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research project, 2023 – 2027

research abstract

The growing scarcity of fossil resources and the global threat of climate change are
putting considerable pressure on architecture, demanding new concepts that go be-
yond the range of established building materials, systems and processes.
Additionally, advanced algorithmic tools in architectural design and fabrication, such
as simulation, machine learning and machine vision, allow designers to cope with
complex materials and geometry, and enable the use of non-standard, transformable
building parts with a complex … more

Completed REX|LAB Studio Colletti Teaching

UE Prototyping / Design Build

Circular Innovations: Designing 3D Printable Sustainable Modular Exhibition Systems

848109 UE Prototyping / Design Build – Bachelor Elective Course – Summer Semester 2025

Teaching: Kilian Bauer w/ REX|LAB & Prof. Marjan Colletti & Tom Kovac

Short Brief: This course challenged students to design and prototype an innovative modular exhibition system that integrates 3D-printed components with upcycled timber. Inspired by the legacy of experimental architectural pavilions, the projects emphasize sustainable design strategies, circular economy principles, and advanced digital fabrication techniques. The … more

Postdigital Neobaroque Publication Research REX|LAB

Postdigital Textrin @ eCAADe 2024

Morphology and Ornamentation: Robotic fabrication of a biocomposite relief

Authors: Peter Massin, Kilian Bauer

Acknowledgements:
The design-build case study Postdigital Textrin has been conducted as part of the research project Fragmente postdigitaler Ornamentik, funded by Early-Stage Funding 2022. With support of the Department of Experimental Architecture and the Architekturwerkstatt, Universität Innsbruck. The project’s principal investigators were Peter Massin and Kilian Bauer. The affiliated student workers are Theresa Biesalski, Amy Ehinger, Simon Hildebrand, Christopher Walch, and Lukas Wolf. … more

Postdigital Neobaroque Projects 1:1 Research REX|LAB Studio Colletti

HOPE: Hybrid, Organic, Postplastic Environments

A holistic, ethical, and sustainable approach to home design and living environments

REX|LAB @ Ars Electronica Festival 2024

Team: Marjan Colletti, Kilian Bauer, Catalina Tripolt, Daria Smakhtina, Peter Massin, Andreas Körner, Georg Grasser

Student workers: Simon Hildebrand, Theresa Biesalski, Tobias Niederholzer, Christopher Walch, Anna D´Eredità

‘Postplasticism’ departs from the rigid geometries of Neoplasticism: the austere, geometrical, abstract style labelled by Mondrian one century ago, which focused on strict, geometric forms and primary, applied colours. Postplasticism embraces a more ornate, organic, … more

Publication Research REX|LAB

Surface Articulation as Structural Leverage in Large Scale 3D Printing @ eCAADe 2024

The Additive Hyper-Ornamental Prototypes Trilogy

Authors: Pavlos Fereos, Kilian Bauer, Eftychios-Nicolaos Efthimiou

Acknowledgements: The Additive Hyper-Ornamental Prototypes Trilogy was developed within cooperative computational design and digital fabrication courses at the Universität Innsbruck and the University of Nicosia from the year 2021 to 2024 and received funding from both institutions. The research was conducted with great infrastructural and personnel support of the Robotic Experimentation Lab (REX|LAB), led by Prof. Marjan Colletti at the Universität Innsbruck. Student research assistant … more

Completed REX|LAB Studio Colletti Teaching

SE NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Multimateriality in Additive Fabrication – Sustainable 4D Multimaterial Prototypes

848181 SE New Technologies – Master Elective Course – Summer Semester 2024

Teaching: Kilian Bauer w/ REX|LAB

Short Brief: As an important contribution to a sustainable reorientation of the construction industry, additive manufacturing is open to a wide variety of materials and material combinations in order to address aspects of ecological impact in a world of increasing resource shortages. Nevertheless, research
into sustainable materials in large-scale 3D printing is still in … more

1000 codes Completed Featured Projects 1:1 Research Studio Schmidbaur Teaching

Spielraum

als Paradigma experimenteller Arbeit

Künstlerisch-architektonische Installation Im Kraftwerk KG17

Wir erfahren in den letzten Jahren ein zunehmendes Interesse an der Handlungsfähigkeit anderer Wesenheiten als (nur) des Menschen. Diese Wesenheiten können Tiere oder Pflanzen sein, aber auch Materialien oder einfach “Materie” (matter). Wie verändert sich unsere Welt, wenn wir diese Handlungsfähigkeit zulassen oder sogar einladen? Wie müssen wir uns verändern, um ihr Raum zu geben? Was bedeutet das für künstlerische Arbeit oder architektonische Gestaltung, wenn diese nicht mehr allein das Produkt … more

1000 codes Completed Projects 1:1 Research Studio Schmidbaur Teaching

Spielraum

als Paradigma experimenteller Arbeit

Künstlerisch-architektonische Installation Im Kraftwerk KG17

Wir erfahren ein zunehmendes Interesse an der Handlungsfähigkeit anderer Wesenheiten als (nur) des Menschen. Diese Wesenheiten können Tiere oder Pflanzen sein, aber auch Materialien oder einfach “Materie” (matter). Wie verändert sich unsere Welt, wenn wir diese Handlungsfähigkeit zulassen oder sogar einladen? Wie müssen wir uns verändern, um ihr Raum zu geben? Was bedeutet das für künstlerische Arbeit oder architektonische Gestaltung, wenn diese nicht mehr allein das Produkt unseres menschlichen Gestaltungswillens ist? … more

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