This project combines kirigami engineering with artificial intelligence to reimagine the design of space frames for building components such as roofs, floors, and walls.
Kirigami is the art of cutting and arranging sheets to produce 3D objects. With kirigami principles, thin steel sheets can be cut, deployed, and connected to create stiff and easy-to-assemble space frames. A neural network equivariant to wallpaper group symmetries generates spinvalence cut patterns that endow a space frame with remarkable mechanical performance, distinctive architectural expression, and a mesmerizing interplay of light and shadow.
The exhibition is open until November 23rd at the mezanino level of Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy. Keep up with our work at kirigami-strata.ai
Exhibit: Alternative Skies at the Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy
We’re pleased to share that our latest paper, “Numerical modeling of cantilevered bigon arm mechanics under gravity,” by Axel Larsson @axla.io and Sigrid Adriaenssens is now published Open Access in the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (link in bio)
In this work, we investigate the stability regimes of reconfigurable bigon arms under gravitational loading—offering new insights into multi-stable structural systems.
