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BioMat TGU (Transfer- und Gründerunternehmung)@TTI GmbH was founded by Prof. Dr.-Ing Hanaa Dahy in 2022, based on the concept of BioMat@Stuttgart (2016) at the University of Stuttgart and BioMat@Copenhagen (2022) at the Aalborg University.

Our goal at BioMat is to explore innovative solutions for future sustainable Architecture. The design philosophy of BioMat sees material properties as a design tool, merging the fields of Material Research, Architectural Design, and Digital Fabrication to create feasible sustainable applications for the built environment.

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Lecture in the Framework of “So-Schweiz”

Lecture in the Framework of So-Schweiz (invited from the ‘Schweizerisches Generalkonsulat in Stuttgart, Herr Thomas Casura)
House of Switzerland Event organized by Internationale Bauausstellung 2027 StadtRegion Stuttgart (IBA’27)

4.10.2021

BioMat Pavilion 2021 (LightPRO Shell)

The LightPRO Shell Pavilion is a lightweight structure that combines an active-bending gridshell made of natural fibre biocomposite profiles with a tensile membrane. The resulting system is a combination of two doubly curved surfaces that share a continuous beam outline. The outline is composed of two connected profiles that act as a beam, transferring forces from both systems to three anchor points attached to a superficial foundation.