Pelin Asa

Pelin Asa studied civil engineering at Princeton University and completed her master's at the Integrative Technologies and Architectural Design Research program at the University of Stuttgart in 2022.
As a Pre-Doctoral Researcher in the project Material Form Function and in the department of biomaterials at the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, she works on reclaiming waste wood for structural applications and the integration of computational design and digital fabrication tools in reuse processes.
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Department of Biomaterials
Research Campus Golm
Am Muehlenberg 1
14424 Potsdam
Invited Moderation/ Comment
Sicher, E., Weber, R., Kesselring, R., Asa, P., Perraudin, L. (moderator) MATTERSCAPES. A Studio Visit. Doctoral Presentations, repair, restore, regenerate, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 27 June 2023.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/11320/matterscapes-a-studio-visit
Teaching & Courses
Asa, P., Wolff, K. M.Sc. Architecture design seminar. Seminar, Rethinking Timber. TU Berlin. 19 April 2023 - 19 July 2023.
Dierichs, K., Asa, P. Materials Design. International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS). Block Seminar, Potsdam. 22 May 2023 - 6 July 2023.
https://www.mpikg.mpg.de/events/34066/133590