Our latest work on Self-Shaping Textiles can be seen as part of the exhibition >>Design Lab #13: MATERIAL LEGACIES<< at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, accessible from the 03rd November 2022 until the 26th February 2023. The exhibition, curated by Michaela Büsse and Emile de Visscher, explores contingencies and […]
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Magic Circle Symposium
The “Magic Circle” symposium is carried out by Forschungskreis of the Weißensee Kunsthochschule berlin (khb) in cooperation with “Matters of Activity”, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Jörg Petruschat. It aims to further develop the exchange between the knowledge cultures of the natural sciences, engineering […]

eCAADe 2020 – “Self-shaping textiles” publication
Our latest research entitled SELF-SHAPING TEXTILES – A material platform for digitally designed, material-informed surface elements, in collaboration with Dr. Lorenzo Guiducci (Matters of Activity. Image Space Material, Cluster of Excellence at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) has been published at the eCAADe 2020 conference. Full paper […]

Scaling Nature (2): Fibers, Muscles, Bones
MoA Design Studio 2019/2020 Department of Textile and Surface Design weißensee school of art and design berlin Scaling Nature / MoA design studio is a series of interdisciplinary, experimental and innovative teaching, conducted by Prof. Christiane Sauer at weißensee school of art and design, berlin […]

Experimental Diagramming. Between Spatial Figuration and Abstraction
On the 12th of December 2019 at 18 o’clock there will be official opening of the exhibition “Experimental Diagramming” at the Architekturmuseum der Technischen Universität Berlin, where some of my recent works will be shown. The exhibition is based on a call for artefacts and aims […]

Big Data Visualisation
Dates: SoSe 2019 Institution: TU Berlin, CHORA: Conscious City Supervision PIV: Agata Kycia (as part of the Design Studio SUPPLY CHAIN URBANISM supervised by prof. Raoul Bunschoten, Moritz Maria Karl and Georg Hubmann) PIV seminar was part of the SUPPLY CHAIN URBANISM design studio: Belt and Road […]

New Textile Worlds
On the 16th of March 2019 an exhibition on “Potentials of technical, intelligent textiles + smart materials” opened in the Wasserschloss Klaffenbach in Chemnitz, where a prototype from the Seminar “Self-Shaping Textiles” at the Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin is exhibited. The prototype of a 3D printed textile […]

Silent Meditation Cabin
Type: Leisure Area: 15 m² Location: Latvia Design: Agata Kycia & Antoine Richard Status: Competition Pic. Cabin in the forest / floor plan drawing Pic. Sections and elevations of the meditation cabin Pic. View from the inner meditation space Pic. View from the roof-top meditation terrace

Textile Building Skin
Course: efnMOBILE Workshop 2017, University of AntwerpSupervison: Prof. Uta Pottgiesser, Paul-Rouven Denz, Agata KyciaStudents: Malu Lücking, Katja Riley, Tali Berger, Rute Chaves, Lena Ganswindt, Jack Randol, Charlotte Ackerman, Abby Wheeler, Boram Park, Rebecca Schedler, Benjamin Gladki, Junshen Wu, Minyoung Han, Dorothee Krings, Anthony Chen, Spencer Alfred Culhane, Jameela […]

SELF-SHAPING TEXTILES: Form-finding of tensile surface structures through 3D printing on pre-stressed fabric
Textiles have been used in architecture ever since humankind began to build. Already nomadic tribes have used their tensile strength, flexibility and adaptability to build their first shelters. Nowadays, the development of highly engineered fibers with growing strength-to-weight ratio as well as new production technologies […]

Tile Award
DESIGN CONCEPT Proposed design merges traditional craftsmanship with advanced digital design methods. Ornamental complexity of the traditional tiles is re-interpreted and translated through computational means. The most characteristic feature of the tiles is the dotted pattern, meandering between difference and repetition. Pic. Programmable pattern configurations […]

SteinWeich
Dates: Wintersemester 2016/2017 Institution: Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin, Fachgebiet Textil- und Flächendesign Supervision: Prof. Christiane Sauer, Agata Kycia Students: Charlotte Ackermann, Rute Chaves, Lena Ganswindt, Ben Gladki, Minyoung Han, Olga Kuschchyk, Liina Leo, Malu Lücking, Friederike Müller, Boram Park, Jack Randol, Ida Rapp, Katharina Filist, Rebecca Theresa Schedler, […]