Topic Description To allow for participation, design must not be static: it rather needs to be reactive and adaptive and should be implemented on a higher level, using advanced digital modelling techniques based on parametric and procedural modelling, simulation and

Topic Description Procedural models can be used to encode design and construction principles of a particular building type, design style or cultural era. Relatively little attention has been given to adapt procedural grammar systems to the formal requirements of architecture.

Topic Description Principal aim is to develop the mathematical foundation for a more intuitive yet procedural approach to the computational design of free-form shapes. In particular, a novel approach to the base shape analysis of a given shape will be

Topic Description This PhD thesis deals with the interactive exploration and manipulation of a generated 3D environment, for example large indoor spaces or cultural heritage sites, in an immersive virtual reality setup. For this, we use a previously captured 3D

Topic Description Immersive Virtual Environments (VEs) provide compelling 3D experiences. With a wide-area tracking system to accurately measure users’ positions in real time, users can walk through VEs as in the real world. The team at TU Wien has recently

Topic Description The aim of this thesis is to develop new computational methods that eliminate redundant steps and provide simulation support in the design of smart lighting systems. Procedural modeling and geometry optimization methods are developed to automate the placement

Topic Description Due to the layered structure of wood-based products and the ever-ongoing modernization of processing technologies (like CNC mills), complex shapes of such products can be realized. Together with their excellent mechanical properties, wood-based products are ideally suited for

Topic Description The main challenge of this PhD topic is to develop novel digital design methods that will enable casual designers to create functional fabricable objects. This is a truly difficult task since casual users often need both an inspiration

Topic Description The number of applications of parallel manipulators has increased enormously during the last decades due to their advantages of high speed, stiffness, accuracy, load/weight ratio, etc. Certain drawbacks of such robotic platforms are the limitation of workspace and

Topic Description The primary focus of this research topic will be on the geometry data exchange between architecture and structural design and analysis modelling, where the data and model exchange process through the IFC data format still requires compromises in

The Center for Geometry and Computational Design is happy to announce to run the Doctoral College “Computational Design”. The Doctoral College Computational Design (DC:{CD}) at the TU Wien, embedded in the Center for Geometry and Computational Design, is the first