RhinoVAULT 2 released !!!
01.09.2020
Check out the first release of RhinoVAULT 2, an open-source funicular form-finding framework powered by COMPAS! Happy form finding!
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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....
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01.09.2020
Check out the first release of RhinoVAULT 2, an open-source funicular form-finding framework powered by COMPAS! Happy form finding!
12.07.2020
Invited by director Riyad Joucka, Prof. Block will give an online lecture on July 20th as part of the ‘Middle East Architecture Lab’ - MEAL* Live Academy.
07.07.2020
Invited by Prof. Ludger Hovestadt and hosted by Dr.sc. Hao Hua, Prof. Block will give a lecture on July 17 at 10:00 BJT as part on the online international summer school at the Department of Architecture of Southeast University, Nanjing.
04.07.2020
At the closing session of DigitalFUTURES World, the BRG received three awards!! The BRG received the first 'Matthias Rippmann Memorial Prize' for the development of RhinoVAULT 2. Dr. Mariana Popescu received a 'DigitalFUTURES Young Award', given to emerging scholars in digital architecture, and a prize was given to KnitCandela!
03.07.2020
Check out our new paper "Piecewise Rigid Displacement (PRD) method: A limit analysis-based approach to detect mechanisms and internal forces through two dual-energy criteria", published in Mechanics Research Communications.
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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
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