The elective course on Advanced Computational Design makes a step back, zooms out and draws a broad picture on generative design. We look back at the history of…
Volumetric Modelling (VM) is a major research stream within the group of Digital Building Technologies. VM is an umbrella term for methods like signed distance fields (SDF), implicit…
(header image: Cobogó House by Studio mk27, Marcio Kogan)Performative Porosity is the title of a two-part workshop for architecture and engineering students I taught at the University of…
Architecture is always a symbiosis of art and technology, of rational control and the creative loss thereof. Ever since information technology found its way into architectural practices through…
The pioneering construction method of the Smart Slab uses 3D-printed formwork for casting and spraying concrete in geometrically complex shapes. 3D printing overcomes the geometric limitations of traditional…
SmartBrick is the name of a one-week module I ran in the past three years in T1 of the masters of advanced studies program in architecture and digital…
What may sound like a contradiction in itself is the title of a bi-annual competition, happening in Cologne in 2017. This 16th edition attracted over 1’000 participating students…
Since its opening in 2016, Arch_Tec_Lab, the new home for the Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA) on the ETH Hönggerberg campus, has received a lot of press…
This is what it looks like when a series of circles draw a pug: Filter size:Artwork by Huebucket, via @hardmaruSaveSaveSaveSave
Concrete is known for its strength and ability to take any shape of formwork. This formwork, however, can be very costly in construction. 3D printed sandstone, on the…
The WikiArt collection contains over 100 K digital images of paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures etc. The collection formerly went by the name WikiPaintings. The basis of this study is…
The Gugelmann Collection consists of roughly 2300 items that are so far digitised. In a first round of this project, three different aspects of information contained in the…