31.03 – 01.04.2025
Building the Future – Insights from the AMC – TRR 277 Symposium at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
On March 31 and April 1, 2025, the AMC Symposium Building the Future: From “Form Follows Function” to “Form Follows Material” took place at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Over 100 participants from research and industry discussed digital design, robotic fabrication, and material-driven construction. Keynotes by Prof. Kathrin Dörfler, Prof. Harald Kloft, and Prof. Caitlin Mueller (MIT) highlighted current research. A guided tour of the Bauhaus Museum Weimar rounded off the event.
24.-28.03.2025
Computational Design and Fabrication – Project Week
From March 24–28, 2025, the CDF Project Week took place at Additive Tectonics in Lupburg. Fifteen interdisciplinary students from Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Information Technologies for the Built Environment developed design variations for an earth-based, 3D-printed pavilion and tested detail solutions through scaled prototypes. The goal was to promote an integral design approach that combines structural behavior, material properties, printing techniques, and aesthetic qualities. A team from TRR 277—Additive Manufacturing in Construction guided the week.
03.-04.04.2025
Co-Creating Machines Symposium
On April 3-4, 2025, the symposium “Co-Creating Machines” will take place at the TUM Science & Study Center Raitenhaslach statt. Im Fokus steht die Rolle von Künstlicher Intelligenz als Werkzeug für Design und Bauwesen. The focus is set on the role of artificial intelligence as a tool for design and construction. How can AI-supported solutions be designed flexibly and sustainably? Organized by Prof. Pierluigi D’Acunto (TUM Structural Design), Prof. Kathrin Dörfler (TUM Digital Fabrication) und Prof. Jeannette Kuo (TUM Architecture and Construction), the event brings together leading experts from research and practice.
18.03.2025
Presentation “Text to Structural Form 3D” at NVIDIA GTC
Prof. Karla Saldaña Ochoa (University of Florida) gave a poster presentation on behalf of the team consisting of Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto and Lazlo Bleker together with Prof. Kam-Ming Mark Tam (University of Hong Kong), Zifeng Guo (STRABAG) and Kaleb Smith (NVIDIA). The talk was held about “Text to Structural Form 3D: Enhancing structural form-finding through a text-based AI engine leveraging NVIDIA A100 GPU for LLM label creation.” at the NVIDIA GTC.
14. - 28.02.2024
Project Exhibition Tragwerksentwurf WiSe 2024/25
After the final critique of the Tragwerksentwurf course, the students' models are now on display at the Design Factory for two weeks, starting 14 February 2025. The exhibition showcases various design proposals for a new roof for the TUM student workshop, featuring both plans and physical models that illustrate diverse structural approaches.
14.02.2025
Final Review Tragwerksentwurf WiSe 2024/25
On 14 February 2025, the final presentation of the course Tragwerksentwurf took place in the Design Factory of the Technical University of Munich. Students showcased their designs for a new roof for the TUM student workshop. The projects were reviewed and discussed with feedback from Prof. Pierluigi D’Acunto, Frederic Chovghi, Sebastian Hoyer, Jakob Kellnberger, and Klaus Puchta (Design Factory, TUM).
21.01.2025
Lecture “Machine Learning-Assisted Computational Structural Design” at the University of Hong Kong
Lazlo Bleker was invited to give a talk on his PhD research as part of his exchange as a guest researcher at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) with Prof. Kam-Ming Mark Tam. The lecture titled “Machine-Learning Assisted Computational Structural Design” is part of the Research Seminar Series at the Department of Architecture of HKU and took place on January 21st, 2025.
22.11.2024
Workshop “Agentive Matter(s)” - Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)
On 22 November 2024 Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto, together with Prof. Katrin Dörfler and Prof. Anna Keune, collaborated with Prof. Nathalie Bredella for the initiative “Agentive Matter(s)” - Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). Agentive Matter(s) is a two-phase initiative that aims to identify new approaches to teaching and learning about how technologies transport societal discourses from the past into the future.
21.11.2024
Presentation on ML-Based Visualization for Structural Design
On 21 November, Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto, along with Tao Sun and Cem Gunes, presented their research titled "Unified Workflow and Toolkit for Form-Finding, Solid Geometry Generation, and Visualization" to the CORE team of the engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti. The presentation was conducted in an online meeting, showcasing advancements in machine learning-based tools for structural design.
