GCD_25 Symposium Talks Online
GCD_25 took place on November 28th 2025 at Kuppelsaal, TU Wien. Recorded talks are available on YouTube.
GCD25 Workshop on Pressure Based Motion – save the date
Ahead of our annual GCD symposium (details here), this year, we also host a workshop on Pressure Based Motion, Nov 24-28, 2025.Please find details on the workshop programme and registration options here: https://gcd.tuwien.ac.at/gcd25-workshop.
GCD_25 Symposium on 28 November 2025 – registration open
This year’s Symposium on Geometry and Computational Design will be on Friday, November 28th, 2025. The symposium is free of charge. To register, please fill in your details on: GCD_25 Registration | Advanced Computational Design Download the program flyer here.
5th Ernst Melan Lecture TU Wien – 5 September 2pm live
Professor Huajian GAO from the Tsinghua University, Beijing Chinawill give his lecture Towards Proactive Design of Fracture Resistance in Mechanical Metamaterialsat Technische Universität Wien, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Vienna, Sem AA03‐1 (1st Staircase, 3rd Floor)on September 5th, 2025; 2:00 p.m.
GCD Seminar
On Wednesday, 30th April 2025 at 12 noon Christian Hafner (ISTA Austria) presented “Yes–No Questions in Computational Design” – Computational design problems are often phrased as optimization problems: Given control over certain design parameters, how well can we accomplish an
Book presentation – 10 years Design Course
On Wednesday 26th March 2025, 4 pm, Peter Ferschin, Ingrid Erb Gavrilovici, Klaus-Jürgen Bauer, from GCD’s Digital Architecture Group presented their latest book, celebrating 10 years of their Design Course.
GCD Seminar
On Wednesday March 5th 2025 at 11am Hanaa Dahy talked about “Reimagining Sustainable Architecture: Digital Crafting & Bio-Based Innovations for a Climate-Neutral Future” – The building industry accounts for approximately 45% of all extracted resources and nearly 40% of energy-related
GCD_24 Symposium on 8 November 2024 – talks on YouTube
We celebrated 10 years of GCD – listen to the speakers via YouTube.
ACD at DesignDistrict
Hofburg, Vienna – 04.-06.10.2024 Our ACD colleagues presented recent results in a VR and ML enhanced experience at DesignDistrict in collaboration with Christian Kroepfl. design-district.at
GCD_24 Symposium on 8 November 2024
With the symposium GCD_24 we celebrate 10 years of successful work at the Center for Geometry and Computational Design at TU Wien. Founded in 2014 by Helmut Pottmann – the Center has attracted leading researchers in the fields of geometry,
GCD Seminar
Wednesday June 12th 2024 at 11am Julian Jauk on “Advancing 3D Printing of Clay in Architecture”3D printing of ceramics started to gain ground in architecture over the past decades, yet digital fabrication of clay, allowing for material efficiency as well
24.5.2024 Lange Nacht der Forschung
Einem breiten und interessierten Publikum präsentierte GCD im Rahmen der Wiener Langen Nacht der Forschung Ergebnisse des SFB-Forschungsprojektes Advanced Computational Design (acd). The GCD/acd team enjoyed answering the many questions of the interested public. At times there were queues lining
GCD Seminar
Wednesday, May 22nd 2024, at 11am Przemyslaw Musialski on Neural Frontiers in Computer Graphics: Exploring Neuro-Symbolic Modeling This presentation aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the evolving landscape of computer graphics research, with a specific focus on the intersection
4th Ernst Melan Lecture 26 April 2024 2pm HS13 live
Professor Pol D. Spanos, Ryon Chair in Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, on “Pragmatic Methods for Nonlinear Stochastic Structural Dynamics”, on April 26, 2024, 2:00 p.m., HS 13 Ernst Melan, at the Vienna University of Technology. Methods of stochastic
GCD Seminar
Talk by Wolf Mangelsdorf on Digital Rapid Prototyping and the BH Object ModelTime: Wednesday 17 April, 1:00 pm, hybrid – in the Conference room of the Faculty for Architecture and Planning of TU Wien – AFDG30 – as well as
GCD_23 – all the talks on video
GCD_23 took place on November 3rd 2023 at Kuppelsaal, TU Wien. Get the entire GCD_23 symposium playlist (embedded below) – or go straight to the individual talks, each about 45 minutes: SIMON GUEST, University of Cambridge, on Modelling the Geometry
3rd Ernst Melan Lecture 24 January 2024 3pm HS13 live
Prof. Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot, Laboratoire des fluides complex et leurs réservoirs, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, Anglet, France, on “What can be expected from lattice modelling of quasi-brittle materials?”, on January 24, 2024, 3:00 p.m., HS 13 Ernst
SFB Advanced Computational Design – project extension
The SFB project “Advanced Computational Design” – a joint project by TU Wien participants from GCD, TU Graz and Universität Innsbruck – has been granted extended funding for another four years by FWF.
GCD Seminar
Wednesday, November 8th 2023, at 11am Marilies Wedl on the topic of her PhD thesis Rational Connections in Complex Structures. You can either attend in person: Seminarraum FAV05 (HA0503), 1040, Favoritenstr. 9-11, 5th flooror join online .
GCD_23 November 3rd 2023 TU Wien Kuppelsaal 9am – 6pm
Registration (with name and affiliation) is open until Oct 30th 2023 – via email to gcd-registration (at) geometrie.tuwien.ac.at The members of the Center for Geometry and Computational Design cordially invite faculty, students, company representatives and the public to
Lecture by Xavier Tellier
live at TU Wien, Freihaus, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10, 1040 WienHörsaal 7 (DB02H04), Friday 2 June 2023, 11am: Xavier Tellier is going to talk about“New geometrical properties to make gridshells more affordable and adaptable”
Eurographics Award for Michael Wimmer
At the 2023 Eurographics Michael Wimmer received The Outstanding Technical Contributions Award, which is given each year to an individual in computer graphics to highlight some outstanding technical achievement.
CANCELLED: Advance AEC partner seminar online 27 March 4pm
Thomas Ortner, head of the Geospatial Visualization, Semantic Modelling, and Acquisition (GeoSMAQ) research group at VRVis TU Wien, on Digital Twins living in Smart Worlds – From Reconstruction to Decision Making He was invited by acd (which is the major
GCD at „WOHNEN & INTERIEUR“ – March 15-19 2023
GCD exhibits at the Fair: „WOHNEN & INTERIEUR“ – March 15.-19. 2023 at Messe Wien in the Area Sustainable Design from Austria (https://www.wohnen-interieur.at/) Visit us at Stand: A-0315 ! We will exhibit innovative furniture and objects produced using innovative digital methods developed within
GCD Seminar
On March 15th at 11am Herwig Bretis – Managing Director and proprietor of ArtEngineering GmbH on “Spirit and Works of ArtEngineering”: Assisting artists in transforming their intention into a physical reality is our passion. As structural engineers we decided to