We are the chair design of structures at the Faculty of Architecture of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. The work at dos focuses on the design of structures and combines research on innovative materials and building systems, especially in the context of digital tools and computational technologies, to develop sustainable and resource-efficient solutions for civil engineering and architecture.
Our goal is to create integrative solutions for structural engineering, as well as to explore new structural concepts through design, prototyping and digital technology.
At "Design and Construction”, a design task will be developed in collaboration with students of the faculty of Civil Engineering. The designs tasks will be developed in mixed groups. The aim of this course is to train students from both disciplines on an interdisciplinary spectrum.
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The students are able to use the building material wood and its derived products appropriately in construction and are aware of possible issues caused by the hygroscopic, anisotropic, heterogeneous, and biological properties of wood.
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The module Structural Engineering teaches the fundamental functions and modes of action of the essential different structures as well as the importance of structural design in the architectural design process in terms of form, function, sustainability and design.
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In the Building & Structure seminar the functional and effective modes of structural design are examined in more detail, especially with the specific study of the applicability of the materials timber, steel and concrete.
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Happy to have our colleague David Andersson Largueche present our most recent paper on our project The ReGrow Timber Canopy at the Design Modelling Symposium in Kassel.
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Presentation of the latest paper by David Andersson Largueche, titled "Development and assessment of a spherical cap timber gridshell with compound beam sections" at IASS 2024 in Zürich.
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TerraTimber introduces an innovative method for the digital upcycling of waste wood to create circular construction systems enabling the sustainable transformation of reclaimed materials into structural elements.
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We look back on a successful Girls'Day Workshop 2024. With great enthusiasm, we spent an exciting day together exploring the fascinating world of bridges.
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