Research Projects

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

Research Projects (ongoing)

List of Funded Research

DFG Cluster of Excellence EXC 2120

DFG Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1244

Circular On-site Building with Robotic Assembly Swarms (COBRAS)

SCALAR

Upscaling Passively Actuated Responsive Material Systems

Naturfaserverbund-Mehrfelddeckensysteme für adaptive Umnutzung und nachhaltige Sanierung (FAME)

AImpact: Entwicklung einer Plattform zur automatisierten Bewertung möglicher Änderungen in der Bauplanung

Predictive Bio-responsive HRC

Architectural RDM Pipeline

Tailored Clay

Using Wood Well

DFG Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1683

Form- and Utilisation-Aware Design Methods for Structures Made from Reused RC Elements

Autonomous Manufacturing
of Integrative Services
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AMALTEA
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RAW

NeuralWood

InterReas: Interoperability and AI Reasoning for Timber Building Design and Fabrication

ArchiBioFoam

Universal Timber Slab

Semantic Building: Advancing Geometric Data Validation and Reasoning With Semantic Web Technologies in Architecture

Further Development, Holistic Evaluation and Monitoring of “Hybrid Wood – Natural Fibre Composite Building System”

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

Computerbasierte Methoden und KI für die Planung klimaneutraler Gebäude

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

Hybrid Wood-Naturalfibre Composite Building System

Self-forming Cylindrical Wood Components for Sustainable Lightweight Structures

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

Innovative AI-based Sustainable Timber Construction Process Planning

Research Projects (completed)

DFG Priority Program SPP 2187

RoboCrafters

RDM-Workflows

Human-Robot-Collaboration II

Robots//Reuse

Zero-energy self-shading

Knowledge Representation for Multi-Disciplinary Co-Design

Adaptive Beauty: Transferring natural elegance to architected materials

Low-Cost, High-Insulation, Layer-Reduced, Mono-Material, Adhesive-Free, Digitally-Fabricated, Solid-Timber Construction

Robotic Screw-Press Gluing

Development of Wood Building Systems for Construction Processes using Distributed Robotics

Architectural Integration of Self-shaping Mechanisms

A02 | Development of Integrative Architectural Design Methods for Adaptive Structures

Natural Fibre Structures

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

Material Culture - Maison Fibre

Wissenstransfer für Leichtbau im Bauwesen (WiTra-LB)

Smarter Smart Materials (SSM)

Autonomous Granular Materials in Architecture (AGMA)

Self-shaping, deployable wood furniture

Robotic Kinematic System for Parallel Construction

Cyber-Physical Prefabrication Platform for Fibre Composites

Computational Design for Fibre Composite Building Systems

Long-span Fibre Composite Structures

Architectural, Historical and Social Science Perspectives

Cyber-Physical Wood Fabrication Platform

Multi-Storey Wood Building System

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

LeichtbauBW Innovation Challenge

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

DFG Collaborative Research Centre TRR 141

CROW: Collaborative Robotic Workbench

Bio-based and Bio-inspired 3D-printed Shape-changing Material Systems

Timber Construction 4.0

Demonstrator building for long-span, segmented shell structures based on a robotically fabricated, lightweight timber building system

Smart Innovative Manufacturing of Wood Components

4DmultiMATS

A02 | Development of Integrative Architectural Design Methods for Adaptive Structures

Multi-Robot Systems for Self-Organized Construction

Construction-oriented Fibre Composite Systems

Additive Manufacturing Methods for Composite Structures

Human-Robot Collaboration in Timber Construction

Performative Design Methodology based on Robotic Fabrication

LUX - Light, a Natural Resource for Building and City

Highly Insulated and Recyclable Solid Timber Construction

Combining industrial robotics with autonomous flying vehicles

Segmented Shell Structures

Evolution-Inspired Exploratory Design Tools

Continuous Fused Deposition Modelling of Architectural Envelopes Based on the Shell Formation of Molluscs

Wood R³ - Resource Effective, Regional, Robotically Fabricated

Computational Design Strategies for Automotive Design

Robotic Fabrication in Timber Construction

Evolutionary Car Design

Computational Car Design

Biomimetic Responsive Surface Structures

Experimental Structure II: ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion

Contact information

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Samuel Leder

Dr.-Ing.

Research Group Leader | Distributed Robotic Construction

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