Kinetic Architecture with 3DP & Shape Memory Alloys
MAS Thesis Research - Rigidity, Flexibility, and Actuation • ETH Zurich (2022)
@ETH Zurich - Digital Building Technologies
This research develops an experimental program with a series of tests, enabling higher controllability of shape morphing behavior through complex geometric features and investigating possible approaches to the material- and energy-efficient actuation. For material-efficient shape-morphing, a minimum amount of SMA-wire is embedded as a muscle into flexible and motion-optimized 3D print.