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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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26.03.2020
On March 31, Dr. Mariana Popescu will be part of the jury for the Master in Advanced Architecture Thesis project presentations, supervised by Dr. Areti Markopoulou w/ Nikol Kirova and Eduardo Chamorro at IAAC Barcelona.
23.03.2020
ETH Zurich is locked down until June 2020, but the BRG remains in full (digital/virtual) swing from all over the world during Corona-virus times!
09.03.2020
Check out our new journal paper in Structures, detailing the research and development that went into KnitCandela.
01.03.2020
Invited by Prof. Donald Bates, part of Melbourne Design Week and supported by a Treseder Fellowship, Prof. Block will on Mon March 16 give a department lecture at the Melbourne School of Design at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
03.01.2020
Check out our paper "Redefining Structural Art: Strategies, necessities and opportunities" in the special issue of The Structural Engineer, edited by Ed Clark and Prof. Tim Ibell.
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Bitwise operators in Python
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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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