Engaging Formations describes the fabrication of the 2017 research pavillon at the Department for Structure and Design at the faculty for architecture in Innsbruck, Austria. The design process is informed by robotic constraints and multi material systems. Starting from a rigorous approach in robotic weaving of fiberglas onto a given framework, later on the process was opened up using shotcrete as a second material component adding stiffness to the overall structure. The combination of a very tensile, stress driven and precise process of weaving in combination with the messy materiality of shotcrete opened up the formal language towards a highly intricate dialogue between the two different material characters. The fiberglas substructure serves both as a framework as well as reinforcement and is shaped and constrained by the weaving tools used. The concrete layer adds stiffness and freezes a liquid material into a solid equilibrium.

I.SD Research Pavilion 2017 | Department of Structure and Design | University of Innsbruck | Prof. Kristina Schinegger & Prof. Stefan Rutzinger, Meizi Li, Johannes Ladinig, Lukas Härtenberger, David Stieler

Students:
Baldessarini Bernd, Fürst Julian Tobias, Geraia Adam, Höllwarth Stephan, Künz Manuel, Malesevic Milan, Mangili Riccardo, Mayer Marco, Pazeller Lukas, Rando Emiliano, Redelbach Justus, Richtmann Jan-Philipp, Rothmayr Kilian, Salcher Alexander Josef, Sanin Sandro, Schidlbauer Alexander Thomas, Scholler Christoph, Schumacher Iris, Seitz Sophie Marie, Sillaber Rebecca, Sonne Konrad, Stolz Paul, Tomba Fabian, Victor Maxime, Walther Leopold Cornelius,
Wanek Amelie, Wolf Maja Beatrice