Prof. Block new head of ITA at ETH Zurich
01.08.2021
As of August 2021, Prof. Block has taken over from Prof. Arno Schlüter as head of the Institute of Technology in Architecture at ETH Zurich.
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The Block Research Group (BRG) at the Institute of Technology in Architecture at ETH Zürich is led by Prof. Dr. Philippe Block and Dr. Tom Van Mele. Research at the BRG focuses on several core areas, including analysis of masonry structures, graphical analysis and design methods, computational form finding and structural design, discrete element assemblies, and fabrication and construction technologies....
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01.08.2021
As of August 2021, Prof. Block has taken over from Prof. Arno Schlüter as head of the Institute of Technology in Architecture at ETH Zurich.
24.07.2021
Invited by Profs. Katalin Bagi and Maurizio Angelillo, Prof. Block and Dr. Iannuzzo are invited as lecturers for the International APT Course on "Discrete Computational Mechanics of Masonry Structures", organised by the International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM) on July 26-30 in Udine, Italy.
19.07.2021
Check out Striatus: An arched 3D-concrete-printed masonry bridge, a project by BRG and ZHACODE, with in3D, made possible by Holcim. Exhibited in Venice until November 20!
05.07.2021
Invited by Prof. Julian Lienhard, Prof. Block will give the opening lecture at the symposium "Leichtbau im urbanen System", organised on July 15 by Leichtbau BW.
01.06.2021
Invited by Prof. Salvator-John Liotta, Prof. Block will on June 9 give a lecture to the doctoral school research seminar on "Architecture & Constructive Cultures" at the ULB Faculty of Architecture.
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Akbarzadeh M., Van Mele T. and Block P.
Computer-Aided Design
Van Mele T. and Block P.
Computer-Aided Design
Veenendaal D. and Block P.
Engineering Structures
Block P. and Lachauer L.
Mechanics Research Communications
Panozzo D., Block P. and Sorkine-Hornung O.
ACM Transactions on Graphics - SIGGRAPH 2013
Rippmann M. and Block P.
Proceedings of the ICE - Construction Materials
Veenendaal D. and Block P.
International Journal of Solids and Structures
Van Mele T., Lachauer L., Rippmann M. and Block P.
Journal of the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures
Davis L., Rippmann M., Pawlofsky T. and Block P.
The Structural Engineer
Rippmann M., Lachauer L. and Block P.
International Journal of Space Structures
Van Mele T. and Block P.
Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures
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