08.11.2024
Guest lecture “Life cycle assessment in structural design”
As part of the workshop series of the course “Tragwerkentwurf”, Simone Burggraf and Alina Färber from bwp (https://www.bwpgmbh.de/home/) gave an exciting guest lecture on Friday, November 8, 2024, on the topic of life cycle assessment in structural design.
21.10.2024
Welcoming the first semester students, Building Structures 1 WiSe 2024/25
In a introduction lecture on 21 October 2024, Prof. Pierluigi D’Acunto and Jakob Kellnberger warmly welcomed the new freshmen to the TU Munich. We wish them a good start into their studies!
09-11.10.2024
Futures of Educational Design Symposium
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto participated at the Futures of Educational Design Symposium organized by Prof. Anna Keune, TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology. The symposium took place at the Academy Center TUM Raitenhaslach, on October 9-11 2024.
25.08.2024
IASS 2024 Workshop
On the first day of the IASS 2024 Symposium in Zurich, Switzerland, members of the Professorship of Structural Design, Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto and Lazlo Bleker, together with collaborators Prof. Karla Saldaña Ochoa (University of Florida), Prof. Kam-Ming Mark Tam (University of Hong Kong), Dr. Guo Zifeng, (STRABAG) Dr. Kaleb Smith (NVIDIA) and Tao Sun (Drees & Sommer) organized a workshop on Machine Learning-Assisted Computational Structural Design.
25. - 30.08.2024
IASS 2024 Symposium
The IASS 2024 Symposium, held from August 25 to 30 in Zurich, Switzerland, featured active participation from the Professorship of Structural Design. Our team, represented by Lazlo Bleker, Frederic Chovghi, Feifan He, Sebastian Hoyer, Tao Sun and Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto,, delivered five impactful presentations highlighting recent developments in our research on structural design.
12.07.2024
TUM School of Engineering and Design - Science and Innovation Fair
The School Fest of the TUM School of Engineering and Design took place on 12 July 2024 at the TUM Campus in Garching. At the Science and Innovation Fair, PhD students and graduates presented their research work on posters or presented their work in short pitches. Our team was represented with six current research topics.
09.07.2024
Final Review MA Project "SUPERSTRUTTURA. Foro Boario Padova" SoSe 2024
On 9 July 2024, Prof. Pierluigi D’Acunto was invited as a critic to the final presentation of the master's project "SUPERSTRUTTURA. Foro Boario di Padova". The project, offered by Prof. Andreas Putz (Professorship of Recent Building Heritage Conservation), dealt with the complex challenges of preserving modern design, construction and materials in the design.
14.06.2024
Lecture "Conceptual Structural Design with Graphic Statics" at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto was invited by Prof. Paula Velasco from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, to give a lecture on the use of graphical statics for structural design. The lecture took place online on 14th of June 2024.
12.06.2024
Seminar "GREEN TYPOLOGIES Garching Pavilion" at TUM Sustainability Day
On 12 June 2024 the results of the seminar ‘GREEN TYPOLOGIES Garching Pavilion Follow-up’ were presented as part of the TUM Sustainability Day. The interdisciplinary seminar, part of the studio project Design-Build-Grow of the Professorship for Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture, was accompanied by Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto and Sebastian Dietrich.
11. - 12.06.2024
27. Projektetage der Bauforschung - Zukunft Bau
As part of our Zukunft Bau funding for the project: Hybrid Asymptotic Geodesic Timber Grids, the 27th “Projektetage der Bauforschung” were held at the BBSR in Bonn from 11 to 12 June 2024. Sebastian Hoyer presented the current status of the ongoing project for us. The event offered a lot of interesting project presentations and a good framework for discussing the projects with other researchers.
22.05.2024
Scientists Meet Scientists – TUM-IAS Wednesday Coffee Talk
Prof. Anna Keune (Learning Sciences and Educational Design Technologies) and Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto held a talk titled "Some of them were too simple’: Architecture students design structures with everyday objects" as part of the format "Scientists Meet Scientists". Educational approaches that integrate both architectural design expertise and structural engineering principles are lacking. First-year undergraduate architecture students' application of structural principles were investigated as they designed structural balancing structures with everyday objects.
