Design of Structures

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Heinz Isler

Heinz Isler

The new publication Heinz Isler: Built Experiments – Entrepreneurial Networks contains a chapter written by Toni Kotnik titled Approaching Heinz Isler. This text discusses the beginning of building up the Heinz Isler Archive at the ETH Zurich starting in 2011.

More Artificial, More Human

More Artificial, More Human

Prof. Carlos Bañón from Singapore University of Technololy and Desing is invited to give a lecture titled More Artificial, More Human: New Spaces for Architectural Creativity with AI. The lecture is taking place on 18 November 2025 at Väre, Q201, at 9:15 and everyone...

Doctoral Defense

Doctoral Defense

Toni Kotnik has been appointed as external examiner for the doctoral thesis Injection 3D Concrete Printing: A framework for integrating structural design and automated robotic fabrication of space trusses by Yinan Xiao. The defense will take place on 24 September 2025...

Zubin Tan

Zubin Tan

On 1 Sept, Zubin Tan joined our research group as newly appointed Lecturer in Computational Design. Before moving to Helsinki, Zubin was working at Greg Lynn´s group at Die Angewandte in Vienna.