Workshop DigitalFUTURES Conference at Tongji University - Shanghai, China
From June 28 to July 6, IntCDC researchers Achim Menges, Yerong Huang, Sujie Park and Ruxin Xie led a workshop at DigitalFUTURES2026, hosted by Tongji University in Shanghai, China.
Thirteen interdisciplinary participants explored how artificial intelligence and 4D printing can reshape architectural design and fabrication. Alongside hands-on design and fabrication, the participants were introduced to AI-assisted computer vision by Ekin Sıla Şahin as a method for observing, documenting, and analysing material behaviour.
By the end of the workshop, each group had designed and fabricated a responsive shape-morphing prototype and developed a customised, material-driven fabrication workflow. Framed through the concept of machine–material co-agency, the workshop demonstrated how human creativity, digital fabrication, artificial intelligence, and programmable materials can support more adaptive and responsive architectural practices.
Further information can be found HERE.
