Chitosan Workshop Since January 2023, the BioLab and the SustainLab of BurgLabs have been investigating the extent to which chitinous insect skins can be used sensibly and transferred to regional, circular material cycles in the “insectmatter” research project. The BurgLabs take on a contextualising and explorative function. They analyse the environmental impact and material cycles …
Author Archives: Mareike Gast
1. Interim Presentation
1. Interim Presentation The first interim presentation took place in the materials collection on 6 November. We used the perforated wall to present the concepts developed up to that point using a one-pager. Each student presented three concepts that addressed as many different aspects and concerns as possible. The aim of the interim presentation was …
Symposium future fever
Symposium future fever “(How) can resilient products, systems and structures be designed?” – With this question, BurgLabs and The Insect Project hosted a symposium on 8 November 2023 Under the title future fever, BurgLabs and our semester project The Insect Project organised a symposium on 8 November 2023 on the topic of the adaptability and …
2. Interim Presentation
2. Interim Presentation Shortly before Christmas, we entered the home straight: on 18 December, all the students presented their final concepts and the plans for implementing them.Firstly, everyone had the opportunity to present their ideas – also to Sabine Epple from the Grassi Museum – using a digital presentation. This was followed by the opportunity …
Jahresausstellung
Jahresausstellung From July 15 to 16, 2023, the exhibition “Precious Particle” took place for the annual exhibition. It showed the results of the works created during the semester and gave the public an insight into various creative processes. The annual exhibition made it possible to see and touch the works, read accompanying texts and understand …
Presentation
Presentation On Monday, July 10, a total of seven groups presented their projects. Beforehand, the students set up the exhibition. The final designs were suspended from the ceiling so that it was clear at first glance what the individual concepts were about. Further process results or the tool molds were presented underneath and showed the …
Particle foaming for real
Particle foaming for real The molded parts for the Floppy, POLLA and Varii projects were foamed at Kurtz Ersa in Kreuzwertheim (Bavaria) using Wave Foamer. The other projects LAR, minus20 and PackVac, on the other hand, were produced at the Fraunhofer ICT in Pfinztal near Karlsruhe. For both partners, using the mold materials plaster, ABS, …
Tooling
Tooling Before the students could travel to Kurtz Ersa and Fraunhofer ICT to foam the designs on the industrial machines, they had to produce functional molds. In addition to building the molds in the university workshops, design aspects of mold construction, pressure and heat resistance, demolding, dimensions and material thicknesses of the component or material …
Talk: Stephan Schenk from Stapelstein
Talk: Stephan Schenk from Stapelstein As part of our semester project “Precious Particle”, Stephan Schenk introduced us to his idea of stacking stones and his resulting company.Stapelsteine are semicircular “stones” made of EPP (expanded polypropylene) that are about 30 cm tall and can be stacked as high as you like. He explained the individual steps …
Interim Presentation
Interim Presentation In the interim presentation, the students briefly and informatively presented their sprint project designs to each other. Among the guests at the presentation was Stephan Schenk, who gave the students feedback on their designs the following day as a guest critic. The exhibition of the 22 projects gave everyone a good overview of …