Category Archives: Building Labs
Woven Wall – A tactile guide through the corridor
What if a corridor could do more than simply connect rooms? What if it could encourage interaction, create moments of rest, and gently help residents find their way? Students from TU Delft’s Bucky Lab explored exactly this question with Woven Wall,
Woven Wall – A tactile guide through the corridor
What if a corridor could do more than simply connect rooms? What if it could encourage interaction, create moments of rest, and gently help residents find their way? Students from TU Delft’s Bucky Lab explored exactly this question with Woven Wall,
Robotic fabrication free form facades
///Robotic fabrication free form facades Robotic fabrication of thermoplastic reinforcement on elastically pre-formed aluminium panels. The work was developed by Daniel Andrade in the master’s thesis AM Reinforcement: Additive Manufacturing-Based Optimization of Reinforcement Patterns for Free-Form Metal Façade Panels, under
Robotic fabrication free form facades
///Robotic fabrication free form facades Robotic fabrication of thermoplastic reinforcement on elastically pre-formed aluminium panels. The work was developed by Daniel Andrade in the master’s thesis AM Reinforcement: Additive Manufacturing-Based Optimization of Reinforcement Patterns for Free-Form Metal Façade Panels, under
Floora – Bringing Nature to Your Front Door
How can residents personalize their living environment without compromising safety, maintenance, or visual harmony? Developed in collaboration with Woonzorg Nederland, the Floora project explores how apartment entrances can become places of recognition and identity. Rather than allowing ad-hoc decorations that may conflict
Floora – Bringing Nature to Your Front Door
How can residents personalize their living environment without compromising safety, maintenance, or visual harmony? Developed in collaboration with Woonzorg Nederland, the Floora project explores how apartment entrances can become places of recognition and identity. Rather than allowing ad-hoc decorations that may conflict
FriendlyFrame – More Than Just a Handrail
How can a simple handrail become a place for rest, recognition and social interaction? This challenge, developed together with Woonzorg Nederland, asked Bucky Lab students to rethink the often anonymous corridors of senior housing. While these spaces primarily serve circulation,
FriendlyFrame – More Than Just a Handrail
How can a simple handrail become a place for rest, recognition and social interaction? This challenge, developed together with Woonzorg Nederland, asked Bucky Lab students to rethink the often anonymous corridors of senior housing. While these spaces primarily serve circulation,
Miura Ori – Folding Climate into the Façade
At first glance, Miura Ori is an elegant façade screen. Look closer, and it reveals a carefully engineered response to one of the most pressing challenges in contemporary architecture: overheating. Inspired by the geometric logic of origami, this adaptive sunshade transforms a
Miura Ori – Folding Climate into the Façade
At first glance, Miura Ori is an elegant façade screen. Look closer, and it reveals a carefully engineered response to one of the most pressing challenges in contemporary architecture: overheating. Inspired by the geometric logic of origami, this adaptive sunshade transforms a
openface.world competition
///openface.world competition Got an idea for the future of façades? OpenFace Day 2026 offers a unique opportunity to bring it to an international audience. Taking place on 24 June 2026 as a hybrid event – both onsite at TU Delft
openface.world competition
///openface.world competition Got an idea for the future of façades? OpenFace Day 2026 offers a unique opportunity to bring it to an international audience. Taking place on 24 June 2026 as a hybrid event – both onsite at TU Delft
Cooling with Time — A PCM Facade That Breathes Energy
Some facades try to block heat, others reflect it. This one stores it. At the Bucky Lab at TU Delft, a student team set out to rethink a familiar weakness of modern architecture: the thermal performance of glass facades. While
Cooling with Time — A PCM Facade That Breathes Energy
Some facades try to block heat, others reflect it. This one stores it. At the Bucky Lab at TU Delft, a student team set out to rethink a familiar weakness of modern architecture: the thermal performance of glass facades. While
GESS-what ?
Some façades shade.Some façades produce energy. This one stores it. At TU Delft’s Bucky Lab, a student team explored a concept that feels almost too simple to be true: using gravity as a battery. The project GESS_what translates Gravitational Energy Storage Systems (GESS) into a
GESS-what ?
