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The Department of Experimental and Digital Design and Construction at University of Kassel

21/09/2026

We’re happy to finally share Forsti Altholz, our reclaimed timber pavilion in Kassel!

Completed in summer 2025, the pavilion gives timber from the floor substructure of Kassel’s Erlöserkirche a new structural use.

Developed and built through a student design-build studio, the project combines material reuse, computational design and hands-on construction. Short reclaimed timber members are joined to OSB panels with beech wooden nails and dowels to form larger structural elements. Augmented reality supported the placement of timber and connectors during fabrication.

As a full-scale demonstrator within our research, Forsti Altholz explores how the dimensions and conditions of available timber can guide the design of a new structure.

Realised by EDEK | University of Kassel (Prof. Philipp Eversmann) and TWE Universität Kassel (Prof. Julian Lienhard) at the University of Kassel, in collaboration with Presse Sdgpluslab .

Research, teaching and project development: Hyo Wook Kim (EDEK) and Dongyuan Liu (TWE).

Thank you to our studio students, S. Schaaf, P. Schäfer, J. Mihm, T. Tarnowietzki, S. Gencan and A. Beganovic, for their contributions to the design, fabrication and construction.

We also acknowledge the support of E. Kozlov, QSL-Mittel Fachschaft, SDG+ Lab J. Taillebois, Kassel Erlöserkirche, J. Heise, G. Brinkmann, HELIX Schraubfundamente GmbH & Co. KG, K. Hinck, and everyone who helped realise the project.

📖 Read more about the material assessment, structural design and construction in our paper:
“Forsti Altholz: A Reclaimed Timber Pavilion with Wooden-Nail Composite Plates” — presented at IASS IWSS 2026 in Turin.

Full paper available on ResearchGate.

21/09/2026

We’re happy to finally share Forsti Altholz, our reclaimed timber pavilion in Kassel!

Completed in summer 2025, the pavilion gives timber from the floor substructure of Kassel’s Erlöserkirche a new structural use.

Developed and built through a student design-build studio, the project combines material reuse, computational design and hands-on construction. Short reclaimed timber members are joined to OSB panels with beech wooden nails and dowels to form larger structural elements. Augmented reality supported the placement of timber and connectors during fabrication.

As a full-scale demonstrator within our ARTC research, Forsti Altholz explores how the dimensions and conditions of available timber can guide the design of a new structure.

Realised by EDEK | University of Kassel (Prof. Philipp Eversmann) and TWE Universität Kassel (Prof. Julian Lienhard) at the Universität Kassel , in collaboration with Presse Sdgpluslab.

Research and project development: Hyo Wook Kim (EDEK) and Dongyuan Liu (TWE).

Thank you to our studio students, S. Schaaf, P. Schäfer, J. Mihm, T. Tarnowietzki, S. Gencan and A. Beganovic, for their contributions to the design, fabrication and construction.

We also acknowledge the support of E. Kozlov, QSL-Mittel Fachschaft, SDG+ Lab J. Taillebois, Kassel Erlöserkirche, J. Heise, G. Brinkmann, HELIX Schraubfundamente GmbH & Co. KG), K. Hinck, Carsten, Peter and everyone who helped realise the project.

Read more about the material assessment, structural design and construction in our paper:
“Forsti Altholz: A Reclaimed Timber Pavilion with Wooden-Nail Composite Plates” — presented at IASS IWSS 2026 in Turin.

Full paper available in our bio.

26/06/2026

Prof. Philipp Eversmann give an introductory impulse speech for the opening of the Planetary Health exhibition in Deutsches Museum in Munich on Monday at 18:30 , where we will showcase some of our recent innovations in architectural construction with mycelium based materials as reinforced mycelium with robotically manufactured wood lattices and 3d printed interlocking mycelium Modules.

On Friday at 14:00 we will also give a workshop on the 3d print Mycelium Modules together with Dr. Ana Goidea and Dr. Jan Philipp Drude for which you can register here
https://lnkd.in/eJd9TuBP
The workshop is open to participants of all ages and doesn't require previous knowledge.

The exhibition is curated by

Our current research in Robotic Bio Construction is funded by the VolkswagenStiftung

design architecture

22/06/2026

We are pleased to continue the RAFA project – Robotic Additive Manufacturing of Components from Waste Wood Particles, funded by “Zukunft Bau”. The aim of RAFA 2.0 is to develop a sustainable, extrudable printing paste based on waste wood and bio-based binders. Using a robotic arm and a continuous extrusion system, this material is additively manufactured into wall structures, offering an alternative to concrete-based 3D printing. The components combine insulating and fire-resistant properties and can be reintegrated into the material cycle.

Project partners
The waste wood is supplied by Kaatsch Recycling(Kaatsch Recycling ). In collaboration with Büro Happold(Buro Happold ), predictive models for structural behaviour will be developed, while 1:1 demonstrators will be realised together with RUPP Gebäudedruck(Rupp Gebäudedruck ).

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Montag	09:00 - 17:00
Dienstag	09:00 - 17:00
Mittwoch	09:00 - 17:00
Donnerstag	09:00 - 17:00
Freitag	09:00 - 17:00

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