Block Research Group

2021

Block P.Position: Philippe Block on Innovative Structures / Position: Philippe Block über Innovative Tragwerk,Architecture, Research, Building: ICD/ITKE 2010-2020 / Architektur, Forschung, Bauen: ICD/ITKE 2010-2020,Menges, A. and Knippers, J. (editors),Birkhäuser,2021.

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    author    = "Block, P.",
    title     = "Position: Philippe Block on Innovative Structures / Position: Philippe Block über Innovative Tragwerk",
    booktitle = "Architecture, Research, Building: ICD/ITKE 2010-2020 / Architektur, Forschung, Bauen: ICD/ITKE 2010-2020",
    publisher = "Birkhäuser",
    year      = "2021",
    editor    = "Menges, A. and Knippers, J.",
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    doi       = "https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035620405 ",
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2020

Wang X., Tam K.M.M., Beaudouin-Mackay A., Hoyle B., Mason M., Guo Z., Gao W., Li C., Zhu W., Karsan Z., Kao G.T.C., Zhang L., Chai H., Yuan P.F. and Block P.3D-Printed Bending-Active Formwork for Shell Structures,Architectural Intelligence: Selected Papers from the 1st International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2019),Yuan, P.F., Xie, Y.M.M., Leach, N., Yao, J. and Wang, X. (editors),Springer Singapore,2020.

@incollection{Wang2020,
    author    = "Wang, X. and Tam, K.M.M. and Beaudouin-Mackay, A. and Hoyle, B. and Mason, M. and Guo, Z. and Gao, W. and Li, C. and Zhu, W. and Karsan, Z. and Kao, G.T.C. and Zhang, L. and Chai, H. and Yuan, P.F. and Block, P.",
    title     = "3D-Printed Bending-Active Formwork for Shell Structures",
    booktitle = "Architectural Intelligence: Selected Papers from the 1st International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2019)",
    publisher = "Springer Singapore",
    year      = "2020",
    editor    = "Yuan, P.F. and Xie, Y.M.M. and Leach, N. and Yao, J. and Wang, X.",
    chapter   = "0"
    pages     = "",
    address   = "",
    month     = "",
    doi       = "10.1007/978-981-15-6568-7_18",
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Block P., Calvo Barentin C., Ranaudo F. and Paulson N.Imposing Challenges, Disruptive Changes: Rethinking the Floor Slab,The Materials Book: Inspired by the 6th LafargeHolcim Foundation Forum ,Ruby, I. and Ruby A. (editors),Ruby Press,Berlin,2020.

@incollection{Block2020,
    author    = "Block, P. and Calvo Barentin, C. and Ranaudo, F. and Paulson, N.",
    title     = "Imposing Challenges, Disruptive Changes: Rethinking the Floor Slab",
    booktitle = "The Materials Book: Inspired by the 6th LafargeHolcim Foundation Forum ",
    publisher = "Ruby Press",
    year      = "2020",
    editor    = "Ruby, I. and Ruby A.",
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Popescu M., Rippmann M., Van Mele T. and Block P.KnitCrete: Building in Concrete with a Stay-in-Place Knitted Fabric Formwork,The Materials Book: Inspired by the 6th LafargeHolcim Foundation Forum ,Ruby, I. and Ruby A. (editors),Ruby Press,Berlin,2020.

@incollection{Popescu2020,
    author    = "Popescu, M. and Rippmann, M. and Van Mele, T. and Block, P.",
    title     = "KnitCrete: Building in Concrete with a Stay-in-Place Knitted Fabric Formwork",
    booktitle = "The Materials Book: Inspired by the 6th LafargeHolcim Foundation Forum ",
    publisher = "Ruby Press",
    year      = "2020",
    editor    = "Ruby, I. and Ruby A.",
    chapter   = "0"
    pages     = "",
    address   = "Berlin",
    month     = "",
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2019

Block P. and Paulson N.E4: Efficiency, Economy, Elegance, and Ecology,Design - Tales of Science and Innovation,G. Folkers and M. Schmid (editors),Chronos Verlag, Collegium Helveticum and ETH Zurich,Zürich,2019.

