Research

This section provides an overview on Research Areas, ongoing Research Projects, ongoing Doctoral Research, Research Infrastructure, and Software and Hardware Tools.

Research Areas

Timber Architecture

Fibrous Architecture

Fibrous Architecture

Material Programming

AI and Data Integration

Agent-Based Modeling

Human-Machine Collaboration

Distributed Robotics

Aggregate Architecture

Funded Research Projects (ongoing)

List of Funded Research

DFG Cluster of Excellence EXC 2120

DFG Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1244

DFG Priority Program SPP 2187

Towards Human-Robot Co-Agency

Lights-Off On-Site Timber Construction

Multi-objective optimization and machine learning for climate-friendly building design

Passive Adaptive Soft

RDM-Workflows

Computerbasierte Methoden und KI für die Planung klimaneutraler Gebäude

Material Driven Computational Design and Manufacturing for Self-Forming Curved Wood Furniture

Human-Robot-Collaboration II

Hybrid Wood-Naturalfibre Composite Building System

Self-forming Cylindrical Wood Components for Sustainable Lightweight Structures

Robots//Reuse

Modular Data Architecture for Preparation, Annotation and Exchange for Conceptual Design

Data Processing and AI for Predictive and Adaptive Co-Design

Task and Motion Planning for Collaborative Robotic Construction with Irregular Materials

Knowledge Representation for Multi-Disciplinary Co-Design

Adaptive Beauty: Transferring natural elegance to architected materials

Robotic Screw-Press Gluing

Innovative AI-based Sustainable Timber Construction Process Planning

Architectural Integration of Self-shaping Mechanisms

A02 | Development of Integrative Architectural Design Methods for Adaptive Structures

Agent-based Methods for Fabrication-oriented Design of Adaptive Modular Pre-fab Concrete Construction

Doctoral Research (ongoing)

Doctorate Degree at the ICD

Computational Co-Design for Fiber Composite Building Systems

Potentials and Limitations in Multi-storey Timber Building Design and Construction

Autonomous Assembly: Artificial Intelligence Methods for Collective Robotic Construction

Strategies for Human-Robot Collaboration in Building Prefabrication

Programming Shape-change: Integrative computational design of materials, mesostructures, and mechanisms for 4D printing

Agent Based Modelling Methods for Co-Design and Cyber-Physical Fabrication of Multi-Storey Wood Building Systems

Project-based Robotic Timber Construction

Computational Fiber Architecture: Co-Design of large-scale, load-adapted fiber composite building components

Adaptation Agency: Agent-based design methods for the architectural design and future reconfiguration of adaptive structures

Co-Design Methods for Collective Robotic Construction Systems in Architecture

Mono-Material Wood Wall: Improving Building Physics and Production Efficiency in a Solid Timber Building Envelope

Material programming for 4D-printing: Architected mesostructures for bio-inspired self-shaping

Computational Design and Fabrication for Collaborative, Mobile Robotic Fabrication Systems in Architecture

Integrated Computational Design Methods Based on Machine Learning Tools for Biomimetic Continuous Shell Extrusion

Evolution-Inspired Exploratory Design Tools

Erosion-Based Formation Processes in Architecture

Research Infrastructure

Additive Manufacturing Lab

Computational Construction Laboratory

Robotic Prototyping Laboratory

Software Tools

ABxM

Opossum

Vizor

Virtual Robot

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