Research Projects

The ICD is actively engaged in basic and applied research through individual projects, collaborative research centers, and the Excellence Cluster IntCDC.

List of Funded Research

Institute for Computational Design and Construction

Development of Wood Building Systems for Construction Processes using Distributed Robotics

2021-2022 | Research Projects
Forschungsinitiative Zukunft Bau

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

A02 | Development of Integrative Architectural Design Methods for Adaptive Structures

2021 – 2024 | Research Projects
DFG - SFB 1244: Adaptive Building Skins and Structures (Funding Phase 2)

Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Prof. Menges, Mathias Maierhofer)

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

2020-2022 | Research Projects
German Research Foundation (DFG)

Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Prof. Menges)

DFG Priority Program SPP 2187

2020-2022 | Research Projects
German Research Foundation

Adaptive Modular Construction with Flow Production Methods

Material Culture - Maison Fibre

2020-2021 | Research Projects
Funding Body

Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Prof. Achim Menges)
ITKE Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (Prof. Jan Knippers)

Wissenstransfer für Leichtbau im Bauwesen (WiTra-LB)

2019-2020 | Research Projects
MWK Baden-Württemberg

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft - IBP, IAO
Universität Stuttgart - ICD, ILEK, ITKE, VISUS

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 (Dr.-Ing. Karola Dierichs)
Jaeger Lab, University of Chicago (Prof. Heinrich M. Jaeger, Ph.D.)
Institute for Multiscale Simulation, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Prof. Dr. Thorsten Pöschel)

Cluster of Excellence EXC 2120

2019-2025 | Research Projects
German Research Association (DFG)

Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture (IntCDC)

Robotic Kinematic System for Parallel Construction

2019-2025 | Research Projects
German Research Association (DFG)

Physical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Prof. Dr. Metin Sitti)
Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Prof. Achim Menges)
Machine Learning and Robotics Lab (Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Marc Toussaint)

Cyber-Physical Prefabrication Platform for Fibre Composites

2019-2025 | Research Projects
German Research Association (DFG)

Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Verl)
Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Prof. Achim Menges)
Institute of Aircraft Design (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Middendorf)

Computational Design for Fibre Composite Building Systems

2019-2025 | Research Projects
German Research Association (DFG)

Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Prof. Achim Menges)
Visualization Research Center(Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Daniel Weiskopf)
Machine Learning and Robotics Lab (Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Marc Toussaint)

Long-span Fibre Composite Structures

2019-2025 | Research Projects
German Research Association (DFG)

Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Knippers)
Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Prof. Achim Menges)
Institute for Textile and Fiber Technologies (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Götz T. Gresser)

Architectural, Historical and Social Science Perspectives

2019-2025 | Research Projects
German Research Association (DFG)

Institute for Social Sciences (Prof. Dr. Cordula Kropp)
Institute for Computational Design and Construction (Prof. Achim Menges)
Institute of Architectural History (Prof. Dr. phil. Klaus Jan Philipp)

Contact information

 

Institute for Computational Design and Construction

University of Stuttgart, Keplerstraße 11, 70174 Stuttgart

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