Self-shaping, deployable wood furniture

2019 - 2021 | Research Projects
University of Stuttgart - Knowledge and Technology Transfer

Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Dylan Wood, Prof. Achim Menges)

Self-shaping deployable wood furniture

Technology adaptation for insitu self-shaping of furniture and interior architecture.

Project Demonstrator:

HygroShape

Spin off company:

hylo tech

Media Coverage:

FAST COMPANY  -  Watch as this unbelievable wood furniture assembles itself - Look out, IKEA. This could be the future of building furniture at home.

Style Park (DE)  -  Autonomes Möbel

Stuttgarter Zeitung (DE)  -  Wie sich ein Sessel selbst aufbaut

PROJECT TEAM

ICD Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart

D. Wood (PI), L.  Kiesewetter, Prof. A. Menges

PROJECT FUNDING

University of Stuttgart - Internal funding for knowledge and technology transfer

HygroForm Prototype

Contact information

 

Institute for Computational Design and Construction

University of Stuttgart, Keplerstraße 11, 70174 Stuttgart

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