22.04.2024
Now available: Conceptual Design of Structures
"Conceptual Design of Structures", edited by Prof. Pierluigi D’Acunto, Dr. Patrick Ole Ohlbrock and Roland Pawlitschko, is about working at the interface between structural engineering, architecture, and art. The book seeks to answer the complex question of what needs to be considered when conceiving a building structure. The book thus sheds light on the topic of multidisciplinary interrelationships in design, showing numerous different perspectives.
04. - 05.03.2024
15. Conference on Structural Analysis - Building Practice
Prof. Kai-Uwe Bletzinger (Lehrstuhl für Statik, TUM) and Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto organised a mini-symposium on form-finding and form optimisation as part of the 15th Symposium on Structural Analysis - Building Practice in Hamburg. Within the framework of the symposium, various speakers gave presentations.
08. - 22.02.2024
Projectexhebition Tragwerksentwurf WiSe 2023/24
After the final critique of the Tragwerksentwurf course, the students' models are now on display at the Design Factory for two weeks, starting 8 February 2024. The exhibition showcases various design proposals for a new roof for the TUM student workshop, featuring both plans and physical models that illustrate diverse structural approaches.
12.02.2024
Finale Critic Studio Design-Build-Grow III WiSe 2023/24
On 12 February 2024, the final presentation of the Design-Build-Grow III Studio of the Professorship for Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture of Prof. Ferdinand Ludwig took place. The landscape architecture project was carried out in cooperation with the Professorship of Structural Design and was also supervised by Prof. Pierluigi D’Acunto and Sebastian Dietrich during the semester.
08.02.2024
Final Critic Tragwerksentwurf WiSe 2023/24
On 8 February 2024, the final presentation of the course Tragwerksentwurf took place in the Design Factory of the Technical University of Munich. Students showcased their designs for a new roof for the TUM student workshop. The projects were reviewed and discussed with feedback from Prof. Pierluigi D’Acunto, Frederic Chovghi, Frauke Wilken, Sebastian Hoyer and Klaus Puchta (Design Factory, TUM).
25.01.2024
Finale Critic Seminar Cool Lab WiSe 2023/24
On the 25th of January 2024, the final presentation of the Seminars Cool Lab of the Chair of Architectural Design and Participation of Prof. Francis Kéré took place. The seminar, which is to be understood as an "architectural laboratory for climate adaptation", was led by Dr. Inês Dantas. Prof. Pierluigi D’Acunto was invited as a critic.
21.11.2023
2023 University Prize of the Bavarian Construction Industry awarded
Frederic Chovghi was awarded 1st place in the University Price of the Bavarian Construction Industry 2023in the innovative materials and constructions category for his master's thesis "Kappendecke 2.0; Structural form-finding and digital fabrication of a 3D-printed self-supporting vaulted ceiling".
Congratulations!
02.11.2023
Lecture as part of the Symposium Playing Model 2023
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto was invited to give a talk on "Human-machine collaboration for conceptual structural design" at the symposium Playing Model 2023, organised by the Share Lab of the University of Florida. The lecture took place online on 2 November 2023.
03.10.2023
Lecture at the Structural Membrane 2023 at the Universitat Politècnica de València
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto ave a keynote lecture on "Form-finding of lightweight tension-compression structures with equilibrium-based graphical methods" at Structural Membrane 2023. The lecture took place on 03 October 2023 at the Universitat Politècnica de València.
13.09.2023
Lazlo Bleker wins the Georg Nemetschek Award
On 13.09.2023, Lazlo Bleker was awarded the Georg Nemetschek Award by the TUM GNI. The prize recognizes Lazlo's doctoral work on "Logic-Informed Graph Neural Networks for Structural Form-Finding" and was awarded for best poster and presentation at the session on "AI for the Sustainable Built World" at the Future of Construction Symposium 2023.
