Structural Origami Gathering 2026: Public Lectures

In recent years, origami-inspired structures have found a wide range of applications, from deployable solar arrays for space exploration to architectural systems and medical devices, each benefiting from the functional advantages of folding. At the same time, these structures offer rich opportunities for theoretical investigation, spanning fields from computational complexity theory to differential geometry.

With the generous support of the Bernoulli Center, the Geometric Computing Laboratory is hosting this year’s edition of the Structural Origami Gathering (SOG), a collaborative workshop that brings together researchers from diverse disciplines, including mathematics, computer science, engineering, architecture, and art. As part of the workshop, we will host a series of public lectures, followed by an exhibition of models.

15:00: Opening
15:15: Origami Bridging Art, Science, and Industry, Tomohiro Tachi
15:30: Math Advances in Origami Mechanics, Thomas Hull
15:45: Unlocking History: Origami-Inspired Virtual Unfolding of Locked Letters, Amanda Ghassaei
16:00: Rock, paper, (no) scissors … folding phlogopite and more origami lightweight engineering tales, Yves Klett
16:15: Fabricating Flat: Structural Timber Folding, Rupert Maleczek          
16:30: Transformable Geodesic Gridshell by Assembling Scissor Units, Seri Nishimoto
16:45: Origami from Science to Sculpture (online), Erik Demaine
17:00: Discussion and display of models