AAG 2020 Workshop
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!
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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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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!
21.02.2021
Future Cities Laboratory - FCL Global will be officially launched on March 2. The BRG participates in the research module 'Urban Biocycles'. We will be hiring soon!
20.02.2021
Check out the V1.0 release of COMPAS, the open-source, Python-based computational framework for research and collaboration in architecture, engineering, fabrication and construction, initiated by the BRG and supported by the NCCR Digital Fabrication!
18.02.2021
Dr. Juney Lee and Prof. Block will on March 23 give an online computational graphic statics course for the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE).
30.01.2021
Apply for one of the three doctoral fellowships in "Architecture & Technology" at the Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA) at ETH Zurich. Applications are due on January 31, 2021.
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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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