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@incollection{Block2019,
    author    = "Block, P. and Paulson, N.",
    title     = "E4: Efficiency, Economy, Elegance, and Ecology",
    booktitle = "Design - Tales of Science and Innovation",
    publisher = "Chronos Verlag, Collegium Helveticum and ETH Zurich",
    year      = "2019",
    editor    = "G. Folkers and M. Schmid",
    chapter   = "0"
    pages     = "13-21",
    address   = "Zürich",
    month     = "",
    doi       = "",
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2018

Block P. and Paulson N.New Opportunities Through Informed Structural Design,Addis Ababa: A manifesto on African progress,D. Hebel, F. Heisel, M. Wisniewska and S. Nash (editors),Ruby Press,Berlin,2018.

@incollection{Block2018,
    author    = "Block, P. and Paulson, N.",
    title     = "New Opportunities Through Informed Structural Design",
    booktitle = "Addis Ababa: A manifesto on African progress",
    publisher = "Ruby Press",
    year      = "2018",
    editor    = "D. Hebel, F. Heisel, M. Wisniewska and S. Nash",
    chapter   = "0"
    pages     = "",
    address   = "Berlin",
    month     = "",
    doi       = "",
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2017

Hebel D., Block P., Heisel F. and Méndez Echenagucia T.Beyond Mining - Urban Growth: The architectural innovation of cultivated resources through appropriate engineering,Imminent Commons: The Expanded City,Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Jeffrey S. Anderson (editors),Actar Publishers,2017.Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017 - Exhibition Catalogue.

@incollection{Hebel2017,
    author    = "Hebel, D. and Block, P. and Heisel, F. and Méndez Echenagucia, T.",
    title     = "Beyond Mining - Urban Growth: The architectural innovation of cultivated resources through appropriate engineering",
    booktitle = "Imminent Commons: The Expanded City",
    publisher = "Actar Publishers",
    year      = "2017",
    editor    = "Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Jeffrey S. Anderson",
    chapter   = "0"
    pages     = "",
    address   = "",
    month     = "",
    doi       = "",
    note      = "Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017 - Exhibition Catalogue",
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Rippmann M. and Block P.Funicular Shell Design Exploration,Computational Design,N. Leach and P. F. Yuan (editors),Tongji University Press,Shanghai,2017 (January).

@incollection{Rippmann2017,
    author    = "Rippmann, M. and Block, P.",
    title     = "Funicular Shell Design Exploration",
    booktitle = "Computational Design",
    publisher = "Tongji University Press",
    year      = "2017",
    editor    = "N. Leach and P. F. Yuan",
    chapter   = "0"
    pages     = "128-139",
    address   = "Shanghai",
    month     = "January",
    doi       = "",
    note      = "",
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Block P.In the Footsteps of the Great ETH Engineers,Der entwerfende Ingenieur - Zum 60. Geburtstag von Joseph Schwartz,M. Rinke (editors),Jovis Verlag,Berlin,2017 (November).

@incollection{Block2017,
    author    = "Block, P.",
    title     = "In the Footsteps of the Great ETH Engineers",
    booktitle = "Der entwerfende Ingenieur - Zum 60. Geburtstag von Joseph Schwartz",
    publisher = "Jovis Verlag",
    year      = "2017",
    editor    = "M. Rinke",
    chapter   = "0"
    pages     = "76-87",
    address   = "Berlin",
    month     = "November",
    doi       = "",
    note      = "",
}

Rippmann M., Liew A. and Block P.Structural 3D-printed floor,Digital Fabrication,P. F. Yuan, A. Menges and N. Leach (editors),Tongji University Press,Shanghai,2017 (October).to appear.

@incollection{Rippmann2017,
    author    = "Rippmann, M. and Liew, A. and Block, P.",
    title     = "Structural 3D-printed floor",
    booktitle = "Digital Fabrication",
    publisher = "Tongji University Press",
    year      = "2017",
    editor    = "P. F. Yuan, A. Menges and N. Leach",
    chapter   = "0"
    pages     = "",
    address   = "Shanghai",
    month     = "October",
    doi       = "",
    note      = "to appear",
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Block P., Van Mele T. and Rippmann M.The Armadillo Vault,Digital Fabrication,P. F. Yuan, A. Menges and N. Leach (editors),Tongji University Press,Shanghai,2017.