Some façades shade.Some façades produce energy. This one stores it. At TU Delft’s Bucky Lab, a student team explored a concept that feels almost too simple to be true: using gravity as a battery. The project GESS_what translates Gravitational Energy Storage Systems (GESS) into a
Bucky Lab Expo at the Hortus Botanicus
Right now, the work from the Bucky Lab is on display at the Hortus Botanicus in Delft. Among the trees, in filtered daylight, the projects feel surprisingly at home—almost as if they were always meant to be there. The exhibition
Bucky Lab Expo at the Hortus Botanicus
Right now, the work from the Bucky Lab is on display at the Hortus Botanicus in Delft. Among the trees, in filtered daylight, the projects feel surprisingly at home—almost as if they were always meant to be there. The exhibition
Kerfed Facades – Exploring Kerfing for Freeform Architectural Surfaces
At the Bucky Lab of TU Delft, students explore how material manipulation can expand the possibilities of façade design. The project Kerfed Facades investigates how a traditional fabrication technique—kerfing—can be used to transform rigid sheet materials into flexible surfaces capable of creating
Kerfed Facades – Exploring Kerfing for Freeform Architectural Surfaces
At the Bucky Lab of TU Delft, students explore how material manipulation can expand the possibilities of façade design. The project Kerfed Facades investigates how a traditional fabrication technique—kerfing—can be used to transform rigid sheet materials into flexible surfaces capable of creating
Flow Funnel Façade – using the Venturi effect to cool down our cities
At the Bucky Lab of TU Delft, students continuously explore façade concepts that respond to real environmental challenges. One of these challenges is the increasing urban heat island effect, which raises temperatures in cities and increases the demand for mechanical cooling.
Flow Funnel Façade – using the Venturi effect to cool down our cities
At the Bucky Lab of TU Delft, students continuously explore façade concepts that respond to real environmental challenges. One of these challenges is the increasing urban heat island effect, which raises temperatures in cities and increases the demand for mechanical cooling.
Kinetic Chameleon
An adaptive auxetic façade system responding to changing climate conditions Kinetic Chameleon is a dynamic façade concept developed at the Architectural Engineering + Technology department of TU Delft within the Bucky Lab. The project challenges the notion of static building envelopes
Kinetic Chameleon
An adaptive auxetic façade system responding to changing climate conditions Kinetic Chameleon is a dynamic façade concept developed at the Architectural Engineering + Technology department of TU Delft within the Bucky Lab. The project challenges the notion of static building envelopes
The Weed Wall — A Fully Biobased Facade System
The Weed Wall explores the potential of hemp as a fully biobased façade system, responding to the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions and improve circularity in the construction industry. Developed as a Bucky Lab project at TU Delft, the research
The Weed Wall — A Fully Biobased Facade System
The Weed Wall explores the potential of hemp as a fully biobased façade system, responding to the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions and improve circularity in the construction industry. Developed as a Bucky Lab project at TU Delft, the research
HydroTensile — A Bucky Lab Exploration into Water-Harvesting Façades
At Bucky Lab, TU Delft, we explore how façades can do more than protect buildings. HydroTensile is one of those explorations — a research-driven project that investigates how a façade can actively contribute to water sustainability by harvesting fog and dew from the air. HydroTensile
HydroTensile — A Bucky Lab Exploration into Water-Harvesting Façades
At Bucky Lab, TU Delft, we explore how façades can do more than protect buildings. HydroTensile is one of those explorations — a research-driven project that investigates how a façade can actively contribute to water sustainability by harvesting fog and dew from the air. HydroTensile
Demystifying Timber – Materials and Systems after the LA Fires
In Los Angeles, entire neighborhoods such as Altadena and Pacific Palisades have been wiped away by recent firestorms. Walking through these areas today is unsettling.Cleared plots. No houses. No roofs. Just the outline of streets where life used to happen. The question is no longer if we
Demystifying Timber – Materials and Systems after the LA Fires
In Los Angeles, entire neighborhoods such as Altadena and Pacific Palisades have been wiped away by recent firestorms. Walking through these areas today is unsettling.Cleared plots. No houses. No roofs. Just the outline of streets where life used to happen. The question is no longer if we
ShroomShield — Growing a Quieter Landscape
ShroomShield is a mycelium-insulated sound wall designed for use along highways and infrastructure corridors. Instead of conventional insulation materials, the system uses mycelium—a biodegradable, bio-based material that absorbs sound, filters fine dust particles, and offers a significantly lower environmental footprint. The design is
ShroomShield — Growing a Quieter Landscape
ShroomShield is a mycelium-insulated sound wall designed for use along highways and infrastructure corridors. Instead of conventional insulation materials, the system uses mycelium—a biodegradable, bio-based material that absorbs sound, filters fine dust particles, and offers a significantly lower environmental footprint. The design is
GreenBreathe Facade — Letting Buildings Breathe Better
