ITECH Research Pavilion 2024 showcases an innovative approach to bio-based hybrid architecture through a structural system that combines timber and natural fibres. The project explores the architectural potential emerging from the complementary properties of these two materials: timber provides compressive strength and geometric adaptability, while natural fibres offer tensile capacity and material versatility.
This synergy enables the development of lightweight, high-performance hybrid structures. The design incorporates co-developed computational methods and multi-robot fabrication processes, each tailored to the specific characteristics of timber and fibre.
By pushing the boundaries of material innovation, the timber-fibre hybrid system also offers a regenerative, climate-positive direction for the future of construction.
Credits
Architecture
Institute for Computational Design and Construction – ICD; Rebeca Duque Estrada, Fabian Kannenberg, Prof. Achim Menges, Kalaivanan Amudhan, Hamed Behmanesh, Clara Blum, Yağmur Bulut, Cornelius Carl, Paula Castel, Minghui Chen, Luisa Claus, Matthias Hornung, Che Chen Hu, Mohammad Mahdi Jafari, Simon Joller, Donghwi Kang, Arindam Katoch, Niki Kentroti, Rabih Koussa, Otto Lindstam, Luiza Longo, Samuel Losi, Laura Marsillo, Gonzalo Muñoz Guerrero, Kumaraguru Rangaraj Venkatachalam, Markus Renner, Seyedehgelareh Sanei, Jonathan Schill, Zahra Shakeri, Shirin Shevidi, Ceren Tüfek, Aysima Yavuz, Ali Zolfaghari
Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design – ITKE: Tzu-Ying Chen, Yanan Guo, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Knippers
Client
Private
Year of completion
2024
Location
Stuttgart, Germany
Total area
46 m2
Project Partners
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), ARRTSM, Safilin, University of Stuttgart, Cluster of Excellence Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture – IntCDC
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