@incollection{Block2017,
    author    = "Block, P. and Van Mele, T. and Rippmann, M.",
    title     = "The Armadillo Vault",
    booktitle = "Digital Fabrication",
    publisher = "Tongji University Press",
    year      = "2017",
    editor    = "P. F. Yuan, A. Menges and N. Leach",
    chapter   = "0"
    pages     = "100-111",
    address   = "Shanghai",
    month     = "",
    doi       = "",
    note      = "",
}

2016

Veenendaal D.A History of Fabric Formwork,The Fabric Formwork Book - Methods for Building New Architectural and Structural Forms in Concrete,West, M. (editors),Routledge,London,2016.

@incollection{Veenendaal2016,
    author    = "Veenendaal, D.",
    title     = "A History of Fabric Formwork",
    booktitle = "The Fabric Formwork Book - Methods for Building New Architectural and Structural Forms in Concrete",
    publisher = "Routledge",
    year      = "2016",
    editor    = "West, M.",
    chapter   = "0"
    pages     = "",
    address   = "London",
    month     = "",
    doi       = "",
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2015

Davis L. and Block P.Earthen masonry vaulting - Mexican and Catalan techniques,SUDU: Research and Manual,Hebel, D. E., Moges, M. and Gray, Z. (editors),Ruby Press,Berlin,2015.

@incollection{Davis2015,
    author    = "Davis, L. and Block, P.",
    title     = "Earthen masonry vaulting - Mexican and Catalan techniques",
    booktitle = "SUDU: Research and Manual",
    publisher = "Ruby Press",
    year      = "2015",
    editor    = "Hebel, D. E., Moges, M. and Gray, Z.",
    chapter   = "0"
    pages     = "",
    address   = "Berlin",
    month     = "",
    doi       = "",
    note      = "",
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2014

Van Mele T., Panozzo D., Sorkine-Hornung O. and Block P.Best-fit Thrust Network Analysis - Rationalization of freeform meshes,Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization,Adriaenssens, S., Block, P., Veenendaal, D. and Williams, C. (editors),Routledge,London,2014.

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@incollection{VanMele2014,
    author    = "Van Mele, T. and Panozzo, D. and Sorkine-Hornung, O. and Block, P.",
    title     = "Best-fit Thrust Network Analysis - Rationalization of freeform meshes",
    booktitle = "Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization",
    publisher = "Routledge",
    year      = "2014",
    editor    = "Adriaenssens, S. and Block, P. and Veenendaal, D. and Williams, C.",
    chapter   = ""
    pages     = "",
    address   = "London",
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Veenendaal D. and Block P.Comparison of form-finding methods,Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization,Adriaenssens, S., Block, P., Veenendaal, D. and Williams, C. (editors),Routledge,London,2014.

@incollection{Veenendaal2014,
    author    = "Veenendaal, D. and Block, P.",
    title     = "Comparison of form-finding methods",
    booktitle = "Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization",
    publisher = "Routledge",
    year      = "2014",
    editor    = "Adriaenssens, S. and Block, P. and Veenendaal, D. and Williams, C.",
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Ochsendorf J. and Block P.Exploring shell forms,Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization,Adriaenssens, S., Block, P., Veenendaal, D. and Williams, C. (editors),Routledge,London,2014.

@incollection{Ochsendorf2014,
    author    = "Ochsendorf, J. and Block, P.",
    title     = "Exploring shell forms",
    booktitle = "Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization",
    publisher = "Routledge",
    year      = "2014",
    editor    = "Adriaenssens, S. and Block, P. and Veenendaal, D. and Williams, C.",
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Höweler E., Yoon J. M., Ochsendorf J., Block P. and DeJong M.Material Computation - The Collier Memorial design using analog and digital tools ,Paradigms in Computing - Making, Machines and Models for Design Agency in Architecture,Gerber, D. J. and Ibañez, M. (editors),eVolo Press,Los Angeles,2014.

@incollection{Höweler2014,
    author    = "Höweler, E. and Yoon, J. M. and Ochsendorf, J. and Block, P. and DeJong, M.",
    title     = "Material Computation - The Collier Memorial design using analog and digital tools ",
    booktitle = "Paradigms in Computing - Making, Machines and Models for Design Agency in Architecture",
    publisher = "eVolo Press",
    year      = "2014",
    editor    = "Gerber, D. J. and Ibañez, M.",
    chapter   = "0"
    pages     = "",
    address   = "Los Angeles",
    month     = "",
    doi       = "",
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Linkwitz K. and Veenendaal D.Nonlinear force density method - Constraints of force and geometry,Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization,Adriaenssens, S., Block, P., Veenendaal, D. and Williams, C. (editors),Routledge,London,2014.

