Within this framework, Linificio e Canapificio Nazionale provided assorted yarn spools for the creation of Knit Your Stories, an interactive installation developed by PhD students from the TextilesHUB group. The project, hosted in Pavilion One – the entrance point to the exhibition – is an ode to textile storytelling, where linen becomes a social and architectural connection element.

A material with millennia-old tradition and a profoundly sustainable soul, linen is used to outline three interconnected circular areas designed to stimulate interaction among visitors while offering shade and comfort. The reactive structures, brought to life through the integration of sensors and actuators, demonstrate the versatility of yarns as intelligent and active materials capable of responding to environmental changes and enhancing living and urban spaces’ well-being.

The choice of linen perfectly aligns with the concept of Actuated Knit: a natural, durable, recyclable material that harmonizes with the vision of sensitive, sustainable, and transformable architecture.