WG21
Advanced Manufacturing
and Materials
IASS Barcelona 2019 Expo
The Barcelona Expo was a huge success, and we congratulate all the teams involved. The quality of all the pavilions was extremely high, and we were delighted to welcome so many participants from all over the world.
Winners!
We are delighted that the jury chose four pavilions for a special mention, and four pavilions for a prize!
Special mentions:
Group 19 – University of Queensland, Kim Baber, “Inventory Constrained Funicular Modelling”
Group 26 – TU Graz Cornstarch, Tonia Ludwig “Corn Flips”
Group 34 – Tsinghua University, Weixin Huang “Active bending weaving structure”
Group 39 – Kent State University, Diane Davis-Sikora “Biotensegrity Textile Assemblies”
Prize winners:
Group 10 – EPFL, Mark Pauly “Elastic Rod Pavilion”
Group 15 – Singapore University of Technology and Design, Kenneth Tracy “Knit Tensegrity Shell”
Group 20 – TU Graz, Jana Rieth “Push Puppet”
Group 30 – CNR - ISTI, Francesco Laccone, “FlexMaps Pavilion”
Jury
Sigrid Adriaenssens (Chair)
Irmgard Lochner Aldinger
Mark Burry
Kai Uwe Bletzinger
Chris Williams
General photos:
Photos taken during the erection of the pavilions, and during our technical sessions, are provided below - and give a sense of the excitement behind the event!!
The Pavilions:
Ordered by Team Number, you can find photos of each pavilion below. Click on a photo to see more pictures and video:
Group:
Team Leader:
UTokyo-Kawakami
Group:
2
Team Leader:
Tomohiro Tachi
The University of Tokyo
Thin Glass Pavilion
Group:
8
Team Leader:
Sam Gregson
Eckersley O’Callaghan
Two Blue Shells
Group:
12
Team Leader:
Lisa Ramsburg
Schlaich Bergermann Partner
Flat-pack Origami
Group:
17
Team Leader:
Yasushi Ishida
Cal Poly Pomona Los Angeles
Push Puppets
Group:
20
Team Leader:
Jana Rieth and Lorenz Kastner
Graz University of Technology
Shadow Gradient
Group:
23
Team Leader:
Stephanie Chaltiel and Jane Scott
MuDD Architects and Responsive Knit
Tribute to Kenneth Snelson
Group:
28
Team Leader:
Andrea Micheletti
University of Rome Tor Vergata
SmartShell
Group:
31
Team Leader:
Dingwen Bao
RMIT University
QUIPUSTRUCTURE
Group:
35
Team Leader:
Manuel Espinoza
Palma University
Biotensegrity Textile Assemblies
Group:
39
Team Leader:
Diane Davis-Sikora
Kent State University
Group:
Team Leader:
Origami hyperbolic paraboloids
Group:
4
Team Leader:
Leon Kamp
Technical Univeristy Eindhoven
Ceramic Tensegrity
Group:
9
Team Leader:
M.S. Uihlein
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dynamorphe
Group:
14
Team Leader:
Léo Demont
Dynamorphe
Vertex2
Group:
18
Team Leader:
Omar F. Avellaneda L.
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
X-Mesh
Group:
21
Team Leader:
Xavier Tellier
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech
Echo
Group:
24
Team Leader:
Ornella Iuorio
University of Leeds
Radiolaria Pavilion
Group:
29
Team Leader:
BoSheng Liu
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
TRADIGITAL WIRE-BENDERS
Group:
32
Team Leader:
Vernelle Noel
Georgia Institute of Technology
Deployable Tensegrity Pavilion
Group:
36
Team Leader:
Jonathan Dessi-Olive
GA Institute of Technology
Common Multiple
Group:
40
Team Leader:
Katharina Scharler
TU Graz
UTokyo-Nikken
Group:
1
Team Leader:
Tomohiro Tachi
The University of Tokyo
Enneper Tensegrity Structure
Group:
7
Team Leader:
Katherine A. Liapi
University of Patras
Elastic Rod Deployable Pavilion
Group:
10
Team Leader:
Mark Pauly
EPFL
Knit Tensegrity Shell
Group:
15
Team Leader:
Kenneth Tracy
Singapore University of Technology and Design
FUNICULAR MODELLING
Group:
19
Team Leader:
Kim Baber
University of Queensland
AI-becular
Group:
22
Team Leader:
Vittoria Laghi
Università di Bologna
Corn Flips
Group:
25
Team Leader:
Tonia Ludwig
TU Graz
FlexMaps Pavilion
Group:
30
Team Leader:
Francesco Laccone
CNR - ISTI
Active Bending Waving Structure
Group:
34
Team Leader:
Weixin Huang
Tsinghua University
Space truss pavillon with robotic extrusion
Group:
38
Team Leader:
Romain Duballet
Ecole des Ponts
1to3
Group:
41
Team Leader:
Corentin Fivet
EPFL