@incollection{Linkwitz2014,
    author    = "Linkwitz, K. and Veenendaal, D.",
    title     = "Nonlinear force density method - Constraints of force and geometry",
    booktitle = "Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization",
    publisher = "Routledge",
    year      = "2014",
    editor    = "Adriaenssens, S. and Block, P. and Veenendaal, D. and Williams, C.",
    chapter   = ""
    pages     = "",
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Block P. and Stirnemann M.Paper tile vault,Building from Waste - Recovered materials in architecture and construction,Hebel, D., Wisniewska, M. and Heisel, F. (editors),Birkhäuser,Basel,2014.

@incollection{Block2014,
    author    = "Block, P. and Stirnemann, M.",
    title     = "Paper tile vault",
    booktitle = "Building from Waste - Recovered materials in architecture and construction",
    publisher = "Birkhäuser",
    year      = "2014",
    editor    = "Hebel, D. and Wisniewska, M. and Heisel, F.",
    chapter   = "0"
    pages     = "",
    address   = "Basel",
    month     = "",
    doi       = "",
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Bhooshan S., Veenendaal D. and Block P.Particle-spring systems - Design of a cantilevering concrete canopy,Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization,Adriaenssens, S., Block, P., Veenendaal, D. and Williams, C. (editors),Routledge,London,2014.

@incollection{Bhooshan2014,
    author    = "Bhooshan, S. and Veenendaal, D. and Block, P.",
    title     = "Particle-spring systems - Design of a cantilevering concrete canopy",
    booktitle = "Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization",
    publisher = "Routledge",
    year      = "2014",
    editor    = "Adriaenssens, S. and Block, P. and Veenendaal, D. and Williams, C.",
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Block P., Lachauer L. and Rippmann M.Thrust Network Analysis - Design of a cut-stone masonry vault,Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization,Adriaenssens, S., Block, P., Veenendaal, D. and Williams, C. (editors),Routledge,London,2014.

@incollection{Block2014,
    author    = "Block, P. and Lachauer, L. and Rippmann, M.",
    title     = "Thrust Network Analysis - Design of a cut-stone masonry vault",
    booktitle = "Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization",
    publisher = "Routledge",
    year      = "2014",
    editor    = "Adriaenssens, S. and Block, P. and Veenendaal, D. and Williams, C.",
    chapter   = "0"
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2012

Davis L. and Block P.Earthen Masonry Vaulting: Technologies and Transfer,Building Ethiopia: Sustainability and Innovation in Architecture and Design,Cherenet, Z. and Sewnet, H. (editors),Shama Books,Addis Ababa,2012.

@incollection{Davis2012,
    author    = "Davis, L. and Block, P.",
    title     = "Earthen Masonry Vaulting: Technologies and Transfer",
    booktitle = "Building Ethiopia: Sustainability and Innovation in Architecture and Design",
    publisher = "Shama Books",
    year      = "2012",
    editor    = "Cherenet, Z. and Sewnet, H.",
    chapter   = ""
    pages     = "",
    address   = "Addis Ababa",
    month     = "",
    doi       = "",
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Block P.Retrofitting and Redacting Masonry Engineering,Building Systems: Technology, Design & Society,Moe, K. and Smith, R. (editors),Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,London,2012.

@incollection{Block2012,
    author    = "Block, P.",
    title     = "Retrofitting and Redacting Masonry Engineering",
    booktitle = "Building Systems: Technology, Design & Society",
    publisher = "Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group",
    year      = "2012",
    editor    = "Moe, K. and Smith, R.",
    chapter   = ""
    pages     = "",
    address   = "London",
    month     = "",
    doi       = "",
    note      = "",
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2009

Ochsendorf J. and Block P.Designing unreinforced masonry,Form and Forces: Designing Efficient, Expressive Structures,Allen, E. and Zalewski, W. (editors),John Wiley & Sons,New York,2009.

@incollection{Ochsendorf2009,
    author    = "Ochsendorf, J. and Block, P.",
    title     = "Designing unreinforced masonry",
    booktitle = "Form and Forces: Designing Efficient, Expressive Structures",
    publisher = "John Wiley & Sons",
    year      = "2009",
    editor    = "Allen, E. and Zalewski, W.",
    chapter   = ""
    pages     = "",
    address   = "New York",
    month     = "",
    doi       = "",
    note      = "",
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