu, Kenryo Takahashi, Maria Yablonina supported by Michael Preisack
IN COOPERATION WITH:
Institute of Evolution and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology of Invertebrates, University of Tübingen – Prof. Oliver Betz
Department of Geosciences, Paleontology of Invertebratesand Paleoclimatology Universität Tübingen – Prof. James H. Nebelsick
University of Tübingen, Module: Bionics of animal constructions, WiSe 2012: Gerald Buck,
Michael Münster, Valentin Grau, Anne Buhl, Markus Maisch, Matthias Loose, Irene Viola
Baumann, Carina Meiser
ANKA / Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) – Dr. Thomas van de Kamp, Tomy dos Santos Rolo, Prof. Dr. Tilo Baumbach
Institute for Machine Tools
University of Stuttgart – Dr.-Ing. Thomas Stehle, Rolf Bauer, Michael Reichersdörfer
Institute of Textile Technology and Process Engineering ITV Denkendorf – Dr. Markus Milwich
FUNDING
Kompetenznetz Biomimetik
KUKA Roboter GmbH
SGL Group
Sika AG
AFBW
For more infos visit: http://www.itke.uni-stuttgart.de/entwicklung.php?id=67
