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Prof. Skylar Tibbits
Morningside Academy for Design (MAD) Associate Professor of Architecture
Co-Founder & Director, MIT Self-Assembly Lab
Assistant Director for Education, Morningside Academy for Design (MAD)
Primary DLC
Department of Architecture
MIT Room:
N52-394
(617) 324-6588
sjet@mit.edu
http://www.selfassemblylab.net
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Macro-Scale Self-Assembly
Computational Materials
Programmable Matter
Architectural Design
Design : Architectural Design
Computation
Fabrication
Research Summary
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.
Recent Work
Projects
April 30, 2024
Department of Architecture
A Basalt House in Iceland
Principal Investigators
Skylar Tibbits
,
Jeremy Jih
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Active Shoes
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Fluid-Assembly Chair
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Chiral Self-Assembly
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Transformable Meeting Spaces
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
4D Printing
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Self-Replicating Spheres
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Self-Assembly Line
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Hyperform
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Programmable Table
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Aerial Assemblies
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Liquid Printed Products
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
C-Strands
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Logic Matter
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Fluid Lattices
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Rapid Liquid Printing
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Self-folding Proteins
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Fluid Crystallization
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
DNA Printing
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Self-Assembly Cell Phone
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Jamming Bodies
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Self-Folding Surfaces
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
BioMolecular Self-Assembly
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Macrobot and Decibot
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Active Auxetics
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Biased Chains
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Autonomous Mass Assembly
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
June 13, 2018
Department of Architecture
Transformable Screen Wall
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
April 2, 2013
Department of Architecture
Self-Assembly Lab
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
November 7, 2012
Department of Architecture
Large-Scale Self-Assembly for Furniture Objects
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
November 7, 2012
Department of Architecture
Self-Assembly Toys
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
November 7, 2012
Department of Architecture
Skylar Self-Folding Protein Devices
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
November 7, 2012
Department of Architecture
BioMolecular Self-Assembly Devices
Principal Investigator
Skylar Tibbits
Books
Publication date:
July 24, 2017
Books
Prof. Skylar Tibbits
Active Matter
Video
2020 Rapid Prototyping - Skylar Tibbits
April 30, 2020
Conference Video
Duration: 56:37
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Physical worlds to Self-Assembly a process
Skylar Tibbits - 2019 RD Conference
November 20, 2019
Conference Video
Duration: 37:31
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Self-Assembly: for materials, manufacturing and construction
2019 MIT Research and Development Conference
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