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Lecture Dr. Tom Van Mele at Rhino User Meeting in Basel

17.03.2023

Dr. Tom Van Mele will on March 17 give a lecture on COMPAS at the Rhino User Meeting, co-organised by McNeel Europe and Herzog de Meuron, in Basel.

Successful doctoral defence Gene Ting-Chun Kao

09.03.2023

Congratulations to Dr. Gene Ting-Chun Kao for successfully defending his doctoral thesis, titled "Assembly-Aware Design of Discrete Shell Structures", with Prof. Stelian Coros of ETH Zurich as co-advisor and Prof. Jan Knippers of University of Stuttgart as examiner.

Department lecture Prof. Block at Taubman College, University of Michigan

06.02.2023

Prof. Block is honoured to give the 2023 Dinkeloo Memorial Lecture on Mon Feb 6 at Taubman College, University of Michigan.

Talk Francesco Ranaudo at FOJAB

26.01.2023

Francesco Ranaudo will on Jan 26 participate in a lecture series at the architecture office FOJAB on Sustainable Materials.

Lecture Prof. Block at ZUGORAMA

19.01.2023

Invited by Tech Cluster Zug, Prof. Block is excited to present on Jan 19 at the exhibition inauguration of the CreaTowers competition.

Happy holidays from the BRG!

23.12.2022

Check out our happy holidays 2023 animation inspired by KnitNervi! See you in the next year for more innovation by the BRG! :)

Successful doctoral defence and ETH medal nomination Ricardo Maia Avelino

15.12.2022

Congratulations to Dr. Ricardo Maia Avelino for successfully defending his doctoral thesis, titled "Thrust Network Optimisation for the Assessment of Vaulted Masonry Structures"! Additionally, Ricardo was nominated for an ETH medal for outstanding dissertation! Thanks to external reviewers Prof. Dr. John Ochsendorf and Dr. Andriew Liew.

Talk Prof. Block at DiCE Lab webinar

13.12.2022

Invited by Prof. Catherine De Wolf, Prof. Block will on Dec 13 join the webinar on digitalisation for circularity, with a focus on Digital Fabrication, organised by the Digital Circular Economy (DiCE) Lab.

Successful doctoral defence Shajay Bhooshan

08.12.2022

Congratulations to Dr. Shajay Bhooshan for successfully defending his doctoral thesis, titled "Shape Design of 3D-Concrete-Printed Masonry Structures"! Thanks to external reviewer Dr. Patrik Schumacher.

Lecture Dr. Alessandro Dell'Endice at RomaTre

02.12.2022

Invited by Dr. Pietro Meriggi and Prof. Gianmarco de Felice, Dr. Alessandro Dell’Endice will on Dec 2 at 2:00 PM give a lecture at the University Roma Tre - Department of Engineering.

McNeel Europe workshop COMPAS

07.11.2022

Join the Discrete Element Modeling to Robotic Fabrication using the COMPAS framework online workshop with tutors Dr. Tom Van Mele, Gonzalo Casas on Nov 7-9, 2022, hosted by McNeel Europe.

New journal paper in IJAH

02.11.2022

Check out our new paper on "An Integrated Modelling Approach for the Seismic Collapse Assessment of Masonry Towers", published in the International Journal of Architectural Heritage.