Cheng, Tiffany | BE-AM Symposium 2023

Topic: Introduction on Session Deep-Dive
Speaker: Tiffany Cheng
Oganization: icd stuttgart

Tiffany is a computational designer from Taiwan with a background in architecture and robotic fabrication. Interested in the intersections between computation, materials, and robotics, her research focuses on the creation of digital workflows that allow mass-customization of material properties, behavior, and performance.
Tiffany graduated from Harvard University with a Master in Design Studies (Technology). Prior, she earned her Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Southern California. She has practiced with Studio Fernando Vazquez, designing projects ranging from transportation hubs and bike facilities to architecture and interior design across the United States and Japan. Tiffany has also worked as a researcher with the MaP+S Group at Harvard GSD, developing novel material-informed digital fabrication strategies for bespoke carbon-fiber systems.
At the ICD, Tiffany researches responsive and self-shaping material systems enabled by 4D-printing by developing the complimentary hardware and software tools that can program materials to behave like plants.


Led by scientists of the Technical University of Darmstadt, BE-AM | Built Environment Additive Manufacturing connects researchers and users interested in 3D printing in construction. The platform spans architecture, civil engineering and manufacturing automation.

Annual highlights are the BE-AM | Exhibition and the BE-AM | Symposium at Formnext in Frankfurt/Main. This year’s exhibitors and speakers will showcase and discuss work from 9 companies in the industry, 10 universities and 2 research institutions. The event is hosted by the Formnext fair in Frankfurt, and organized by Prof. Ulrich Knaack, Prof. Oliver Tessmann, Dr.-Ing. Philipp Rosendahl, Dr. Nadja Gaudillière-Jami, Christin Gandyra, Emanuel Nowak and Malcolm Unger from the Technical University of Darmstadt.

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