HygroDesign

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HygroDesign
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Master Thesis
October 17, 2023
ITECH M.Sc

Self-shaping wood offers efficient, novel timber building techniques, integrating multiple wood species for diverse architectural uses and environmental benefits, illustrated in this project.

Architectural Design
Robotic fabrication
Coding
Areas of Research materialized in final Demonstrator

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Experiment showing variable curvature using beech and spruce wood
Experiment with variable curvature (left) Sofistik self-shaping simulation (right)
curvature enables a lightweight structure with a span of 5 x 1.2 m only weighing 100 kg
Structure on hinged supports before raising
Crosssection optimized buildup of single- (24 mm) and double (48 mm) Bilayer
Implementation on an architectural scale
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