Past Events

Talk by Markus Königsberger on Multiscale Micromechanics Modeling: From Complex Microstructures to Macroscopic Mechanical Properties Time: Wednesday 27 April 2022, 11:00 am, online. Modeling the mechanical behavior of heterogeneous materials requires capturing the underlying basic mechanisms occurring at microscopic or

Talk by Milica Vujovic on Evidence-based Decision Support in Architectural Design Time: Wednesday 6 April 2022, 11:00 am, online The presentation focused on aspects of evidence-based design, as well as its application in different domains of architecture. Special focus was

Talk by Benjamin Dillenburger on Additive Manufacturing in Architecture Time: Wednesday 26 January 2022, 11:00 am, online. Information Technology has the potential to challenge traditional paradigms of construction: the digitalization of architecture allows redefining the relationship between geometry, material, and

Talk by Thomas Wortmann on Computation in Architecture Time: Wednesday 17 November 2021, 11:00 am, online. In this talk Thomas presented projects from the pioneering computational design practice NOX/Lars Spuybroek, as well as the Future of Us pavilion in Singapore,

Talk by Robert Roithmayr on Design and Engineering: Membrane Architecture Time: Wednesday 9 June 2021, 11:00 am, online The content of this lecture was the eccentric design language and the “new architecture” of membrane construction. The aim of the lecture

Talk by Arvin Rasoulzadeh and Kiumars Sharifmoghaddam on Class-preserving Isometric Deformations of T-surfaces with Applications in Transformable Designs Wednesday 12 May 2021, 11:00 am, online. Abstract: A Smooth T-surface can be thought of as a generalization of a surface of

Talk by Pierre Ecormier-Nocca on Animated Ecosystems in Computer Graphics, Wednesday 28 April 2021, 11:00 am, online. Abstract: Ecosystems and virtual worlds play an important part in a growing number of applications, ranging from movies and video games to simulation

Talk by Efilena Baseta on Shape Adaptation through Geometry and Material ‘Intelligence’ Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 11:00 am, online. Abstract: Nowadays, material technology, digital fabrication and computational design allow the planning and realization of shape adaptable designs. Shape adaptation can

Talk by Stefan Pillwein on “Elastic Geodesic Grids and Their Planar to Spatial Deployment” Wednesday 10 March 2021, 11:00 am – online. Abstract: Elastic geodesic grids are a novel type of planar–to–spatial deployable structures. They are designed to approximate designer

Talk by Anja Wutte (DCCD) on “Shape Grammar as a Typology Defining Tool for Ancient Egyptian Funerary Monuments” Time: Wednesday 27 January 2021, 11:00 am – online. Abstract: This presentation proposes a parametric shape grammar for ancient Egyptian funerary monuments.

Talk by Simon Flöry (Rechenraum GmbH) on “Points, Lines, Triangles – Custom-tailored 3D/CAD/CAM Software made in Vienna” Time: Wednesday 13 January 2021, 11:00 am – online. Abstract: This won’t be a commercial presentation. Instead, we talk about what we like

Talk by Matteo Sgrenzaroli (Gexcel) on “Slam based mobile mapping system: fast geometrical and visual capturing” Time: Wednesday 16 December 2020, 11:00 am – online. Abstract: Gexcel (spin off company of the University of Brescia), designs and produces HERON, a

Talk by Christopher Robeller (TU Kaiserslautern) on “Digital Timber Construction – Innovation through Experimentation” Time: Wednesday, 18 November 2020, 11:00 am, online. Abstract: The DTC team is exploring, researching and teaching innovative architecture and structural systems with wood and engineered wood products, enabled

Talk by Martin Oswald (ETH Zürich)  on  “Image-based 3D Scene Understanding” Time: Wednesday 21 October 2020, 11:00 am Online via meeting tool Abstract: Understanding a 3D scene from images is an effortless task for humans, but still highly challenging for

Presentation of Milena Stavric’s SP8-group (Material and Structurally informed Freeform Structures) from TU Graz Time: Wednesday 7 October 2020, 11:00 am Online via meeting tool SP8: The first six months of the research at TU Graz – Some of the

Talk by Tobias Hell (UIBK)  “On a Wide Variety of Data Science Applications” Time: Wednesday, 23 September 2020, 11:00 am Online via meeting tool Abstract: Presentation of interdisciplinary use cases from collaborations with meteorologists, medical doctors and several companies. To

Talk by Defne Sunguroglu Hensel and Ingrid Erb Gavrilovici Time: Wednesday 17 June, 11:00 am Place: Online via meeting tool Abstract: Defne Sunguroglu Hensel is going to talk about “Architectural Ontologies for Data Driven Design” This lecture will introduce the

Talk by Iva Kovacic (Introduction), Ildar Gilmutdinov, Peter Kán There will be two talks both originating from the project SCI_BIM – Scanning and data capturing for Integrated Resources and Energy Assessment using Building Information Modelling: Ildar Gilmutdinov , “Semi-Automatic BIM-Model

Talk by Davide Pellis ‘Quad Meshes as Optimized Freeform Structures’ The talk will take place online! New Time: Wednesday  13 May, 11:00 Place: Online via meeting tool Abstract: The talk will present recent results on the geometric and static optimization

Talk by Peter Dorninger “High-Resolution 3D-Surveying from UAVs” UPDATE: the talk has been rescheduled and will take place online! New Time: Wednesday  22 April, 11:00 Place: Online via meeting tool Abstract: The talk will present the benefits of state-of-the-art, high-resolution

Talk by Norbert Pfeifer “Reconstruction of artificial and natural objects from terrestrial Lidar point clouds” Time : Wednesday 15 January, 12:00 – 13:00 Place: Dissertantenzimmer, Freihaus, 8th floor Abstract: The talk will present the Lidar principles for measuring point clouds

GCD_2019 took place at TU Wien, Kuppelsaal, on Nov 29, 2019 . We had a series of lectures by leading researchers presenting recent developments in geometry, computer graphics, computational design and architectural engineering. Please forward this announcement to people who

Talk by Robert Vierlinger (Bollinger + Grohmann Ingenieure) “Parametric Engineering” Time : Wednesday 11 December, 11:00 – 12:00 Place: Dissertantenzimmer, Freihaus, 8th floor

Talk by Vera Bühlmann “Architecture inachevé” – Gnomonics in the digital Time : Wednesday 15 May, 11:00 – 12:00 Place: Dissertantenzimmer, Freihaus, 8th floor   Abstract: Vitruv dedicated the IX book of his treaties to gnomonics, the building of observatories/sundials.

Final Workshop of the doctoral college DC:CD will be on Monday, January 28th at Kontaktraum.   Preliminary program 9:00 arrival and  introduction by Michael Wimmer and Peter Ferschin 9:30 Katharina KRÖSL 10:00 Maria LARA MIRO 10:30 Kurt LEIMER 11:00 coffee