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Fabric formwork featured in AWM

Fabric formwork featured in AWM

29.05.2012

Diederik Veenendaal has written an article on developments in the field of flexible formworks for Dutch architecture magazine AWM. The Dutch article, Flexibele Mallen, discusses recent projects and developments around the world, each by contributors to the upcoming International Conference on Flexible Formworks (icff2012) in Bath, June 27th to 29th.

BLOCK Research Group at Venice Biennale 2012

BLOCK Research Group at Venice Biennale 2012

21.05.2012

Prof. Block has been invited by Patrik Schumacher, partner at Zaha Hadid Architects, London, to contribute to their invited installation at the 13th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale 2012, directed by David Chipperfield and titled "Common Ground". The Biennale will run in Venice from 29th August through 25th November 2012.

Release of RhinoVAULT Beta V0.2

Release of RhinoVAULT Beta V0.2

10.05.2012

Check out our new form finding tool, RhinoVAULT Beta V0.2, a plug-in for Rhinoceros for designing expressive funicular shells. You can download a free version of this research and teaching tool, which is based on the BLOCK Research Group's latest research, on the RhinoVAULT page. Enjoy creating stunning and efficient vaulted structures!

Lecture Matthias Rippmann at ILEK, University of Stuttgart

Lecture Matthias Rippmann at ILEK, University of Stuttgart

21.03.2012

Matthias Rippmann has been invited by Prof. Werner Sobek to present his exciting research on March 23, 2012 at the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK) at his alma mater, the University of Stuttgart. His talk is entitled "Form Finding to Fabrication: Geometry-based approaches to designing elegant and efficient structures.

Presentation and Workshop at Zaha Hadid Architects, London

Presentation and Workshop at Zaha Hadid Architects, London

15.02.2012

The BLOCK Research Group (Matthias Rippmann, Lorenz Lachauer and Prof. Block) have been invited by Shajay Booshan and Patrik Schumacher to give a presentation and workshop at Zaha Hadid Architects in London, UK on February 29. The workshop will focus on "Funicular Shell Form Finding" using the new release of RhinoVAULT.

Lecture and seminar at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Lecture and seminar at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

20.01.2012

Prof. Block has been invited by Prof. Denis Zastavni to give a lecture on February 9, 2012 in the lecture series "Dire/Faire l'architecture" at the Faculty of Architecture, Architectural Engineering and Urbanism at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium. His lecture "Innovation in structural freeform / Formes libres innovantes en structure” will be put in practice the next day in a structural form finding workshop, based on the new version of RhinoVAULT.

Two positions in new Doctoral Program in Architecture & Technology

Two positions in new Doctoral Program in Architecture & Technology

06.01.2012

The Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich is starting a Graduate School. Part of it is the new "Doctoral Program in Architecture and Technology", organized and offered by the Institute of Technology in Architecture. Full funding for 2 PhD tracks (3 years with the possibility to extend to a 4th year) is available. Apply here (deadline for applications is March 15, 2012), particularly if you are interested in pursuing research in our group!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

20.12.2011

With this beautiful automatically generated cutting path for a foam Christmas tree made by Matthias, the BLOCK Research Group wishes you a nice end of the year 2011 and a "guten Rutsch" into the new year!

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