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Coordinating Institutes:
ICD - Institute for Computational Design and Construction
Prof. AA Dipl.(Hons.) Arch. Achim Menges
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INTRODUCTION
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AGENDA - Why ITECH?
The Integrative Technologies & Architectural The programme is open to students with a
Design Research M.Sc. Programme is recognized bachelor’s degree in architecture
an interdisciplinary, research-oriented, (or architectural science), civil / structural
experiment-based programme shaped engineering, urban planning, biology or
around contemporary aspects of the built biomimetics, environmental engineering or
environment and practice. similar engineering or natural science degrees.
The goal of the ITECH programme is to prepare
a new generation of students from different All programme courses are instructed in
disciplines for the continuing advancement of English. The modules of the core ITECH
technological and computational processes in programme are taught by researchers at ICD
development of the built environment through and ITKE with oversight of Professor Menges
merging the fields of design, engineering, and Professor Knippers and input from visiting
construction and natural sciences. Combining researchers and scientists.
an intensive, critical and analytical approach The programme is structured as a 2 year
to computational design, simulation and professional master’s degree for students with
fabrication processes, the ITECH programme a 3 year bachelor’s degree. However, students
is focusing on challenging the design space with a suitable 4 years bachelor’s degree
boundaries of current contemporary or students who already hold a master’s
architectural and engineering practice. It seeks degree may apply for advanced standing
to provoke a re-examination of techniques, after enrolment– subject to the review by the
methods and theories of design in relation university. Such applicants will be considered
to the fields of engineering, robotics, digital for placement in the third semester of the
manufacturing, material science and biology. programme.
Technological progress has always been a techniques, structural and climate engineering
catalyst for design innovation in architecture and advanced fabrication and construction
and construction. Today, technological technologies. The interrelation of such topics
advancements across multiple disciplines will be exposed both as a technical and an
suggest a profound transformation of the way intellectual venture.
the future built environment is conceived, The programme offers the opportunity to study
designed and materialized. New alliances are with one of the leading teams for technological
being forged between the fields of design, and computational design research. As a team,
engineering and natural sciences, leading to the partner institutes strive to present students
novel interdisciplinary and multifaceted design with a cutting-edge educational experience
cultures. Design plays a critical role in this that fosters the development of one’s individual
transformation: Here, the notion of design is interests in architectural design, structures,
extended beyond the design of space, surface technology and computation.
and structure to the design of processes,
systems and reciprocities.
If you are an architect, engineer, materials
The ITECH programme investigates the realm scientist, biologist, or other with a deep interest
of integrative technological advancements in how the design and fabrication of our built
as novel potentials in architecture and environment will develop alongside increasingly
construction. It seeks to prepare students for powerful computation and fabrication
the complex contemporary conditions found in technology, the ITECH M.Sc. Programme is
the building industry, which is facing stringent for you. The course considers how known
environmental and economic challenges while and experimental computational systems,
experiencing the emergence of new technical materials and fabrication techniques might
opportunities at an unprecedented speed. be applied within the context of architecture
Thus, the master’s programme is inquiry- and the wider AEC (architecture, engineering,
oriented, experiment-based and shaped construction) industry. The programme seeks
around contemporary aspects of design to foster collaboration between students,
research. Students will engage in cutting- researchers and industry professionals from
edge computational architectural design multiple compatible fields within this area.
The M.Sc. Programme Integrative cies from a wide range of fields focused on
Technologies & Architectural Design advanced building technologies.
Research is coordinated by ICD (Institute
http://www.itke.uni-stuttgart.de (link)
for Computational Design and Construction)
and ITKE (Institute of Building Structures and
IBK2 - Institute of Building Technology,
Structural Design) in collaboration with IBK2
Construction and Design stands for an ap-
(Institute of Building Structures).
proach towards sustainable design and the use
of new materials and methods in construc-
tion. The integration of diverging aspects of
ICD - The Institute for Computational Design
technical, ecological, economical and aesthetic
and Construction provides expertise in ad-
nature communicates the holistic design ap-
vanced computational design processes and
proach of the IBK2 team.
the integral use of computer-controlled manu-
facturing processes with a particular focus http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/ibk2 (link)
on robotic fabrication. Prof. Achim Menges,
director of the ICD, is internationally renowned The interdisciplinary and research-oriented
for his design work and research with visiting character of the ITECH programme has been
professorships at both Harvard University and developed to provide students with the
the Architectural Association. He is author of opportunity to take full benefit of the larger
numerous books and scientific papers and his international network of interdisciplinary
design research and projects have received research and expertise available through
multiple international awards, been exhibited the partner institutes, the university and its
worldwide and form parts of several renowned related external industry collaborators. The
museum collections. The ICD’s researchers programme has the unique advantage of being
have studied in world renowned schools of situated within the heartland of technological
architecture and/or have worked for leading innovation in Germany. The ITECH programme
architectural practices around the globe. is aimed at furthering long-standing
relationships with industry networks that the
http://icd.uni-stuttgart.de (link)
institutes have already established.