13. - 15.09.2023
Future of Construction Symposium 2023
The Future of Construction Symposium 2023 took place from 13.09.2023 to 15.09.2023 at the Technical University of Munich. The symposium provided a platform to discuss new forms of human-machine collaboration in design and construction. A big thank you to all the organisers for the exciting symposium!
04.08.2023
Lecture "Beyond typologies, beyond optimization: Conceptual design of structures supported by Artificial Intelligence" at Thornton Tomasetti
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto was invited by the Core Studio of the civil engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti to give a lecture on AI tools for structural design. The lecture took place online on 04 August 2023.
20.07.2023
Final Critic Structural Reseach I+II SoSe 2023
On 07 July 2023, the final presentation of the course „Structural Research I+II“ took place in the seminar room of the professorship. The research and applications carried out by the students on various topics were presented. Prof. Pierluigi D’Acunto, Lazlo Bleker, Frederic Chovghi und Sebastian Dietrich were present as critics.
30.06.2023
Doctoral Examination Jonas Schikore
On 30.06.2023 the examination of the dissertation ‘Compliant Grids - Theory, Design and Realisation’ took place. Dr Jonas Schikore passed with distinction. Congratulations!
26. - 28.06.2023
Presentations at the IWSS 2023 at the Politecnico di Torino
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto and Tao Sun presented their latest research on structural design with graphical statics at the Italian Workshop on Shell and Spatial Structures (IWSS) 2023. The workshop took place from 26 to 28 June 2023 at the Politecnico di Torino.
22.06.2023
Excursion to Uniqum and STS
As part of the subject Structural Research I+II, a guided tour of the 3D concrete printing company Uniqum and the precast concrete company STS was organised. The students were given an insight into the methods of 3D concrete printing, their manufacturing processes and their possible areas of application.
15.06.2023
Webinar “Text-based AI Engine for Structural Form-finding”
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto and Lazlo Bleker together with Prof. Karla Saldana and Dr. Guo Zifeng (University of Florida) were invited to give a talk on their current research on artificial intelligence for structural form-finding for the Rhino User Webinar Series. The recording of the talk, which took place online on 15 June 2023, is available here.
18.05.2023
Presentation of the Injection 3D Concrete Printing (I3DCP) Bridge in Venice
The Injection 3D Concrete Printing Bridge was officially presented at the opening of the Time Space Existence exhibition in Venice, which runs parallel to the Biennale Architettura 2023. The bridge was designed using the Vector-based Graphic Statics (VGS) method developed at the Chair of Structural Design and manufactured using the I3DCP technology developed at TU Braunschweig. The bridge will be on display at the Palazzo Mora in Venice until the end of November.
15.05.2023
Future of Construction Symposium 2023
Registration for the Future of Construction Symposium 2023 is now open. The symposium will provide a platform to discuss novel human-machine teams for design and sustainable construction. Together we will raise the question of how the complementary capabilities of humans and machines can influence the ecologically, economically and socially sustainable development of the built environment. You can find more information here .
10.05.2023
Prize at the Concrete Design Competition 2022/2023
Frederic Chovghi was awarded a prize in the Concrete Design Competition 2022/2023 for his master's thesis ‘Kappendecke 2.0; Structural form-finding and digital fabrication of a 3D-printed self-supporting vaulted ceiling’. Congratulations!
02.05.2023
Lecture ‘Use of Graphic Statics for Structural Design’ at the Universiteit Antwerpen
Dr. Ole Ohlbrock was invited by Prof Mario Rinke from the Universiteit Antwerpen to give a lecture on the use of graphic statics in structural design.
25.04.2023
Student Award of the Landesbeirat for Wood BW „Innovative Holzverwendung, Klima, Rezyklierbarkeit und Holzbau“
Sebastian Hoyer was awarded the student prize of the Landesbeirats for Wood BW „Innovative Holzverwendung, Klima, Rezyklierbarkeit und Holzbau“ for his master's thesis ‘Unter Schalen’ - Asymptotic-Geodesic timber grid shells / design of a new resource centre in Munich. Congratulations!
19.04.2023
Lecture “Structure as an Opportunity for Architectural Design”
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto was invited by the Professorship of Architectural Design and Participation of Prof Francis Kéré to give a lecture for the bachelor and master students of the [SUP]PORT Design Studio project. The lecture took place on 19 April 2023.
