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Fabric Formwork

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Fabric formwork is a construction technique that employs flexible textiles and soft materials to cast structural elements. Rather than rigid molds, fabric allows for organic forms and reduces material waste while creating distinctive surface qualities.

The community explores fabric formwork across diverse applications: from robotic systems casting unfired soil masonry and concrete structures, to hand-crafted approaches using corrugated cardboard and textile molds. Projects range from temporary pavilions and exhibition designs to permanent institutional buildings, demonstrating how flexible formwork enables both precision and improvisation in material expression.

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UNI Editorial1 work

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Yi-Liang Ko1 work

Reparametrize Studio1 work

Lynus Lim1 work

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La Roca - Museum of Materials

A museum that unravels different dimensions of materials, taking the visitor on a journey through stages of the material life and processing, bringing to you La Roca, a sculpture from nature, where everything originates.

Katarzyna

Postindustrial Lighthouse

Inspired by movement of air and water, as well as industrial character of oil rigs, Postindustrial Lighthouse has emerged. Prefabricated, modular boxes, by multiplication and protrusion, create engaging space that encourages visitors to explore the building and sink into a world of contemporary art.

Yi-Liang and Ester

Precise Imprecision

Flexible Construction with Robotic Fabric Formwork Precise Imprecision defines a new robotic construction technique through stack casting fabric molds by KUKA industrial robot and human, and re-defines "precise" and "imprecise" in digital fabrication.

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PORTFOLIO YIKUNFANG

This collection of works contains my views on climate change and coastal architecture. The factory was transformed into a museum, from a production function to a cultural function. How to keep the monuments through natural light. A university library. Digital construction.

Carla and Gillian

Urban Living Room: an Improvising Ground

An Improvising Ground to integrate government offices with shared public spaces, and to maximise political & social engagement in everyday life.

Reparametrize

Kindergarten Re-vival _Reparametrize Studio

The project aims to study and construct a special and distinct spaces for the children of Timeabu village, whose facing difficulties and lack of educational spaces. We created a unit that can work in as a complete dynamic system adapting to the rainy climate and hot temperature,creating lights and shadows and also an interactive and safe place for children.

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog4 months ago

LUO Studio Builds an Entire Exhibition from 320 Sheets of Corrugated Cardboard in Shanghai

A zero-waste installation at the Power Station of Art proves that mortise-and-tenon joinery and humble cardboard can replace conventional exhibition infras

Exhibition Space

Fabric Formwork