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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.

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.

Promotion Dr. Lluis Enrique to Senior Scientist

01.11.2022

Big congratulations to Dr. Lluis Enrique for his promotion to Senior Scientist for teaching!

Lecture Lotte Scheder-Bieschin at ACADIA 2022

27.10.2022

Lotte Scheder-Bieschin will on Oct 28 present her paper on "curved-crease folding of bending-active plates as formwork" at ACADIA 2022.

New paper in Structures

25.10.2022

Check out our new paper on spiral staircases, published in the Elsevier journal Structures.

Keynote at Chicago Innovate Tech 2022

21.10.2022

Prof. Block will give a keynote on Oct 21 at Chicago Innovate Tech 2022.

BRG at exhibition Technoscape in Museo MAXXI, Rome, Italy

01.10.2022 - 10.04.2023

KnitNervi was developed for the exhibition “Technoscape: The architecture of engineers” at MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo in Rome, Italy, and can be visited until April 30, 2023. Watch the making-of here.

Keynote Dr. Alessandro Dell'Endice at UEL Construction Week

29.09.2022

Invited by Fulvio Wirz, Dr. Alessandro Dell'Endice will on Sep 29 at 4.30 PM give a keynote lecture during the UEL Construction Week (Sep 26 - Oct 7), organised in partnership with Grimshaw Architects.

Invited talk Prof. Block at Swiss Re institute

25.09.2022

On Ont 5, Prof. Block will participate at the "Concrete solutions for sustainable construction" event, organised by the Swiss Re institute and the NCCR DFAB.

COMPAS Form-finder workshop at Design Modelling Symposium Berlin

24.09.2022

Lotter Aldinger and BRG Alumn Dr. Juney Lee will on Sep 24-25 give a COMPAS Form-Finder workshop at Design Modelling Symposium Berlin 2022.