27.03.2023
Lecture "Use of Graphic Statics for Structural Design" at the Cooper Union
Dr. Ole Ohlbrock was invited by Florian Meier from the Cooper Union (New York) to give a lecture on the use of graphical statics in structural design.
09. - 23.02.2023
Projectexhebition Tragwerksentwurf WiSe 2022/23
After the final critique of the Tragwerksentwurf course, the students' models are now on display at the Design Factory for two weeks, starting 9 February 2023. The exhibition showcases various design proposals for a new roof for the TUM student workshop, featuring both plans and physical models that illustrate diverse structural approaches.
15.02.2023
Lecture "Structural Design Through Computational Graphic Statics" an the AiDA 2023
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto was invited by the organisers of the Architecture in the Digital Age (AiDA) 2023 conference to give a lecture on Computational Structural Design. The lecture took place on 15 February 2023 at the Sapienza University in Rome.
09.02.2023
Final Critic Tragwerksentwurf WiSe 2022/23
On 8 February 2024, the final presentation of the course Tragwerksentwurf took place in the Design Factory of the Technical University of Munich. Students showcased their designs for a new roof for the TUM student workshop. The projects were reviewed and discussed with feedback from Prof. Pierluigi D’Acunto, Frederic Chovghi, Dr. Ole Ohlbrock (ETH Zürich), Klaus Puchta (Design Factory, TUM) and Dr. Benedikt Philipp.
08.02.2023
Final Critic Project BA Constructive Design + Material WiSe 2022/23
On 8 February 2023, Prof. Pierluigi D’Acunto and Wolfgang Rossbauer were invited as critics to the final presentation of the Bachelor's project „Constructive Design + Material“. The project was led by Prof Jeanette Kuo (Professorship of Architecture and Building Construction), in collaboration with Prof Pierluigi D'Acunto and Prof Thomas Auer (Chair of Building Technology and Climate Responsive Design).
06.02.2023
Colloquium Building Structures 1 WiSe 2022/23
Together with the students of the first Bachelor's semester, a colloquium on the results of the practical exercise of "Building Structures 1" took place on 06 February 2023. The students had constructed models from everyday objects on the topic of equilibrium. The practical exercise was organised in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Anna Keune (Learning Sciences and Educational Design Technologies).
11.12.2022
Lecture "Computational Structural Design with Graphic Statics" at the IASS WG13 “Next Generation Parametric Design”
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto will give a presentation on the use of graphical statics for structural design at the IASS WG13 Study Group workshop ‘Next Generation Parametric Design’. The lecture will take place online on 11 December 2022.
23.11.2022
Lecture "Structural Design with Form and Forces: Vector-based Graphic Statics" at the University of Tokyo
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto was invited by Prof Masaaki Miki from the University of Tokyo to give a lecture on the use of graphical statics for structural design. The lecture will take place online on 23 November 2022.
08.11.2022
Opening of the Asymptotic Geodesic Timber Vault
On 8 November 2022, the Asymptotic Geodesic Timber Vault was opened in the Kreativquartier in Munich. The Timber Vault investigates the possibility of producing high-performance shell structures from thin wooden elements with minimal use of materials. The research project is a collaboration between the University of Hong Kong and the TUM Professorship for Structural Design.
24.10.2022
Welcoming the first semester students, Building Structures 1 WiSe 2022/23
In a introduction lecture on 24 October 2022, Prof. Pierluigi D’Acunto warmly welcomed the new freshmen to the TU Munich. We wish them a good start into their studies!
26.09.2022
Lecture "Structural Form-Finding Enhanced by Graph Neural Networks" at the Design Modelling Symposium Berlin
Lazlo Blekerpresented his research on Graph Neural Networks for structural design at the Design Modelling Symposium (DMS) 2022. The lecture took place on 26 September 2022 in Berlin.
20. - 22.09.2022
Excursion of the seminar Computational Design and Fabrication SoSe 2022, Technical University of Braunschweig
As part of the seminar „Computational Design and Fabrication“, an excursion to the TU Braunschweig took place from 20-22 September 2022. The topic of the seminar was the form-finding and realisation of a pedestrian bridge using textile formwork and 3D printing from concrete. A 1:1 scale model was produced in the Digital Building Fabrication Laboratory at TU Braunschweig.
