TEACHING
Circular Design Challenge ⸱ Professur Tragwerksplanung Prof. M. Beckh ⸱ TU Dresden
Summer school ⸱ Circular Design Challenge ⸱ European Bauhaus
ArchMA Architecture⸱ University of Luxembourg
Block seminar “Building in a Circular Economy”
Fakultät Architektur⸱ University Kassel
Student project supervision / jury ⸱ Konstruktive Grundlagen III ⸱ Prof. Julian Lienhard
Structural Xploration Lab, EPFL PENS-212 Projeter Ensemble “Constructive Second-Hand”, Prof. Corentin Fivet, EPFL
ENAC week workshops bring together bachelor students in architecture, civil engineering and environmental engineering. Constructive Second Hand considers circular economy as an opportunity to better design while reclaiming wasted elements. Students are invited to the smart living lab in Fribourg, CH. Each group has one week and one goal: build a piece of furniture while reusing a maximum of discarded elements. The week gives full autonomy to the students and is divided in three steps: material collection, construction, and demonstration. A jury eventually discusses the how functional and technical qualities are reclaimed, as well as the potential for large-scale repeatability. The week is powered by invited lectures on the practice of reuse and life-cycle assessment.
Role: Teaching Assistant
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Structural Xploration Lab, EPFL AR-483 Interactive Conceptual Design of Structures, Prof. Corentin Fivet, EPFL
The class exposes students to the geometric design of unconventional low-carbon architectural structures. The focus is placed on the conceptual exploration of a rich and diverse solution set rather than on the analytical sizing of a given system. Hand-controlled methods and computational tools are mixed, as well as strategies to rapidly take key decisions. The open-ended problem assignment gravitates around the use of graphic statics within Grasshopper (Rhino3D). Additional lectures review exemplary early-stage structural design processes through history.
Role: Teaching Assistant
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Structural Xploration Lab, EPFL AR-128 Technologie du bâti I + II, Prof. Corentin Fivet, EPFL
Introduction to building technology: environmental and societal challenges, long-term technical and functional requirements of buildings, structural design, building materials and their application, historical and cultural contexts, sustainability strategies and the circular economy.
Role: Teaching Assistant
Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE), Prof. Jan Knippers, University of Stuttgart
Strucutral design for Bachelor students in architecture.
Role: Teaching Assistant
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Prof. Georg Rothe, Nuremberg Institute of Technology
Engineering mechanics for Bachelor students in civil engineering.
Role: Teaching Assistant
Master Thesis Supervisions
- Julian Hofer (ETHZ, Chair of Structural Design), Stock-constrained Form Finding with CEM, 2020
- Sergio Prieto (EPFL), Conceptual Design Optimization of Olympic Structures with Interchangeable Elements, 2019
- Joseph Desruelle (EPFL), Structural Form-Finding from Reclaimed Bar Elements, 2018, awarded the SIA Vaud Student Prize