K:INK Tower

2025

K:INK Tower is a bending-active composite experiment that explores the moment when softness transforms into structure. Using large-scale, ultra-light composite fibers developed by AXIA Materials, the project investigates how flexible materials can discover form and stability through the natural flow of tension.

Standing 4.2 meters tall, the tower consists of eleven concave panels that interlock through a calibrated balance of bending and stress, embodying the Soft Tectonic philosophy — an architecture that stands through tension rather than rigidity.

K:INK Tower captures the precise instant when continuous surfaces bend and resist, revealing a vertical gesture where material energy crystallizes into form and structure emerges from its own tension.

Project Director in Charge : Dongil Kim (Kyung Hee Univ / I.f CDL) / Seojoo Lee, Hyojung Kim (I.f Architecture & Research)

Principal Researcher : Seungil Kim, Gwangeun Hwang (I.f CDL)

Project Team : Isaac Kang, Bugeon Kim, Chaewon Go, Juyoung Lee

Supported by : Kyung Hee Univ. I.f / Convergence Design Lab /Axia Materials / Kolon Global / I.f Architecture & Research