18.07.2022
Excursion to the Olympiapark Munich, Building Structures 2 SoSe 2022
As part of the Bachelor's course "Building Structures 2", an excursion to the Olympic Park Munich took place on 18 July 2022. The students were given a guided tour of the "Olympiazentrum" and gained an insight into the load-bearing structure of the "Olympiastadion".
14. - 16.07.2022
Excursion of the seminar Computational Design and Fabrication SoSe 2022, TU-Delft
From 14-16 July 2022, an excursion to TU-Delft took place as part of the seminar "Computational Design and Fabrication". The topic of the seminar was the form-finding and realisation of a pedestrian bridge using textile formwork and 3D printing from concrete. At TU-Delft, prototypes of selected designs were produced using a digital knitting machine in collaboration with the Professorship of Parametric Structural Design and Digital Fabrication.
01.08.2022
Lecture "Discovering Reciprocal Tensegrities with Symmetric Connectivity" at the WCCM-APCOM 2022
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto will give a keynote lecture at the 15th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM-APCOM 2022). The talk will present new tensegrity structures designed with Vector-based 3D Graphic Statics (VGS) in collaboration with Prof Andrea Micheletti (University of Rome Tor Vergata). The lecture will take place online on 1 August 2022.
27.-29.06.2022
Workshop "Exploring new Structural Forms with Vector-based Graphic Statics" at DigitalFUTURES 2022
From 27 to 29 June 2022, Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto, together with Yuchi Shen (Southeast University Nanjing) and Jean-Philippe Jasienski (UCLouvain), will hold a workshop on Exploring new Structural Forms with Vector-based Graphic Statics as part of the DigitalFUTURES Workshops 2022.
17.05.2022
Workshop "Vector-based Graphic Statics (VGS) Tool" at Arup
On 17 May 2022, Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto together with Dr Yuchi Shen (Southeast University of Nanjing) and Jean-Philippe Jasienski (UCLouvain) will hold an online workshop on "Structural Design using the Vector-based Graphic Statics (VGS) Tool" at the Arup engineering offices in China (Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Shenzhen).
26.04.2022
Lecture "Conceptual design of structures at the interface between human and machine intelligence" at ETH Zurich Design++
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto has been invited by the Center for Augmented Computational Design in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (Design++) at ETH Zurich to give a lecture as part of the Spring 2022 seminar series. The lecture will take place online on 26 April 2022.
10.03.2022
University Prize of the "Bayerische Bauindustrie" 2022
Clemens Lindner and Tao Sun were awarded 2nd place in the "Innovative Materials and Constructions" category of the "Hochschulpreis des Bayerischen Bauindustrieverbandes e. V." at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) for their bachelor's thesis ‘Convertible Decking Systems’, supervised by the Professorship of Structural Design. Congratulations!
23.02.2022
Lecture "Exploring new Structural Forms using Graphic Statics" at Foster+Partners
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto was invited by the Specialist Modelling Group of the architecture firm Foster+Partners to give a lecture on the use of graphical statics for the design of innovative load-bearing structures. The lecture will take place online on 23 February 2022.
15.02.2022
Lecture "Structural form-finding through Graphic Statics and Machine Learning" at Bollinger+Grohmann
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto was invited by the civil engineering firm Bollinger+Grohmann to give a lecture on computer-aided tools for structural design. The lecture will take place online on 15 February 2022.
07.02.2022
Project MA WiSe 2021/22 - Bridge the Gap Final Review and Exhibition
With exciting presentations and an award ceremony by the Deutsche Bundesbank, as well as an exhibition in the Vorhoelzer Forum afterwards, the project "Bridge the gap" comes to an end. Many thanks to all project participants!
15.01.2022
Proceedings of the fib Symposium Conceptual Design of Structures 2021
The Proceedings of the fib Symposium on Concetpual Design of Structures 2021, edited by Prof. Corenitn Fivet (EPFL Lausanne), Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto, Prof. Miguel Fernandez (UP Madrid) and Dr. Patrick Ole Ohlbrock (ETH Zurich), can be downloaded here.