Many buildings in the Netherlands are ventilated directly with outdoor air. But outdoor air isn’t always as clean as we think. Traffic, industry, and urban density mean that what we breathe inside often carries pollution from outside. GreenBreathe Facade is a
GreenBreathe Facade — Letting Buildings Breathe Better
Many buildings in the Netherlands are ventilated directly with outdoor air. But outdoor air isn’t always as clean as we think. Traffic, industry, and urban density mean that what we breathe inside often carries pollution from outside. GreenBreathe Facade is a
ThermoTwist — Motion by the Power of the Sun
It’s always a thrill when the Bucky Lab turns an abstract idea into a tangible, working prototype. The “ThermoTwist” project is one of those moments when technology and elegance meet: a façade element that moves without motors, cables, or electricity—just
ThermoTwist — Motion by the Power of the Sun
It’s always a thrill when the Bucky Lab turns an abstract idea into a tangible, working prototype. The “ThermoTwist” project is one of those moments when technology and elegance meet: a façade element that moves without motors, cables, or electricity—just
TerraCool – Evaporative Cooling by Utilizing Ceramic Tiles
An innovative approach to passive climate control and water management How can architecture respond to the challenges of urban heat, water scarcity, and flooding—all at once? The TerraCoolfaçade prototype, developed at TU Delft’s Bucky Lab, offers a refreshingly simple yet ingenious answer:
TerraCool – Evaporative Cooling by Utilizing Ceramic Tiles
An innovative approach to passive climate control and water management How can architecture respond to the challenges of urban heat, water scarcity, and flooding—all at once? The TerraCoolfaçade prototype, developed at TU Delft’s Bucky Lab, offers a refreshingly simple yet ingenious answer:
Bucky Lab – Future Facade
Last year the Bucky Lab cooperated with Aldowa in Rotterdam. The assignment was to think about the future of facades. All 13 project were exhibited during our Future Facade Expo and show in Utrecht in the beginning of 2025 and
Bucky Lab – Future Facade
Last year the Bucky Lab cooperated with Aldowa in Rotterdam. The assignment was to think about the future of facades. All 13 project were exhibited during our Future Facade Expo and show in Utrecht in the beginning of 2025 and
Building Dignity: The COA–ONE Pavilion in Leidschendam in cooperation with the Bucky LAB
At the Bucky Lab we are convinced that education should not stop at the drawing board. In 2024, our students were part of a project that brought together COA (the Dutch Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers), ONE (Office for the New Earth),
Building Dignity: The COA–ONE Pavilion in Leidschendam in cooperation with the Bucky LAB
At the Bucky Lab we are convinced that education should not stop at the drawing board. In 2024, our students were part of a project that brought together COA (the Dutch Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers), ONE (Office for the New Earth),
Blast from the past- Cleaning the MATELAB
After the Matelab was set up in Delft, we first faced the task of unpacking everything that had been transported from Cambridge. Over the years, all sorts of materials and equipment had found their way into the two containers that
Blast from the past- Cleaning the MATELAB
After the Matelab was set up in Delft, we first faced the task of unpacking everything that had been transported from Cambridge. Over the years, all sorts of materials and equipment had found their way into the two containers that
A Glimpse into the Past: Launching the MATE Lab
During her PhD at Cambridge, our colleague Alessandra Luna Navarro, in collaboration with the Permasteelisa Group, developed the innovative MATE Lab—the Mobile Adaptive Technology Experimental Lab—a bespoke façade test chamber designed to study occupant–façade interaction in realistic office settings. Years have passed since
A Glimpse into the Past: Launching the MATE Lab
During her PhD at Cambridge, our colleague Alessandra Luna Navarro, in collaboration with the Permasteelisa Group, developed the innovative MATE Lab—the Mobile Adaptive Technology Experimental Lab—a bespoke façade test chamber designed to study occupant–façade interaction in realistic office settings. Years have passed since
BE-AM Labs @ TU Darmstadt: Institut für Konstruktives Gestalten und Baukonstruktion
///BE-AM Labs @ TU Darmstadt: Institut für Konstruktives Gestalten und Baukonstruktion The interest of the institute is in the fields of green building design, form and optimization as well as reconstruction. AM is used for development and engineering of form
BE-AM Labs @ TU Darmstadt: Institut für Konstruktives Gestalten und Baukonstruktion
///BE-AM Labs @ TU Darmstadt: Institut für Konstruktives Gestalten und Baukonstruktion The interest of the institute is in the fields of green building design, form and optimization as well as reconstruction. AM is used for development and engineering of form
BE-AM Labs @ TU Darmstadt: Product Development and Machine Elements
///BE-AM Labs @ TU Darmstadt: Product Development and Machine Elements The institute, located at the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering, is interested in the design for additive manufacturing with a focus on powder-bed-fusion and fused filament fabrication methods, especially with the
BE-AM Labs @ TU Darmstadt: Product Development and Machine Elements
///BE-AM Labs @ TU Darmstadt: Product Development and Machine Elements The institute, located at the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering, is interested in the design for additive manufacturing with a focus on powder-bed-fusion and fused filament fabrication methods, especially with the
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