Built environment and infrastructure

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Using nature’s structures in wooden buildings

Tools for designing with forked tree branches

Accelerating 3D printing

Faster fabrication, renewable materials

Urban sustainability

Designing resource-efficient, appealing cities

Building façades that move, textiles that illuminate

A pathway to flexible, resilient architecture

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Materials Research Laboratory

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Department of Architecture

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