Season's greetings from the BRG
01.01.2020
We wish you happy holidays and a great start to the new year! We are looking forward to 2020 - expect many new projects & innovations from us!! Enjoy our knitted tree!
About
The Block Research Group (BRG) at the Institute of Technology in Architecture at ETH Zürich is led by Prof. Dr. Philippe Block and Dr. Tom Van Mele. Research at the BRG focuses on several core areas, including analysis of masonry structures, graphical analysis and design methods, computational form finding and structural design, discrete element assemblies, and fabrication and construction technologies....
More...More NewsLatest news
01.01.2020
We wish you happy holidays and a great start to the new year! We are looking forward to 2020 - expect many new projects & innovations from us!! Enjoy our knitted tree!
04.12.2019
KnitCandela is a winner in the Digital Fabrication category of the 2019 AN Best of Design Awards.
29.11.2019
Front-page feature on Dr. Mariana Popescu in TagesAnzeiger.
22.11.2019
The Swedish Concrete Association has awarded the NCCR Digital Fabrication the 2019 Swedish Concrete Award. We are pleased that the BRG's sustainable concrete construction innovations are through this recognised!
16.11.2019
Prof. Block and Dr. Popescu will on Nov 29 deliver a keynote in the closing plenary session of the Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference 2019.
From the blog
Rhino 5 and new IronPython installations
13.12.2016
Creating functions dynamically
02.11.2016
Bitwise operators in Python
20.10.2016
Customizing Rhino toolbar button icons
18.10.2016
PyOpenGL GLUT error
17.10.2016
BRG @ the 2016 IASS Symposium in Tokyo
17.10.2016
Computational Geometry in Python
09.08.2016
More PublicationsSelected Publications
Akbarzadeh M., Van Mele T. and Block P.
Computer-Aided Design
Van Mele T. and Block P.
Computer-Aided Design
Veenendaal D. and Block P.
Engineering Structures
Block P. and Lachauer L.
Mechanics Research Communications
Panozzo D., Block P. and Sorkine-Hornung O.
ACM Transactions on Graphics - SIGGRAPH 2013
Rippmann M. and Block P.
Proceedings of the ICE - Construction Materials
Veenendaal D. and Block P.
International Journal of Solids and Structures
Van Mele T., Lachauer L., Rippmann M. and Block P.
Journal of the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures
Davis L., Rippmann M., Pawlofsky T. and Block P.
The Structural Engineer
Rippmann M., Lachauer L. and Block P.
International Journal of Space Structures
Van Mele T. and Block P.
Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures
ETH Zurich
Institute of Technology in Architecture
Block Research Group
Stefano-Franscini-Platz 1, HIB E 45
8093 Zurich, Switzerland
paulson@arch.ethz.ch
block.arch.ethz.ch
+41 44 633 38 35 phone
+41 44 633 10 53 fax
Copyright © 2009-2019 Block Research Group, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.