Lucia Stein-Montalvo
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Lucia Stein-Montalvo
@lsmontal.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ Northwestern University Civil and Environmental Engineering | Adaptive Structures Lab | Shape-shifting mechanics + life-like cities | adaptivestructureslab.com | instagram.com/adaptivestructures_nu
🌬️ 𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘥’𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘢: 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴. Our installation, Kirigami d’Aria, is on view as part of the biennial architecture exhibition Time Space Existence organized by the European Cultural Centre.
July 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Kirigami d’Aria – our contribution to the ECC’s biennial architecture exhibition – is live and open to the public! You can visit (free entry) through Nov 23 at Palazzo Mora in Venice, Italy. We had a great time at the opening events last week in Venice – huge thanks to the wonderful ECC team! 🤩
May 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Time Space Existence, the European Cultural Centre’s biennial architecture exhibition, opens to the public this week -- on May 10 -- in Venice, Italy! We’re excited to present our installation, Kirigami d’Aria, on the mezzanine terrace of Palazzo Mora.
May 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
👩‍⚕️ Team: Lucia Stein-Montalvo (Adaptive Structures Lab, Northwestern), Sigrid Adriaenssens (Form Finding Lab, Princeton), Elie Bou-Zeid (TUNE Lab, Princeton), and Hypersonic (Brooklyn, NY).

🙏 Support: Princeton CEE, SEAS Project X Fund, & the Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.
April 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
💨 Kirigami d’Aria is installed on the mezzanine terrace of Palazzo Mora!

We’re excited to share our installation with the public soon – The European Cultural Centre's architecture biennale, Time Space Existence, will take place in Venice, Italy, between May 10 and November 23, 2025.
April 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Gearing up for our upcoming exhibition in the European Cultural Centre’s architecture biennale, Time Space Existence 2025!

Kirigami d’Aria explores how structures based on kirigami (“cut paper”) can be used in architectural settings, adaptively tailoring airflow and shading in public spaces.
March 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
March 8, 2025 at 5:51 AM
We are excited to share that we will participate in the European Cultural Centre's 7th biennial architecture exhibition, Time Space Existence. The exhibition will run from May 10-November 23 in Venice, Italy. Our contribution, Kirigami d’Aria, will be featured on Palazzo Mora's mezzanine terrace.
February 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM