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Experimental Life
Woven Space
Woven Space 2008

Concept for a hybrid-use Mediathek within a university building, featuring a modular system of movable triangular plates that allow for dynamic spatial arrangements and programmatic flexibility.

Torus Chair
Torus Chair 2009
Cylindrical Mesh Topologies
Cylindrical Mesh Topologies 2011

Installation as Research Assistant

Differentiated Tensile Wood-laminate Morphologies
Differentiated Tensile Wood-laminate Morphologies 2011

Diploma Thesis at the ICD, University of Stuttgart

Material Equilibria
Material Equilibria 2012
From Flexible to Rigid
From Flexible to Rigid 2015
Hexagonal Curved-Fold Panels
Hexagonal Curved-Fold Panels 2015
Double-Curved Quad-Panels
Double-Curved Quad-Panels 2015
Regular Dodecahedra
Regular Dodecahedra 2015
Tensile Curved-Fold Panels
Tensile Curved-Fold Panels 2016
From Rigid to Flexible
From Rigid to Flexible 2016
Polytomies I
Polytomies I 2016

A biology-inspired cardboard sculpture with mechanical joints, reacting to ambient sound through an embedded processor and LED lights.

Seamless Connections
Seamless Connections 2016
Microcosmos
Microcosmos 2016
Modular Acoustic Absorber
Modular Acoustic Absorber 2017
Swarm Synth III
Swarm Synth III 2018

Audio visual interactive installation

Swarm Synth IV
Swarm Synth IV 2019

Audio visual interactive installation

Green Mesh I
Green Mesh I 2022

A digitally-developed trellis for climbing plants, its form adapts to site constraints and is precisely fabricated using a mapped network of segments in a material selected for its elastic properties.

Homo Sapiens Martianus
Homo Sapiens Martianus 2022

Speculative Fiction with Generative AI

Bamboo Equilibria
Bamboo Equilibria 2022
Urban Mining 2.0
Urban Mining 2.0 2025

An initiative for building upcycled community pavilions with local participants using collected waste bottles and the latest digital fabrication methods.

Green Mesh II
Green Mesh II 2025
Architectural Life
IBBTE BAUOEK
IBBTE BAUOEK 2008

6. Semester Senimar "Energizer" + Entwurf "Help" @IBBTE, Seminar BAUOEK Kompakt

Weinausschank Stuttgart Nord
Weinausschank Stuttgart Nord 2009
Eco Tower I
Eco Tower I 2010
Eco Tower II
Eco Tower II 2010
Experimenta Heilbronn
Experimenta Heilbronn 2013
Deutsche Bank Consolidation
Deutsche Bank Consolidation 2013
Hafencity Hamburg
Hafencity Hamburg 2014
Allianz Campus Berlin Adlershof
Allianz Campus Berlin Adlershof 2015
Technisches Rathaus Mannheim
Technisches Rathaus Mannheim 2016
99 West
99 West 2017

2nd Prize

Hotel am Steintorplatz
Hotel am Steintorplatz 2017
St. Peter & Paul
St. Peter & Paul 2017
Archiv der Avantgarden
Archiv der Avantgarden 2017
Data Center Test-fits
Data Center Test-fits 2019
Equinix FR16 & FRN
Equinix FR16 & FRN 2021

14MW Hyperscale Data Center & Timber-Hybrid Office Building with Equinix Training Center

Generative Design for Urban Block Development
Generative Design for Urban Block Development 2021

Generative design research for urban block development as an Invest-in-Arup Project

Equinix FR12
Equinix FR12 2022

24MW Data Center Design, RIBA2, RIBA3, RIBA4, Permitting

Xuan Huong Park
Xuan Huong Park 2023
DNT Farmstay
DNT Farmstay 2024
Lilly Alzey
Lilly Alzey 2024

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