After successful completion of the course, students are able to plan the use of new materials in modern architecture based on their properties and areas of application. Furthermore, the students know the basics for parametric and algorithmic design processes and the optimzation of form.

Spiders build webs and span large areas with them. Beavers create huge dams and ants can form bridges with their own bodies to cross rivers. Bionics transfers natural models from plants and animals to technology. Organic forms can also be generated with Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, etc, but they do not yet meet static requirements.

The task in this course is to find organic models to transfer to the building structure. The forms are to be examined not only formally, but also on material and construction level. The software Phenotype is offered for this purpose, which offers a simple and fast access to form finding and has numerous optimization possibilities.

The goal is to find out which construction tasks we can solve more elegantly in the future.

Alternatively, students can work on their own project such as a thesis or a design project.

In the seminar the form finding will be done with the software "Phenotype" by Christoph Müller.

Today, a wide range of digital tools enrich our repertoire as planners and designers. The aim of the course is to teach, explore and further develop contemporary form-finding processes using parametric and algorithmic tools, as well as physical material experiments. How can we develop constructions out of material today? How do material properties alter the resulting forms? How can we observe, understand, comprehend and ultimately use the interaction between material and form?
Contents are: Basics (static and building physics), load-bearing building materials, failure modes, furthermore: Blender3d, evolutionary optimization with the software "Phaenotyp" by Christoph Müller.




Lecturers are Karl Deix and Christoph Müller (expert consultant for the creation of 3D models).
 

Creation of a 3D model in Blender3d. submission of the results in the form of a project paper and final presentation.

 

Bachelor