IrreguLAB Y. Tree Fork Structures from Furniture to Spaceframe
Project information
submitted by
Josefine Sarah Dransfeld
Co-Authors
Anezka Zadrazilova, Anna Charlotte Groberde, Ben Patzina, Clara Ferreira, Clarice Fabieni Andrade Paz, Dario Thanner, David Ernesto Guzman Medrano, Dora Petrovicova, Fengyi Yan, Fraser Bean, Helena Zilliges, Jan Pleser, Johannes Frederik Joachim Fest, Lennart Frederik Janssen, Maart Wilken, Marius Manfred Kintzel, Matthias Schueller, Nail Qadri Hardan Shehab, Niels Cremer, Nils Colin Laube, Oskar Langenberg, Tom Grandgirard, Xingyu Lu, Yannek Grawe, Josefine Sarah Dransfeld
Mentors
Katharina Thurow, Lukas Kirschnick, Paing Su Ko, Philipp Georg Enzmann, Thomas Pearce
Faculty:
Art and Design
Degree programme:
Product Design (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.))
Type of project presentation
Exhibition
Contributors:
Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre
Project description
The irreguLAB explores how wood residues can be transformed into resource-efficient, aesthetic, and sustainable material systems and prototypes for design and architecture. After focusing on bentwood last semester, an interdisciplinary team now turns to the branch fork ("Y") to create furniture and spatial structures as networks of branch forks.
A three-week exercise kicks off the project with the design of a table while introducing workflows like scanning, modeling (Rhino, Fusion), and fabrication. This is followed by individual furniture designs that combine digital and analog techniques, from CNC milling to AR-assisted handsawing.
Leveraging irreguLAB’s infrastructure, such as 3D scanning and solar drying chambers, the project builds on concepts like "inventory-constrained design." Enriched by the "irreguLAB Talks," it integrates digital fabrication with sustainability, experimentation, and design sensibility.
Exhibition Location / Event Location
- Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 7 - Van-de-Velde-Bau, 1. OG Im Winkel