ITKE has contributed to 8 papers and 2 demonstrators that will be presented at this week’s IASS 2026 in Turin, Italy:
234 – TimberTwist — Wood in Rotation: A CNC-milled, actively-bent Timber-Membrane Canopy Prototype
James Koch, Andreas Schedler, Martin Ostermann and Jan Knippers
Thursday, September 17, 11:10-12:50, Room 5i, 11:10
291 – Fiber-Reinforced Compliant Hinges with Shape Memory Alloy Actuation for Responsive Façades
Edith A. Gonzalez, Hastia Asadi, Lisa Weiß, Masaki Tetsu, Kimia Jafarlavasani, Axel Körner, Götz T. Gresser, Larissa Born and Jan Knippers
Thursday, September 17, 11:10-12:50, Room Sala Duomo, 11:50
302 – MOSC: A Design-to-fabrication method for Lightweight Spanning Components out of Shape-and-fiber-optimized Strand Composites
Jorge Christie, Tzu-Ying Chen, Andreas Michanickl and Jan Knippers
Thursday, September 17, 11:10-12:50, Room 12i, 11:50
346 – Omnidirectional Compliant Hinge: A Caterpillar-Inspired Joint for Multi-Axis Motion
Orion Strayer, Danica Kostić, Phoebe Kleinau, Mariia Hruntes, Axel Körner, Edith Anahi Gonzalez San Martin and Jan Knippers
Thursday, September 17, 16:50-17:30, Room 4i, 16:50
375 – A form-active reclaimed timber system for multi-storey construction shaped by stock variability and grain orientation
Renan Prandini, Lorenz Riedel, Aaron Wagner, Zuardin Akbar, Thomas Wortmann, Achim Menges and Jan Knippers
Monday, September 14, 16:50-19:10, Room Sala Duomo, 16:50
588 – Vertical Extensions of Post-War Housing Estates: Design Strategies, Structural Systems, and Design Space Exploration Using an Innovative Point-Supported Multi-Storey Timber Construction System
Maria Papadimitraki, Lorenz Riedel, Hans Jakob Wagner, Jan Knippers and Achim Menges
Thursday, September 17, 14:20-16:20, Room 1i, 15:00
634 – Structural design of a long-span demountable timber beam grillage roof for an urban research pavilion in Stuttgart, Germany
Jan-David Kleefeldt, Gregor Neubauer and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Knippers
Tuesday, September 15, 16:30-18:10, Room 12i, 17:10
98 – Image-based modelling approaches for the mechanical assessment of natural-fibre coreless filament wound structures
Quentin Chef, Otto Lindstam and Tzu-Ying Chen
Monday, September 14, 16:50-19:10, Room 3i, 17:50
1135 – Hybrid Flax Column (P35)
Tsu-Ying Chen; Rebeca Duque Estrada; Yanan Guo; Fabian Kannenberg; Jan Knippers; Achim Menges
Pavilion Exhibition
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1112 – Re:Active Grain Slab (P12) - Corresponding paper: 375
Renan Prandini; Aaron Wagner; Lorenz Riedel; Zuardin Akbar
Pavilion Exhibition
accessible anytime
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