Lorenzo Quinn’s hand sculptures on The Arsenale in Venice – Biennale Architettura 2025: Intelligens. Natural. Artificial
Photo by: Jann Hawker
Collective minds
Our work is grounded in collaborative, iterative design, combining deep research with public participation to create systems that adapt to both human and planetary needs.
At the heart of our practice lie two interconnected projects: VIDA and SARA. Though developed for different contexts—urban and extraterrestrial—they share a common foundation: modular, geometry-based design inspired by natural systems.
Projects
Reclaims urban plastic waste, transforming it into foldable building blocks for civic architecture.
SARA, in parallel, develops flexible, reconfigurable structures for extreme conditions, drawing from the same geometric intelligence. Supported by ESA BIC Czech Republic, we use SARA’s technological advances to feed VIDA’s prototyping and production.
One Geometry, many Futures
All KACADU projects emerge from a shared design language: optimization through modular geometry inspired by natural systems. Whether in orbit or on a sidewalk, we use foldable, tessellated structures—derived from origami and auxetic patterns—to generate maximum performance with minimal material.
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From origami to orbit
A design system inspired by bionics, soft robotics, and origami engineering. Developed for space and adaptable to Earth, it redefines how we build in extreme or shifting environments.
SARA in a nutshell:
SARA’s modular surface systems use auxetic geometries and topologically interlocking components to fold, expand, and dynamically respond to external forces. These lightweight structures behave like muscle—flexible, compressible, and spatially efficient.
Funded and supported by ESA BIC Czech Republic, SARA advances through rapid prototyping, pushing the frontier of deployable space architecture while generating terrestrial applications like emergency shelters and adaptive climate façades.
Our aim is to commercialize two product lines: the SARA Kinetic Muscle Surface and the SARA Construction Kit, sold as constructional textile by square meter. We will also license digital blueprints for personal fabrication, bridging the physical and digital realms.
The project targets aerospace contractors, research institutions, and urban developers. It offers both propulsion and debris-management solutions for satellites, as well as resilient infrastructures for cities under pressure.
SARA is not just a system—it’s a design philosophy: one that embraces transformation, reuse, and the intelligence of geometry to reshape how we inhabit space—on Earth or beyond.
Urban design from waste
VIDA is a modular building system that uses foldable bricks made from recycled plastic to enable rapid, tool-free construction of urban structures—by anyone.
VIDA transforms plastic waste into architectural potential, offering a hands-on, low-barrier way to shape public space. It combines sustainability with participation: empowering citizens to become designers and builders of their own environments.
The VIDA system is open-source, scalable, and constantly evolving. Supported by a digital configurator, users can customize forms, explore layouts, and generate build-ready files—democratizing access to spatial design.
Piloted in Berlin, VIDA culminates in co-designed pavilions that bring communities together through shared creation. From street-level urbanism to long-term environmental impact, VIDA builds a new civic ecology from the ground up.
KACADU s.r.o. is participating in the ESA
Business Incubation Centre Czech Republic
and Czech Invest
Adam Urban CEO, Architect [co-founder]
Jann HawkerCreative Director, Designer [co-founder]
Jan Urban
COO, Sales, Business Development
Yasumasa Hayashi
External Partner, ArchTank CEO
Kacadu Corp s.r.o.
Praha IČO 14253909
adam@sa-ra.space
jann@sa-ra.space