15. Conference on Structural Analysis - Building Practice
04. - 05.03.2024
Prof. Kai-Uwe Bletzinger (Lehrstuhl für Statik, TUM) and Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto organised a mini-symposium on form-finding and form optimisation as part of the 15th Symposium on Structural Analysis - Building Practice in Hamburg. Within the framework of the symposium, various speakers gave presentations.
Projectexhebition Tragwerksentwurf WiSe 2023/24
08. - 22.02.2024
Following the final critique in the „Tragwerksentwurf“ course, the students' models were exhibited in the Design Factory for a fortnight from 8 February 2024. The plans and models show different designs for a new roof for the TU Munich student workshop.
Finale Critic Studio Design-Build-Grow III WiSe 2023/24
12.02.2024
On 12 February 2024, the final presentation of the Design-Build-Grow III Studio of the Professorship for Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture of Prof. Ferdinand Ludwig took place. The landscape architecture project was carried out in cooperation with the Professorship of Structural Design and was also supervised by Prof. Pierluigi D’Acunto and Sebastian Dietrich during the semester.
Final Critic Tragwerksentwurf WiSe 2023/24
08.02.2024
On 8 February 2024, the final presentation of the course „Tragwerksentwurf“ took place in the Design Factory of the Technical University of Munich. Designs for a new roof for the TUM student workshop were presented. Prof. Pierluigi D’Acunto, Frederic Chovghi, Frauke Wilken, Sebastian Hoyer and Klaus Puchta (Design Factory, TUM) were present as critics.
Finale Critic Seminar Cool Lab WiSe 2023/24
25.01.2024
On the 25th of January 2024, the final presentation of the Seminars Cool Lab of the Chair of Architectural Design and Participation of Prof. Francis Kéré took place. The seminar, which is to be understood as an "architectural laboratory for climate adaptation", was led by Dr. Inês Dantas. Prof. Pierluigi D’Acunto was invited as a critic.
2023 University Prize of the Bavarian Construction Industry awarded
21.11.2023
Frederic Chovghi was awarded 1st place in the University Price of the Bavarian Construction Industry 2023in the innovative materials and constructions category for his master's thesis "Kappendecke 2.0; Structural form-finding and digital fabrication of a 3D-printed self-supporting vaulted ceiling".
Congratulations!
Lecture as part of the Symposium Playing Model 2023
02.11.2023
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto was invited to give a talk on "Human-machine collaboration for conceptual structural design" at the symposium Playing Model 2023, organised by the Share Lab of the University of Florida. The lecture took place online on 2 November 2023.
Lecture at the Structural Membrane 2023 at the Universitat Politècnica de València
03.10.2023
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto ave a keynote lecture on "Form-finding of lightweight tension-compression structures with equilibrium-based graphical methods" at Structural Membrane 2023. The lecture took place on 03 October 2023 at the Universitat Politècnica de València.
Lazlo Bleker wins the Georg Nemetschek Award
13.09.2023
On 13.09.2023, Lazlo Bleker was awarded the Georg Nemetschek Award by the TUM GNI. The prize recognizes Lazlo's doctoral work on "Logic-Informed Graph Neural Networks for Structural Form-Finding" and was awarded for best poster and presentation at the session on "AI for the Sustainable Built World" at the Future of Construction Symposium 2023.
Future of Construction Symposium 2023
13. - 15.09.2023
The Future of Construction Symposium 2023 took place from 13.09.2023 to 15.09.2023 at the Technical University of Munich. The symposium provided a platform to discuss new forms of human-machine collaboration in design and construction. A big thank you to all the organisers for the exciting symposium!
Lecture "Beyond typologies, beyond optimization: Conceptual design of structures supported by Artificial Intelligence" at Thornton Tomasetti
04.08.2023
Prof. Pierluigi D'Acunto was invited by the Core Studio of the civil engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti to give a lecture on AI tools for structural design. The lecture took place online on 04 August 2023.
Final Critic Structural Reseach I+II SoSe 2023
20.07.2023
On 07 July 2023, the final presentation of the course „Structural Research I+II“ took place in the seminar room of the professorship. The research and applications carried out by the students on various topics were presented. Prof. Pierluigi D’Acunto, Lazlo Bleker, Frederic Chovghi und Sebastian Dietrich were present as critics.