We are delighted that Mirko Dutschke has been awarded first place in this year's Heinz-Stillger-Prize for his research work carried out at the DDU department!

DDU congratulates postdoctoral researcher Nadja Gaudillière-Jami for being appointed Visiting Professor at the Cluster of Excellence Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture University of Stuttgart, where she will pursue the research on the history of the computational field in architecture she has developed from 2020 at DDU as part of the Architecture of Order LOEWE Research Cluster. We thank Nadja for her invaluable contribution to the research and teaching at the DDU and look forward to following her future endeavors.

DDU congratulates research alumni Samim Mehdizadeh to his new professorship at the HTW Saar. Just a few weeks ago Samim successfully defended his doctoral thesis on RotoForming at the Department of Architecture at the TU Darmstadt. Samim contributed significantly to the research and teaching of DDU in the last years. Exploring the design, fabrication, behavior and interaction potential of hollow building elements in collaboration with engineers, material scientists, roboticist, practice partners from construction, choreographers, dancers and students created a rich and inspiring body of work. DDU says thank you Samim and is looking forward to become a future collaboration partner!

Registration for the symposium is now open

Led by scientists from the Technical University of Darmstadt, BE-AM | Built Environment Additive Manufacturing connects researchers and users interested in 3D Printing in the context of construction. The network discusses and connects the disciplines architecture, civil engineering and manufacturing automation.

Kurt-Ruths-Preis 2024 geht an Dr.-Ing. Andrea Rossi

Der mit 12.000 Euro dotierte Kurt-Ruths-Preis geht in diesem Jahr an den italienischen Architekturforscher Dr.-Ing. Andrea Rossi, der am Fachbereich Architektur der TU Darmstadt promoviert hat. Mit dem Preis wird Rossis Dissertation zu computerbasierten Entwurfsmethoden und Software-Werkzeugen gewürdigt, mit deren Hilfe sich Gebäude bereits von der Planung an nachhaltiger entwerfen lassen.

Our colleague Nadja Gaudillière-Jami will be at the Net Zero Future 2024 conference in Oslo on the 19th of June, the 1st International Conference on Net-Zero Built Environment: Innovations in Materials, Structures, and Management Practice. She will present research performed in collaboration with the Centre for IT and Architecture (Royal Danish Academy) and the University of Naples Federico II: “Material Stories: Assessing Sustainability of Digital Fabrication with Bio-Based Materials through LCA” by Giuliano Gallucio, Martin Tamke, Paul Nicholas, Tom Svilans, Nadja Gaudillière-Jami and Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen introduces LCA as a prescriptive tool for bio-based advanced manufacturing research.

(Circular and sustainable construction) organized by Technologieland Hessen.

The BMBF-funded research project Precast Concrete Components 2.0 (Fertigteil 2.0) explores and demonstrates the reuse of concrete elements for novel structures as well as the necessary real-digital process chains from 3D scanning to matchmaking, robotic fabrication and assembly.

This summer, as part of the UNITE! project, a summer school will once again take place in Wroclaw. Students can expect a digital workshop (08.07.-15.07.) and a design-build workshop on site in Wroclaw (22.07.-31.07.). There will be plenty of opportunities to network with other students, including those from HTW Saar, KTH Stockholm and the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology.

The online infrastructure IDOVIR, which was largely co-developed by the Department of Digital Design at TU Darmstadt and funded by the DFG, will now be funded by the DFG for a further two years.