09.11.2021
Best Poster Award at the International Textile Conference 2021
Students Clemens Lindner and Tao Sun receive the Best Poster Award 2021 for their poster “Adaptive Shading Systems - a development for transformable grid structures” at the Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference. The project, led by Jonas Schikore and Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto, is part of the development of the Kinetic Umbrella.
05.11.2021
Lecture "Graphic Statics for the Conceptual Design of Strong Structures" at HIT Shenzhen
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto was invited by the Harbin Institute of Technology in Shenzhen and the Chinese publishing house Position to give a lecture on the use of graphical statics for the design of structures. The lecture will take place online on November 5, 2021.
02.11 - 04.11.2021
Project MA WiSe 2021/22 - Bridge the Gap - Excursion at FIT AG
Between November 2 – 4, our project team and students have been hosted by FIT AG and Additive Tectonics in their facilities at Lupburg, Bavaria. FIT AG is an internationally leading industry partner for the additive manufacturing of components, and Additive Tectonics is a subsidiary of the FIT AG to revolutionize construction through 3D printing.
16.10.2021 - 07.02.2022
Project MA WiSe 2021/22 - Bridge the Gap
The research-based design studio Bridge the Gap is carried out as a collaboration between the Professorship for Structural Design and the Professorship for Digital Fabrication. In the design studio computational tools for structural design and novel robotic fabrication, technologies are used to design and build a lightweight pedestrian bridge at the Deutsche Bundesbank in Munich.
01.10.2021
Lecture "Conceptual design of structures using graphical methods and computational tools" at the Royal HaskoningDHV
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto has been invited by the Dutch engineering company Royal HaskoningDHV to give a lecture on computational structural design as part of the Computational Design Hackathon 2021. The lecture will take place online on October 1, 2021.
16.-18.09.2021
fib Symposium Conceptual Design of Structures 2021
On 16, 17 and 18 September, the fib Symposium on Concetpual Design of Structures 2021 will take place, jointly organized by Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto, Prof. Joseph Schwartz (ETH Zurich), Prof. Aurelio Muttoni (EPFL Lausanne), Prof. Miguel Fernandez (UP Madrid) and Dr. Patrick Ole Ohlbrock (ETH Zurich).
13.09.2021
Lecture "Structural Design of self-stressed roof structures using Vector-based Graphic Statics and numerical optimization" at Structural Membrane 2021
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto, Dr. Patrick Ole Ohlbrock (ETH Zurich) and Thomas Oberbichler (TUM Chair of Structure) will give a presentation on “Structural Design of self-stressed roof structures using Vector-based Graphic Statics and numerical optimization” at Structural Membrane 2021. The presentation will take place online on September 13, 2021.
10.09.2021
Opening of the Kinetic Umbrella in the Kreativquartier Munich
The grand opening of the Kinetic Umbrella took place on September 10, 2021. The convertible umbrella construction will remain on the open-air grounds of Import-Export (Kreativquartier München), where it will serve as a space-shaping and shade-providing element of the event area.
11.-12.09.2021
Workshop "Form-Finding Staircases with COMPAS CEM" at ACADIA 2021
On September 11 and 12, 2021, Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto, together with Rafael Pastrana (Princeton University), Isabel Moreira de Oliveira (Princeton University), and Patrick Ole Ohlbrock (ETH Zurich), will hold a workshop on Form-Finding Staircases with COMPAS CEM at the ACADIA 2021 - Realignments: Toward Critical Computation conference.
26.07.2021
Lecture "Conceptual design of three-dimensional structural and sun-shading façades supported by machine learning" at IASS 2020/21 Surrey
Federico Bertagna (ETH Zurich), Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto and Dr. Patrick Ole Ohlbrock (ETH Zurich) will present their research on “Conceptual design of three-dimensional structural and sun-shading façades supported by machine learning” at the IASS 2020/21 Surrey. The presentation will take place online on July 26, 2021.
