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FCL Biofrontiers Symposium at ETH

09.10.2023

Join us on Mon Oct 9 for the Biofrontiers symposium, co-organised by the BRG and the chair of Digital Building Technologies (ETH), as part of Future Cities Laboratory Global. Register for the hybrid event on the Biofrontiers webpage!

Paper presentation Lotte Scheder-Bieschin at AAG '23 in Stuttgart

06.10.2023

Lotte Scheder-Bieschin will present her paper on flat-foldable, curve-creased plate formworks at Advances in Architectural Geometry (AAG) 2023, organised at the University of Stuttgart on Oct 6-7.

Keynote Prof. Block at Buildwise event on Circular Concrete

03.10.2023

Prof. Block will on Oct 3 share BRG's work at the "Circular Concrete" event at Buildwise - The Belgian innovation centre for the construction sector in Brussels.

New journal paper in Structures

29.09.2023

Check out our new paper on the design, engineering, and construction of KnitNervi, published in the Elsevier journal Structures.

Prof. Block at Alps Forum 2023

28.09.2023

On Sep 29, Prof. Block has been invited to hold a discussion with Matthias Hartmann on "Sustainable Cities – How Can We Make Cities CO2 Neutral" at the Alps Forum 2023.

Successful doctoral defense Kam-Ming Mark Tam

19.09.2023

Congratulations to Dr. Kam-Ming Mark Tam for successfully defending his doctoral thesis, titled "Learning Discrete Equilibrium - Trans-topological Inverse Pattern and Force Design Using Machine Learning & Automatic Differentiation", with Prof. Andreas Krause (Computer Science, ETH Zurich), Prof. Nathan Brown (PennState), and Robert Otani (Thornton Tomasetti) as external examiners. Additionally, Mark was nominated for an ETH Medal!

Talk Prof. Block at MIT ArchA webinar

18.09.2023

Prof. Block is excited to share the BRG's research in an online MIT Architecture Alumni (MIT ArchA) event on Sep 18 at 17:00.

Talk Dr. Francesco Ranaudo at Future of Construction 2023

13.09.2023

BRG alumn Dr. Francesco Ranaudo, CEO of our ETH spin-off VAULTED AG, will give an Industry Insight talk at The Future of Construction 2023 Symposium, taking place from Sep 13-15, 2023 at TU Munich.

Successful doctoral defence Francesco Ranaudo

11.09.2023

Congratulations to Dr. Francesco Ranaudo for successfully defending his doctoral thesis, titled "Funicular Floor Design", with Hon. D.Sc. Bill Baker of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) as external examiner.

ETH Week 2023: Circular Realities

10.09.2023

Prof. Block will give an input talk in the ETH Week 2023: Circular Realities, taking place Sep 10-15.

BRG at HIMASS Summer School

28.08.2023

Invited by Prof. Maurizio Angelillo, Prof. Block and Dr. Alessandro Dell'Endice will contribute to the teaching at the 2023 International Summer School on Historic Masonry Structures, held Aug 28 to Sep 10 in Segovia, Spain.

Talk Prof. Block at Columbia GSAPP

20.07.2023

Invited by Yousef and Elias Anastas, Prof. Block will on July 20 give a talk in the Advanced Architectural Design (AAD) studio "Stone Matters" at Columbia GSAPP.