BRG at AEC Hackathon ZH
04.02.2024
Invited by opensource.construction, Dr. Tom Van Mele will give a keynote and participate with the COMPAS Dev team in AEC Hackathon Zurich on Feb 2-4. Prof. Block will be on the jury.
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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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04.02.2024
Invited by opensource.construction, Dr. Tom Van Mele will give a keynote and participate with the COMPAS Dev team in AEC Hackathon Zurich on Feb 2-4. Prof. Block will be on the jury.
01.02.2024
Prof. Block is very excited to give a lecture on Feb 1 under arguably the most exciting Heinz Isler shell for the Simplexité lecture series, organised by the Fondation Pavillon Sicli.
19.01.2024
Kudos to Dr. Ricardo Maia Avelino for receiving the ETH medal for his doctoral thesis, titled "Thrust Network Optimisation for the Assessment of Vaulted Masonry Structures"!!
17.01.2024
Invited by BetonSuisse, Prof. Block will on Jan 17 give a keynote at Swissbau 2024.
16.01.2024
On Jan 16, Prof. Block is giving an online company-wide talk at Perkins&Will.
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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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