Publications
A selection of book Publications and peer-reviewed papers
based on work by Jenny Sabin Studio and the Sabin Lab at Cornell AAP
Books by Jenny E. Sabin
FABRICATE 2020
Jane Burry, Jenny Sabin, Bob Sheil, Marilena Skavara, FABRICATE: Making Resilient Architecture, (London: UCL Press, 2020). Fabricate 2020 is the fourth title in the FABRICATE series on the theme of digital fabrication and published in conjunction with a triennial international conference.
LABSTUDIO 2017
Jenny E. Sabin and Peter Lloyd Jones, LabStudio: Design Research Between Architecture and Biology, (London & New York: Routledge Taylor and Francis, 2017).
A book on design research across disciplines through the lens of LabStudio, co-founded by Sabin, an architectural designer and Jones, a cell and molecular biologist.
MEANDER 2010
Meander, Variegating Architecture by Kolatan and Sabin, a book on parametric and algorithmic design strategies in research, teaching, and practice, Bentley Publications, Exton, PA, USA.
Peer-Reviewed Papers
Neobrick: Environmentally Informed 3D-Printed Lattice Brick for Modulating Indoor Thermal Comfort
Ji Yoon Bae, Jenny Sabin. “Neobrick: Environmentally Informed 3D-Printed Lattice Brick for Modulating Indoor Thermal Comfort.” In: Faircloth, B., Pedersen Zari, M., Thomsen, M.R., Tamke, M. (eds) Design for Climate Adaptation. UIA 2023. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36320-7_47.
Jenny Sabin, Michael Paraszczak, Dillon Pranger. “Convergence: Advancing Robotic Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing to the Architectural Scale in an Urban Context.” ACADIA 2022: Hybrids & Haecceities Projects Book [Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-9860805-7-4]. 27-29 October 2022. Edited by Akbarzadeh, Aviv, Jamelle, Stuart-Smith. 106-111.
Interfacing DNA hydrogels with ceramics for biofunctional architectural materials
Yehudah A. Pardo, Kenneth G. Yancey, David S. Rosenwasser, David M. Bassen, Jonathan T. Butcher, Jenny E. Sabin, Minglin Ma, Shogo Hamada, Dan Luo. “Interfacing DNA hydrogels with ceramics for biofunctional architectural materials.” Materials Today, 2021. ISSN 1369-7021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2021.10.029.
The Design and 4D Printing of Epithelial Cell-Inspired Programmable Surface Geometry
Teng Teng, Jenny E. Sabin. “The Design and 4D Printing of Epithelial Cell-Inspired Programmable Surface Geometry.” Stojakovic, V and Tepavcevic, B (eds.), Towards a new, configurable architecture - Proceedings of the 39th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia, 8-10 September 2021, pp. 105-114. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2021.1.105
Natalie Friedman, Kari Love, Ray LC, Jenny Sabin, Guy Hoffman, Wendy Ju. “What Robots Need From Clothes.” In Proceedings of the 2017 conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS ‘21), June 28-July 2, 2021, Nowhere and Everywhere, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 11 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3461778.3462045
Shape-Programmed Self-Assembly of Bead Structures
Cameron Nelson, Jenny Sabin. “ Shape-Programmed Self-Assembly of Bead Structures.” ACADIA 2020: Distributed Proximities / Volume I: Technical Papers [Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-578-95213-0]. Online and Global. 24-30 October 2020. edited by B. Slocum, V. Ago, S. Doyle, A. Marcus, M. Yablonina, and M. del Campo. 372-381.
Embedded Architecture: Ada, Driven by Humans, Powered by AI
Jenny Sabin, John Hilla, Dillon Pranger, Clayton Binkley, and Jeremy Bilotti, “Embedded Architecture: Ada, Driven by Humans, Powered by AI,” in FABRICATE 2020: Making Resilient Architecture, ed. Jane Burry, Jenny Sabin, Bob Sheil, and Marilena Skavara (London: UCL Press, 2020), 246-256.
Viola Zhang*, David Rosenwasser*, and Jenny E Sabin (*Authors contributed equally). 2020. “PolyTile 2.0: Programmable Microtextured Ceramic Architectural Tiles Embedded with Environmentally Responsive Biofunctionality.” International Journal of Architectural Computing: 1-20.
Scutoid Brick: The Designing of Epithelial Cell Inspired Brick in Masonry Shell System
Teng Teng, Mian Jia, Jenny Sabin. 2020. “Scutoid Brick: The Designing of Epithelial Cell Inspired Brick in Masonry Shell System.” eCAADe 38 (BIO DATA / BIO TECTONICS FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN), D1.T6.S1. Volume 1: 563-572.
Teng Teng, Jenny Sabin. 2020. “PICA.” International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia 2020 (RE: Anthropocene), Volume 2: 473-483.
Yao Lu, Eda Begum Birol, Colby Johnson, Christopher Hernandez, Jenny Sabin. 2020. “A Method for LoadResponsive Inhomogeneity and Anisotropy in 3D Lattice Generation Based on Ellipsoid Packing.” International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia 2020 (RE: Anthropocene), Volume 1: 395-404.
POLYBRICK 2.0: Bio-Integrative Load Bearing Structures
Eda Begum Birol*, Yao Lu*, Ege Sekkin*, Colby Johnson, David Moy, Yaseen Islam, Jenny Sabin (*Authors contributed equally). 2019. “POLYBRICK 2.0: Bio-Integrative Load Bearing Structures.” ACADIA 2019 (Ubiquity and Autonomy): 222-233.
