Research

Airweaving

3D printed geometry that treats mass as a design variable, for lighter mechanical actuators and form-driven meta-materials.

Airweaving treats mass as a design parameter. The geometry is 3D printed to lighten the structure without giving up performance, a useful approach for mechanical actuators and meta-materials whose behavior depends on form, not density.

Tall white lattice vessel on a wooden table, thin threads spanning between its vertical ribs.

Low star-shaped basket, its walls made of stacked rungs strung between upright posts.

A squat barrel of the same open weave, ribs bulging outward at the middle.

Looking down into the piece, ten posts ringing a star-shaped mouth over open weave.

A waisted vessel flaring at the mouth, its posts twisting as they rise.

Macro against black: threads pulled taut where they loop around a stacked post.

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