Block Research Group

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Apply now!! 2 PhD and 1-2 postdoc positions!

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.

Prof. Block invited to ETH Global Lecture Series

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.

Lecture Prof. Block in 3DP in Construction

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.

Dr. Cristián Calvo Barentin post-doc at MIT

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!

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!

New paper in Applied Sciences

15.04.2021

Check out our new paper "Parametric stability analysis of groin vaults", published in the journal Applied Sciences.

Prof. Block on swissnex China nexFrontier webinar

08.04.2021

Organised by Swissnex China, Prof. Block is excited to join the webinar nexFrontier: Digital Fabrication - Shaping the Future of Architecture on April 20, 2021.

New paper in Computer-Aided Design

06.04.2021

Based on a collaboration with École des Ponts ParisTech, check out our new paper "Two-colour topology finding of quad-mesh patterns", published in the journal Computer-Aided Design.

Dr. Popescu on board of trustees of IBA'27

01.04.2021

Dr. Mariana Popescu has joined as a member of the Board of Trustees for the International Building Exhibition 2027 (IBA27) Stadtregion Stuttgart.

Launch FCL Global

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!

COMPAS V1.0 Release

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!

IStructE online Graphic Statics course

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).