Institute for Computational Design and Construction

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Atrium Blumer Lehmann Headquarters

Wangen Tower

Hybrid Flax Pavilion

HygroShell - ITECH Research Pavilion, Chicago Architecture Biennial 2023

livMatS Biomimetic Shell, ICD/ITKE/IntCDC, University of Stuttgart (Photo: Roland Halbe)

ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2015-16

Maison Fibre

Urbach Tower

BUGA Fibre Pavilion 2019

BUGA Wood Pavilion 2019

20 Jahre Zukunft Bau

2026-09-17 Lecture
Jubiläumsveranstaltung + Projektetag, Futurium Berlin

A. Menges

Material-Driven Computational Design for Self-Shaping Wood

2026-09-12 Lecture
Design Modelling Symposium 2026 - EPFL Lausanne & Fribourg, CH

E. S. Sahin

Fib-Earth Slab: An Adaptive Design-to-Fabrication Framework for Hybrid Earthen Slabs Using Fiber-Reinforced Textile Formwork

2026-09-11 Lecture
Design Modelling Symposium 2026 - EPFL Lausanne & Fribourg, CH

N. Pousa

Repositioning Control: Advancing Natural Fiber Composites in Architecture

2026-09-11 Lecture
Design Modelling Symposium 2026 - EPFL Lausanne & Fribourg, CH

H. Hildebrandt

Exploring Structural Design Spaces for Modular RC Reuse with Quality-Diversity Optimization

2026-09-11 Lecture
Design Modelling Symposium 2026 - EPFL Lausanne & Fribourg, CH

F. Kannenberg

Co-Designing a Timber-Based Collective Robotic: Construction System: Advances in Physical Demonstration and Control

2026-08-28 Lecture
ROB|ARCH 2026 - Aarhus, Denmark

S. Leder

LLM-Driven Behavior Generation and Negotiation for Collective Robotic Construction

2026-08-28 Lecture
ROB|ARCH 2026 - Aarhus, Denmark

L. Siriwardena

Human–Robot Collaboration in Building Disassembly: A Multi-Agent LLM Architecture

2026-08-28 Lecture
ROB|ARCH 2026 - Aarhus, Denmark

S. Slezak

Constraint to Capability: A Multi-Robot Screw-Press Gluing Micro-Factory

2026-08-27 Lecture
ROB|ARCH 2026 - Aarhus, Denmark

Z. Huang

Embedded Frame Filament Winding: A Dual-Robot Fabrication Method for Timber–Fiber Hybrid Structures

2026-08-27 Lecture
ROB|ARCH 2026 - Aarhus, Denmark

L. Longo

New Release: Opossum 3.2 (for Mac)

2026-08-17 Release
Opossum 3.2 with new optimization algorithms and native macOS support

Max Benjamin Zorn

Multiple Open Doctoral Positions at ICD

2026-07-21 News
Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart, Germany

ICD - Prof. Achim Menges

Open Doctoral Researcher Position at ICD: Architectural Building System Design

2026-07-20 News
Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart, Germany

ICD - Prof. Achim Menges

Open Doctoral Researcher Position at ICD: Human-Machine Collaboration

2026-07-20 News
Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart, Germany

ICD - Prof. Achim Menges

Open Doctoral Researcher Position at ICD: Computational Design

2026-07-20 News
Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart, Germany

ICD - Prof. Achim Menges

20 Jahre Zukunft Bau

Material-Driven Computational Design for Self-Shaping Wood

Fib-Earth Slab: An Adaptive Design-to-Fabrication Framework for Hybrid Earthen Slabs Using Fiber-Reinforced Textile Formwork

Repositioning Control: Advancing Natural Fiber Composites in Architecture

Exploring Structural Design Spaces for Modular RC Reuse with Quality-Diversity Optimization

Co-Designing a Timber-Based Collective Robotic: Construction System: Advances in Physical Demonstration and Control

LLM-Driven Behavior Generation and Negotiation for Collective Robotic Construction

Human–Robot Collaboration in Building Disassembly: A Multi-Agent LLM Architecture

Constraint to Capability: A Multi-Robot Screw-Press Gluing Micro-Factory

Embedded Frame Filament Winding: A Dual-Robot Fabrication Method for Timber–Fiber Hybrid Structures

New Release: Opossum 3.2 (for Mac)

Multiple Open Doctoral Positions at ICD

Open Doctoral Researcher Position at ICD: Architectural Building System Design

Open Doctoral Researcher Position at ICD: Human-Machine Collaboration

Open Doctoral Researcher Position at ICD: Computational Design

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