24.07.2021
Lecture "A proposal for the structural preservation of Musmeci’s Basento Bridge in Potenza" at IASS 2020/21 Surrey
Giulia Boller (ETH Zurich), Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto, Prof. Aurelio Muttoni (EPFL Lausanne), Prof. Joseph Schwartz (ETH Zurich) and Lukas Ingold (ETH Zurich) will present their project on the restoration of the Basento Bridge in Potenza (Italy) by Sergio Musmeci at the IASS 2020/21 Surrey. The lecture will take place online on July 24, 2021.
10.-11.07.2021
Opening of the LoX pavilions as part of the Kunstareal Festival
LoX, a cooperation between the Professorship of Digital Fabrication and the Professorship of Structural Design with the Zurich start-up incon.ai, invites you to a collective construction process made possible by augmented reality (AR). LoX will be shown for the first time as part of the Kunstareal Festival in Munich, where a pavilion will be built collaboratively by students of the Technical University of Munich on July 10 and 11, 2021.
14.07.2021
Lecture "Structural design via form finding: comparing Frei Otto, Heinz Isler and Sergio Musmeci" at 7ICCH
Giulia Boller (ETH Zurich) and Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto will present their current research comparing the form-finding approaches of Frei Otto, Heinz Isler and Sergio Musmeci at the Seventh International Congress of Construction History (7ICCH). The lecture will take place online on July 14, 2021.
27.06.-03.07.2021
Workshop "Bio-inspired Structural Design with Vector-based Graphic Static" at DigitalFUTURES 2021
From June 27 to July 3, 2021, Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto, together with Dr. Patrick Ole Ohlbrock (ETH Zurich), Federico Bertagna (ETH Zurich), Yuchi Shen (Southeast University Nanjing), Jean-Philippe Jasienski (UCLouvain) and Giulio Piacentino (McNeel Europe) will hold a workshop on Bio-inspired Structural Design with Vector-based Graphic Static as part of DigitalFUTURES 2021.
24.06.2021
Lecture "Graphic statics: a geometry-based approach to the design of structures in static equilibrium" at TUM-IAS General Assembly 2021
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto has been invited by the TUM Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) to give a talk on his current research developments at the TUM-IAS General Assembly 2021. The lecture will take place on June 24, 2021 onilne.
12.05.2021
Lecture "Graphic Statics for Conceptual Design" at the University of Malta
Prof. Pierluigi D′Acunto as been invited by the Faculty for the Built Environment at the University of Malta and the Forum Periti Inġiniera to give a lecture on structural design and graphical statics. The lecture, which is aimed at architecture and civil engineering students as well as practitioners, will take place on May 12, 2021.
08.05.2021
Lecture "Design of Lightweight Structures using Vector-based Graphic Statics" at Digital Futures 2021
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto has been invited by the DigitalFUTURES Association to give a lecture on lightweight structures and computer-aided structural design. The lecture will take place online on May 8, 2021.
26.-27.04.2021
Workshop "Structural Form-Finding through Machine Learning" auf der AAG 2020
On April 26 and 27, 2021, Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto, together with Dr. Patrick Ole Ohlbrock (ETH Zurich) Federico Bertagna (ETH Zurich), Dr. Catherine Rankine (ARUP London), Vincenzo Reale (ARUP London) and Dr. Vahid Moosavi (Swiss Re) will hold a workshop on Structural Form-Finding through Machine Learning at the Advances in Architectural Geometry (AAG) 2020 conference.
26.-27.04.2021
Workshop "Asymptotic Gridshells" auf der AAG 2020
On April 26 and 27, 2021, Jonas Schikore, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eike Schling (The University of Hong Kong) and Thomas Oberbichler (TUM, Chair of Structure) will hold a workshop on Asymptotic Gridshells at the Advances in Architectural Geometry (AAG) 2020 conference.
09.04.2021
Lecture "Holistic Design Explorations of Building Envelopes Supported by Machine Learning" at PowerSkin Conference 2021
Federico Bertagna (ETH Zurich), Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto, Dr. Patrick Ole Ohlbrock (ETH Zurich) and Dr. Vahid Moosavi (Swiss Re) will present their research on “Holistic Design Explorations of Building Envelopes Supported by Machine Learning” at the PowerSkin Conference 2021. The presentation will take place online on April 09, 2021.