Part of Behavioural Skins a research, design and innovation project.
Funded by Building(s) Tomorrow AWS, we are researching the potential of monolithic 3D-printed sand-building assets to contribute to a circular economy of materials and better our urban environments for a passively conditioned city of tomorrow.
BRIAN is being displayed at
26 Sept - 05 Oct
Vienna Design Week 2025
Pieces of BRIAN,
Sand put through its paces.
This installation celebrates new mediums of space, material innovation, and environmental engagement. BRIAN (Behavioural, Responsive, Innovative, Adaptive, and Nurturing) is a 3D sand-printed building component, not just an object, but a living system.
Pieces of BRIAN; sand put through its paces is a segment of a research-driven design project that reimagines building envelopes by integrating locally sourced sand, additive manufacturing, and advanced digital design to create thermally responsive walls, a sustainable alternative to modern architecture’s overly complex facades.
The 3D sand-printed samples were produced in collaboration with technology partners Voestalpine and Sandhelden.
Vienna Design Week // 2025 from 26. September-05. October.
Find more details here: VDW25
Ars Electronica Festival 2025
03 -07 Sept
BRIAN, Ultraviolets Futures
See BRIAN at this year's ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL in Linz, accompanied by our Technology Partner, Voestalpine. Together, we will showcase one of the world's largest architectural 3D-sand printed, self-supporting, & load-bearing walls! It consists of 40 modular and interlocking building blocks that explore how physical, digital, and cultural infrastructures evolve, endure, and are reimagined through time, material, and design.
We can’t wait to reveal more about BRIAN and the exciting collaborations behind it.
The exhibit is the culmination of a radically artistic, scientific, and architectural research project we have been working on over the past year, funded by AWS, Austria Wirtschaftsservice, as part of the Building(s) Tomorrow Program.
Ars Electronica Festival // 2025 from 03 to 07 September at the POSTCITY in Linz, Austria.
Find more information here: PANIC