Past Events

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

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 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

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 .

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

On Wednesday January 18th, 11am Zeynep Aksöz Balzar talked about Artificial Narratives: Design in the Age of AI – She is an architect and a creative coder. She is one of two partners of Vienna based design and research collective

On Wednesday January 11th 2023, 11am Philipp Meixner (MEIXNER VERMESSUNG ZT GMBH) talked about “Modern Data Acquisition Methods for BIM Models”

Lavinia Chiara Tagliabue about Digitization of university assets. on Wednesday 14 December 2022: IM and GIS integration is promising to develop effective digital Asset Management Systems (AMS), in particular, if applied through web-based applications, it can facilitate the management of

Talk by Halyna Yefimchuk on Digital fashion as means of intercultural communication: trends, challenges, development, 23 November 2022: Digital technology allows us to exist outside of reality, and today in the virtual dimension people are as active as in everyday

Opening by Michael Wimmer (Director of the Center for Geometry and Computational Design, Head of the Special Research Programme Advanced Computational Design) and Josef Eberhardsteiner, Vice Rector for Digitalisation and Infrastructure at TU Wien Video links open in a new

Kuppelsaal at TU Wien, Karlsplatz 13 Opening: Michael Wimmer (Head of GCD) Josef Eberhardsteiner (Vice Rector TU Wien) Invited Speakers: William F. Baker (SOM) Martin Bechthold (Harvard University) Henriette Bier (TU Delft) Ludger Hovestadt (ETH Zürich) Dieter Schmalstieg (TU Graz)

Talk by Shajay Bhooshan on Shape-design for 3D concrete printing, 11 May 2022: This presentation, motivated by the rapid growth in large-scale 3D concrete printing (3DCP), addresses the current lack of both computational design tools and integrated design-to-production (DTP) solutions

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