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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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01.07.2021
Join the Block Research Group (BRG) and the Digital Building Technologies (DBT) group at ETH Zurich for the Future Cities Lab (FCL) Global module “Urban BioCycles - Mycelium Digitalisation”. More project and application info.
11.05.2021
Join the discussion with. Prof. Block at the ETH Global Lecture Series - "No Time to Waste" on Thursday, May 27th, 20:00-21:00 CEST.
10.05.2021
Organised by the ADDOPTML project and the EU Commission, Prof. Block will talk about "3D-Concrete-Printed Masonry" in the webinar "3D Printing in Construction Industry. Past, Present and Future" on Thursday, May 27, 2021, 14-16:30 CET.
26.04.2021
First of all, congratulations to Dr. Cristián Calvo Barentin for successfully defending his doctoral dissertation "Investigating the environmental opportunities of arched floor systems" last week!! We are also proud to announce he started a post-doctoral fellowship with Prof. Mark Goulthorpe at MIT!
16.04.2021
On April 26-27, Dr. Tom Van Mele and BRG alumn Dr. Robin Oval will offer a pattern topology and geometry workshop at the Advances of Architectural Geometry (AAG) symposium 2020. Sign up now!
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
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