Due to the renovation of the architecture building, DDU also had to relocate within the building. You will therefore now find us on the first floor, in the former white computer pool. Further information can be found here

DDU welcomes Iyad Ghazal as a new team member. Iyad is a DAAD-funded (@daad_worldwide) doctoral researcher at the DDU, focusing on modular design for productive facades. His work emphasizes the integration of sustainability with advanced digital fabrication techniques. He holds an MSc in Digital Architecture and Design from the University of Sheffield, UK, which he earned as a recipient of the Chevening Scholarship (@cheveningfcdo). Before starting his PhD, Iyad spent four years as a lecturer at An-Najah National University in Palestine, teaching design studios, computer-aided design, and digital architecture, where he helped shape the skills of future architects.

Welcomes Sandro Siefert as a new research associate at the DDU. His research focuses on the interplay between digital fabrication technologies and traditional craft methods. Sandro holds a Master of Arts in Architecture from the Computation in Architecture Program at @citacph, Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen. He also holds a Master’s Certificate in Stonemasonry from the Meisterschule Aschaffenburg. As an architectural designer, stonemason, and digital fabrication specialist, Sandro has worked on numerous international projects of different scales in research, heritage preservation, residential, sports, and commercial building projects.

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!

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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.