A

AIA CES Credits

AV Office

Abstract Publication

Academic Affairs

Academic Calendar, Columbia University

Academic Calendar, GSAPP

Admissions Office

Advanced Standing Waiver Form

Alumni Board

Alumni Office

Architecture Studio Lottery

Assistantships

Avery Library

Avery Review

Avery Shorts

S

STEM Designation

Satisfactory Academic Progress

Scholarships

Skill Trails

Student Affairs

Student Awards

Student Conduct

Student Council (All Programs)

Student Financial Services

Student Health Services at Columbia

Student Organization Handbook

Student Organizations

Student Services Center

Student Services Online (SSOL)

Student Work Online

Studio Culture Policy

Studio Procedures

Summer Workshops

Support GSAPP

Close
This website uses cookies as well as similar tools and technologies to understand visitors' experiences. By continuing to use this website, you consent to Columbia University's usage of cookies and similar technologies, in accordance with the Columbia University Website Cookie Notice Group 6

Digitally-Weaved Lattice Structures

The Natural Materials Lab’s weaved lattice structures demonstrate a hybrid approach to manual and machine printing using radically low-carbon materials.

Traditionally, textiles have utilized natural fibers; however, with the introduction of petroleum and synesthetic yarns, manufacturing practices have been shifted to plastic fibers that are carbon intensive and non-degradable. Looking at ubiquitous raw soils and fiber materials, these lattice textiles are inspired by loom weaving protocols. Categorizing weaving practices, followed by extrusion experiments using earth-fiber additive mix-designs, this work investigates hybrid human-machine production for axial loom weaving.

This project was exhibited in Material Acts, an exhibition curated by Kate Yeh Chiu and Jia Yi Gu, at the Craft Contemporary Museum in Los Angeles.

Ultimately, the goal of this research is to catalyze the future of bio-based woven structures and aims to regenerate weaving patterns with geo-bio composites to create an earth-fiber textile structured by digital extrusion. This research was presented at the 2023 Bio-Calibrated: Tools and Techniques of Biodesign Practices Symposium at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.