workshop on pressure based motion
November 24 - November 28
workshop on pressure based motion
date
24 – 28 november 2025
location
TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
workshop objectives
In this workshop, organized in cooperation with the SFB Advanced Computational Design and the TachiLab, participants will work in groups to build foldable pressure driven mechanisms, which should be designed covering a rectangular which allows e.g.
(a) an actuation from its deployed state into a compact one (folding system) and/or
(b) an actuated morphing of its shape and/or
(c) an actuated change of the porosity to act e.g. as shading/ventilation device and/or
(d) an actuated spatial change.
The participants will develop the concepts through digital modeling and physical prototyping and build the table-top size models using digital fabrication tools. Constructed structures will be presented and discussed at the GCD Symposium for novelty of ideas and structural performance. In preparation to the workshop a series of weekly lectures will be given via Zoom starting in October until the workshop.
The interdisciplinary workshop team will provide and share their expert knowledge as well as their long experience, for a collaborative problem-solving workshop. The workshop should be an open space for students, researchers and practitioners to develop interesting ideas and hopefully new collaborations. Therefore, we encourage participants as well as tutors to give lightning talks at the beginning of the workshop.
Attendees will be awarded with 2.5 ECTS credits. For registration and more information please see: https://gcd.tuwien.ac.at/gcd25-workshop
