DAM Preis 2026 Longlist - Hybrid Flax Pavilion

Since 2007, the German Architecture Museum (Deutsches Architekturmuseum - DAM) has annually honored outstanding buildings with the DAM Prize for Architecture in Germany.

The pavilion showcases a novel wood-natural-fibre hybrid construction system developed by the Cluster of Excellence IntCDC at the University of Stuttgart as an alternative to conventional building methods.

The unique hybrid system combines thin cross-laminated timber with robotically wound flax fibre bodies to create a novel, resource-efficient building structure made from regional, bio-based materials with a distinct local connection: Flax was historically processed in the local textile industry.

For more information on the nomination:

https://www.dam-preis.de/de/138/dam-preis-2026/nominierungen/

For more information about the project:

Hybrid Flax Pavilion | Institute for Computational Design and Construction | University of Stuttgart (uni-stuttgart.de)