Block Research Group

News

New paper in The Structural Engineer

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.

Season's greetings from the BRG

01.01.2020

We wish you happy holidays and a great start to the new year! We are looking forward to 2020 - expect many new projects & innovations from us!! Enjoy our knitted tree!

KnitCandela wins A'N Best of Design 2019 Award

04.12.2019

KnitCandela is a winner in the Digital Fabrication category of the 2019 AN Best of Design Awards.

Dr. Mariana Popescu in TagesAnzeiger

29.11.2019

Front-page feature on Dr. Mariana Popescu in TagesAnzeiger.

Swedish Concrete Award 2019

22.11.2019

The Swedish Concrete Association has awarded the NCCR Digital Fabrication the 2019 Swedish Concrete Award. We are pleased that the BRG's sustainable concrete construction innovations are through this recognised!

Keynote at A-D-D International Textile Conference 2019

16.11.2019

Prof. Block and Dr. Popescu will on Nov 29 deliver a keynote in the closing plenary session of the Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference 2019.

Dr. Mariana Popescu at TEDx Bucharest

28.10.2019

On Nov 16-17, Dr. Mariana Popescu will give a talk at TEDx Bucharest.

Robin Oval post-doc at Cambridge / Bath

22.10.2019

We are excited for Robin Oval, who will on Nov 1 start as post-doctoral researcher in the ACORN - Automating Concrete Construction project, working with Dr. John Orr of University of Cambridge and Dr. Paul Shepherd of University of Bath.

Department lecture Prof. Block at ZHAW

12.10.2019

Prof. Block will on Mon Oct 21 at 18:00 give a lecture in the "Blauer Montag" public lecture series at the Department of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering of ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

COMPAS workshop to Taubman College, University of Michigan

02.10.2019

Invited by Arash Adel, Alessandro Dell'Endice will on Oct 14 give a COMPAS assembly workshop to the Master of Science in Architecture - Digital and Material Technologies at Taubman College, University of Michigan.

Lecture Dr. Mariana Popescu at the University of Applied Arts Vienna

28.09.2019

Dr. Mariana Popescu is invited on Oct 9 to give a lecture about KnitCandela in the Building Construction Lecture Series "The Making Of Concrete Poetry" at the Angewandte in Vienna.

Keynote Prof. Block at IASS 2019 in Barcelona

25.09.2019

Prof. Block will on Tuesday, October 8 be delivering a keynote lecture at IASS 2019 "Form and Force" in Barcelona.