ForMat Lab is located within the Stuckeman Center for Design Computing of Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.

CONTACT US

Benay Gürsoy
Assistant Professor of Architecture
bug61@psu.edu

Lab director

Penn State University
121 Stuckeman Family Building
University Park, PA
16802 | USA

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On October 2nd, I gave a talk about the dialogue between control and uncertainty in design, and presented works from ForMat Lab at the CDFAM - Computational Design Symposium (@cdfam.symposium). It was a super well organized event, with lots of inspi
Meet The Team: Aisa Shams • Aisa started working at ForMat Lab in Spring 2024 and officially joined the lab as a Masters of Science in Architecture student in Fall 2024. As part of her MS thesis, Aisa is working on repurposing mushroom cultivat
Throwback to September 2024! @kieron_cook presented the paper titled “Robotic Sand Shaping for Reusable Formworks: From Toolpath Design to Emergent Shapes and Patterns in Cast Form” at the eCAADe 2024 Conference in Nicosia - Cyprus. &bul
Throwback to August 2024! @alale_mohseni_ succesfully passed her PhD comprehensive exam with her PhD dissertation proposal titled “From Material to Code: Streamlined Robotic 3D Printing of Mycelium-Based Building Parts and Structures.” &b
Throwback to July 2024! I was invited to be one of the keynote speakers at the 18th National Symposium on Digital Design in Architecture (MSTAS) that took place on July 1-2, 2024 in Balikesir - Turkey. • Although I could only stay for a day, it
Throwback to June 2024! @ozgucbertug succesfully defended his PhD dissertation titled “Towards Co-Creation: Exploring Vision-Augmented Robotic Fabrication for Automation and Beyond.” • In Özgüç’s words: “
Throwback to @caad.futures.2023! • We presented the paper titled “Material-in-the-loop fabrication: A vision-based adaptive clay 3D printing workflow on indeterminate sand surfaces” at the CAAD Futures 2023 Conference in Delft. &bul
Throwback to @caad.futures.2023! • We presented the paper titled “Material-in-the-loop fabrication: A vision-based adaptive clay 3D printing workflow on indeterminate sand surfaces” at the CAAD Futures 2023 Conference in Delft. &bul
Throwback to @caad.futures.2023! • We presented the paper titled “Material-in-the-loop fabrication: A vision-based adaptive clay 3D printing workflow on indeterminate sand surfaces” at the CAAD Futures 2023 Conference in Delft. &bul