FLAT-PACK SHELTERS

Flat-pack shelters is a project that aims at exploring and using bio-plastics in architecture, through a responsive material system. Through due research, experimentation and prototyping, the project aims to answer the following research question:

 

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Flat-pack Shelters is a project of IaaC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
developed at MAA01 in 2017 by:
Student: Bhakti Loonawat, Ipsita Datta, Milivoje Momcilovic
Lead Faculty: Areti Markopoulou
Faculty Assistants: David Andrés León, Raimund Krenmüller
Computational Advisor: Angelos Chronis
In collaboration with IIT, IIT, the Italian Institute of Technology and the Smart Materials Group
IT Material Experts: Athanassia Athanassiou, Ilker Bayer, Giovanni Perotto, Material Scientist