We are thrilled to announce that the ITECH Master Thesis project “Gradient Density” received a Deutscher Holzbaupreis 2025 (German Timber Construction Award)!
Verena Hubertz (Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building presented the award to ITECH Alumni Chris Donghwi Kang and Otto Lindstam on May 27, 2025.
Their method for metal-free point-supported flat slabs made of wood, was honored with a special award in the main category. The award ceremony took place as part of the world's leading trade fair for the international woodworking and wood processing industry, LIGNA, in Hanover.
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Gradient Density - A novel method for column-to-slab joints in point-supported cross-laminated timber slabs
ITECH M.Sc. Thesis Project 2024: Gradient Density - A novel method for column-to-slab joints in point-supported cross-laminated timber slabs
Donghwi Kang, Otto Lindstam
Thesis Advisers: Gregor Neubauer, Hans Jakob Wagner
Thesis Supervisors: Prof. Jan Knippers, Prof. Achim Menges
This project was developed in part at the TallWood Design Institute in Oregon with external mentoring from Prof. Dylan Wood.
The research exchange was supported through an Outgoing Grant by Cluster of Excellence IntCDC - Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture and the digitize wood platform.
The project received further assistance from Michael Schneider and Philip Duncan at the Wood Workshop of Faculty 1, University of Stuttgart.