Research | Institute for Computational Design and Construction

List of Funded Research

Institute for Computational Design and Construction

Smarter Smart Materials (SSM)

2020 | Research Projects
MISTI - MIT-Germany University of Stuttgart Seed Fund

Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Prof. Achim Menges, Dylan Wood)
HCI Engineering Group (Prof. Stefanie Muller)

Autonomous Granular Materials in Architecture (AGMA)

2020 | Research Projects
Terra Incognita (University of Stuttgart)

Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Karola Dierichs)
Jaeger Lab, University of Chicago (Prof. Heinrich M. Jaeger, PhD)
Institute for Multiscale Simulation, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Prof. Dr. Thorsten Pöschel)

Responsive Autonomous Surface Structures Inspired by Passive Multi-phase Plant Movements

2019 - 2021 | Research Projects
Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst (MWK)

Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Prof. A. Menges)
Institute for Structural Mechanics, University of Stuttgart (Prof. Dr.-ing. B. Manfred)
Plant Biomechanics Group Freiburg, University of Freiburg (Prof. Dr. T. Speck)
Department of Microsystems Engineering, Chemistry and Physics of Interfaces (Prof. Dr. R. Jürgen)

Urbach Tower

2019 ICD Research Buildings / Prototypes
Remstal Gartenschau 2019

Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Prof. A. Menges)
Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (Prof. J. Knippers)

BUGA Fibre Pavilion 2019

2019 ICD Research Buildings / Prototypes
Bundesgartenschau Heilbronn 2019, Germany

Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Prof. A. Menges)
Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (Prof. J. Knippers)

BUGA Wood Pavilion 2019

2019 ICD Research Buildings / Prototypes
Bundesgartenschau Heilbronn, Germany

Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Prof. A. Menges)
Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (Prof. J. Knippers)

IBA Timber Prototype House

2019 ICD Research Buildings / Prototypes

Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Prof. A. Menges)

ITECH Research Demonstrator 2018-19

2018-19 ICD Research Buildings / Prototypes

Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Prof. A. Menges)
Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (Prof. J. Knippers)
Institute for Textile and Fiber Technologies (Prof. Götz T. Gresser)

Distributed Robotic Assembly System for In-Situ Timber Construction

Summer Semester 2018 | ITECH M.Sc. Thesis 2018

Samuel Leder, Ramon Weber
Prof. A. Menges, D. Wood, O. Bucklin

Design, Fabrication and Engineering Methods for the Application of Curved Wood Components for High-performance and Resource-efficient Wood Construction

2019 | Research Projects
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt

Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Prof. Achim Menges)

DFG Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1244

2017 - Current | Research Projects
German Research Foundation

Adaptive Building Skins and Structures for the Built Environment of Tomorrow

DFG Collaborative Research Centre TRR 141

2014 - 2018 | Research Projects
German Research Foundation

Biological Design and Integrative Structures

Elytra Filament Pavilion, WAIC West Bund Shanghai

2018 ICD Research Buildings / Prototypes
West Bund, Shanghai, China

Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (Prof. J. Knippers)
Institute for Building Technology and climate-friendly construction, Technical University of Munich (Prof. T. Auer)
Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Prof. A. Menges, M. Dörstelmann)

ICD Aggregate Pavilion 2018

2018 ICD Research Buildings / Prototypes

Institute for Computational Design and Construction (K. Dierichs, A. Menges)