Viola Zhang, William Qian, Jenny Sabin. 2019. “PolyBrick H2.0: Internal Bone-Based Hydraulics in Bricks Through Controlled Water Flow from Micro-texturing and Surface Chemistry.” ACADIA 2019 (Ubiquity and Autonomy): 246-256.
Programmable Kirigami: Cutting and Folding in Science, Technology and Architecture
Jingyang Liu, Grace Chuang, Hun Chun Sang, Jenny E. Sabin. 2019. “Programmable Kirigami: Cutting and Folding in Science, Technology and Architecture.” ASME 2019 (International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference), DETC2019-97557: 1-9.
Dynamic DNA Material with Emergent Locomotion Behavior Powered by Artificial Metabolism
Shogo Hamada*, Kenneth Gene Yancey, Yehudah Pardo, Mingzhe Gan, Max Vanatta, Duo An, Yue Hu, Thomas L. Derrien, Roanna Ruiz, Peifeng Liu, Jenny Sabin, and Dan Luo* (*Corresponding Authorship). 2019. “Dynamic DNA Material with Emergent Locomotion Behavior Powered by Artificial Metabolism.” Science Robotics 4, eaaw3512: 1-11.
Kristen M. Strobel, Clayton B. Binkley, Jenny E. Sabin. 2018. “Lumen Tensegrity Towers.” IASS (Symposium 2018: Creativity in Structural Design): 1-8.
Robosense 2.0: Robotic Sensing and Architectural Ceramic Fabrication
Jeremy Bilotti*, Bennett Norman*, David Rosenwasser*, Jingyang Leo Liu, and Jenny E. Sabin (*Joint Authorship). 2018. “Robosense 2.0: Robotic Sensing and Architectural Ceramic Fabrication.” ACADIA 2018 (Recalibration: On Imprecision and Infidelity): 276-285.
Jenny E. Sabin, Dillon Pranger, Clayton Binkley, Kristen Strobel, and Jingyang Leo Liu. 2018. “Lumen.” ACADIA 2018 (Recalibration: On Imprecision and Infidelity): 445-455.
POLYBRICK 3.0: Live Signatures Through DNA Hydrogels and Digital Ceramics
David Rosenwasser, Shogo Hamada, Dan Luo, and Jenny E. Sabin. 2018. “POLYBRICK 3.0: Live Signatures Through DNA Hydrogels and Digital Ceramics.” International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing (vol. 7), no. 2,3: 205-218.
Responsive Kirigami: Context-Actuated Hinges in Folded Sheet Systems
Jingyang Liu, Jasmine Chia-Chia Liu, Madeleine Eggers, and Jenny E. Sabin. 2018. “Responsive Kirigami: Context-Actuated Hinges in Folded Sheet Systems.” SimAUD 2018.
Applications of Insights from Biology and Mathematics to the Design of Material Structures
Jenny E. Sabin. 2017. "Applications of Insights from Biology and Mathematics to the Design of Material Structures." The Bridge (Winter): 44-47.
Matrix Architecture: 3D-Printed and Simulated Kirigami Matrices & Auxetic Materials
Madeleine Eggers, Jingyang Liu, Jasmine Chia-Chia Liu, Ben Norman, and Jenny E. Sabin. 2017. “Matrix Architecture: 3D-Printed and Simulated Kirigami Matrices & Auxetic Materials.” SimAUD 2017.
Clay Non Wovens: Robotic Fabrication and Digital Ceramics
David Rosenwasser, Sonya Mantell, and Jenny Sabin. 2017. “Clay Non-Wovens: Robotic Fabrication and Digital Ceramics.” ACADIA 2017 (Disciplines & Disruption): 502–511.
RoboSense: Context Dependent Robotic Design Protocols and Tools
Andrew Moorman, Jingyang Liu, and Jenny E. Sabin. 2016. “RoboSense: Context Dependent Robotic Design Protocols and Tools.” ACADIA 2016 (Posthuman Frontiers: Data, Designers and Cognitive Machines): 1-11.
Transformative Research Practice
Jenny Sabin. 2015. “Transformative Research Practice: Architectural Affordances and Crisis.” Journal of Architectural Education (69:1): 63-71.
PolyBrick: Variegated Additive Ceramic Component Manufacturing
Jenny E. Sabin, Martin Miller, Nick Cassab, and Andrew Lucia. 2014. “PolyBrick: Variegated Additive Ceramic Component Manufacturing (ACCM).” 3D PRINTING (vol. 1), no. 2: 78-84.
Jenny E. Sabin, Andrew Lucia, Giffen Ott, Simin Wang. 2014. “Prototyping Interactive Nonlinear Nano-to-Micro Scaled Material Properties and Effects at the Human Scale.” SimAUD 2014.
Jenny Sabin. 2013. “MyThread Pavilion: Generative Fabrication in Knitting Processes.” ACADIA 2013 (Adaptive Architecture): 347-354.
Simulating Nonlinear Nano-to-Micro Scaled Material Properties and Effects in the Architectural Scale
Simin Wang, Andrew Lucia, and Jenny Sabin. 2013. “Simulating Nonlinear Nano-to-Micro Scaled Material Properties and Effects at the Architectural Scale.” SimAUD 2013.
The Greenhouse and Cabinet of Future Fossils
Jenny Sabin. 2012. "The Greenhouse & Cabinet of Future Fossils: Interfacing Nature in the Built Environment." ACADIA 2012 (Synthetic Digital Ecologies): 259-268.
Nonlinear Systems Biology and Design: Surface Design
Jenny Sabin and Peter Lloyd Jones. 2008. "Nonlinear Systems Biology and Design: Surface Design.” ACADIA 2008 (Silicon + Skin, Biological Processes and Computation): 54-65.