Horizontal Stacking - IAAC BLOG

Team member(s): Lucien Kohnen and Hasan Hirji
Modified by Lucien Kohnen on May 3, 2026

Structurally informed design strategy for reclaimed timber

The first iteration explores the performance of an arched shaped beam and its related compression strategy.

Tags: Computational Design, Material: Wood, CNC Milling, Structure, Karamba, CNC, Assembly Iterations, Iterative Design, Adaptive Strategy

Horizontal Stacking is a project of IAAC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia developed in the Master in Advanced Architecture - 2025-2026 by the student(s) Lucien Kohnen and Hasan Hirji during the course MAA01 25/26 Back to the Future Seminar with Manja van de Worp, Shyam Francesco Zonca and Matteo Attanasio.