Prof. Skylar Tibbits

An architect by training, Skylar Tibbits combines design and computer science as co-founder and director of the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT and associate professor of design research in the department of Architecture. Dedicated to broadening the reach of design education, he directs the undergraduate design programs at MIT and contributes to its curricula.

At the Self-Assembly Lab, Tibbits oversees the advancement of self-assembly and programmable material technologies such as 4D knitting and liquid metal printing, with a plurality of applications ranging from garments and housing to coastal resilience.

He has designed and built large-scale installations and exhibited in galleries around the world, including the MoMA, Centre Pompidou, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, and various others.