ITKE - The Institute of Building Structures and
Stuttgart University is recognized
Structural Design focuses on the development
internationally for education and research in
of building structures as an essential and form-
technology and garners significant research
giving aspect of architecture and considers
funds in a vast array of fields. The Faculty of
how to extend the boundaries of engineer-
Architecture consistently ranks among the
ing design and material science towards new
top schools in Germany, and is supported
and non-standard applications in the field of
by extensive research through both private
architecture. Prof. Jan Knippers, director of
industry and publicly funded projects. The
the ITKE, is the author of numerous books
University of Stuttgart is also renowned for
and publications in the fields of engineering,
creatively engaging the rigour and insights of
architecture and biomimetics, co-founded an
engineering science in architectural design.
international engineering firm and is collabo-
High level of research exposure is reflected
rating with renowned architects from around
directly in the quality of the school’s faculty
the globe. The multidisciplinary team of ITKE
and curriculum.
research associates bring together competen-
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CONTENT
- architecture Degree
The programme leads to an internationally
- civil / structural engineering accredited master’s degree and is offered as
a two-year full time programme (equivalent
- biology or bionics to 120 ECTS). For students with a bachelor’s
degree in architecture, the completion of the
- urban planning full two year M.Sc. programme (120 ECTS)
provides an internationally accredited degree
- environmental engineering in architecture.
Language
All programme courses are fully instructed and
evaluated in English.
Vacation Period
There are four holiday periods throughout the
academic year: 2 weeks at Christmas, 3 weeks
in the winter semester, 1 week at Pentecost
and 3 weeks in the summer semester.
During this first year, the curriculum is led In the summer semester, students will
by two design research rrojects that are work as a group on the Design Research
developed as a collaborative undertaking Project. Throughout the semester students
between the involved institutes. The two develop the project starting with conceptual
Design Research Studios operate consecutively system development up to fabrication and
and culminate with the development of a full construction of the design research project.
scale research architectural prototype. During
this year, the students work collectively in
studio under the close supervision of tutors
and supervisors. The introduction to relevant
topics in computational design, engineering
and construction is provided through two
supplementary seminar modules (6 ECTS,
each) per semester. In addition, a series of
regular colloquia (3 ECTS) will expose the
students to presentations in cutting edge
research by leading experts in the related
fields. Both, seminar modules and expert
colloquium are structured to provide relevant
support for the research project development.
Second Year
- Photography Studio
Seminar Modules
Advanced Placement
6 ECTS 6 ECTS 6 ECTS
60 ECTS 60 ECTS
120 ECTS
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ITECH MODULES
Following the Integrative Technologies and coherent system from the fundamental biomi-
Architectural Design Research Project 1 and metic research to fabrication, the integration
Architectural Biomimetics Seminar, the focus of the technical production parameters in an
of this studio is the design development and automated robotic manufacturing process
fabrication of a biomimetic design research represents a further core focus for the studio.
project, which will be constructed on the
university campus. The seminar offers the A team of students with support from the
opportunity to apply computer-based design, academic staff will develop a computational
planning, simulation and production methods design system, which incorporates material,
in an integrated design process on a full scale fabrication, structural and design constraints.
architectural project. The students will develop In parallel, the students will participate in the
experience on all phases of project develop- co-requisite research seminar Computational
ment, from computational design, planning Design and Digital Fabrication, to get an ad-
application, structural design through to digital vanced understanding of robotic fabrication.
fabrication and assembly on site.
The design of the research project will be Knippers, J., Speck, T.: 2012, Design and Construction Principles, in:
based on design principles that have been Nature and Architecture, Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, Vol 7.
derived from the investigation of biological Menges, A. (ed.), 2012. Material Computation – Higher Integration in
role models in the context of the Architectural Morphogenetic Design. Architectural Design, Vol. 82 No. 2.
Biomimetics seminar course in the previous se-
Menges, A. 2012. Morphospaces of Robotic Fabrication – From
mester. Particular attention will be directed on theoretical morphology to design computation and digital fabrication
the examination of construction and material in architecture, in Proceedings of the RobArch Conference 2012, eds. S.
Brell Cokcan, J. Braumann, Vienna, pp. 28-47.
distribution principles as well as on geometri-
cal formulation as found in the biological role La Magna, R., Gabler, M., Reichert, S., Schwinn, T., Waimer, F., Menges,
A. and Knippers, J. 2013. From Nature to Fabrication: Biomimetic
models and on the potentials to transfer those Design Principles for the Production of Complex Spatial Structures,
principles into technical applications for large- International Journal of Spatial Structures, Vol. 28 No. 01, pp. 27- 40.
scale architectural applications. To generate a
The second year of the programme is designat- the context of full-scale architectural prototyp-
ed for the development of the master’s thesis. ing. In this regard, each research subtopic can
The third semester aims at laying the founda- be explored as an individual aspect of a larger
tion for a promising master’s thesis through common project to be developed throughout
a Thesis Preparation Project supported by an the master’s thesis phase.
integrated Master Thesis Preparation Seminar
and two supplementary seminar modules. Students are responsible for conceptualizing,
framing and developing their own thesis topic
The thesis preparation project engages the under the supervision of their tutors and
students in selection and development of a supervisors. Given the interdisciplinary and re-
suitable master’s thesis research proposal search-based nature of the programme, each
within a wide range of topics within contem- student must select a supervising professor
porary architectural design research. Each year from one of the institutes involved, suitable
a number of specialized topic areas are offered tutors and any additional supporting resources
by the participating institutes. These re- that may be required.
search areas are directly supported by expert
researchers and open up the possibility for stu-
dents to directly engage, through their thesis,
in state of the art design research questions.
Additionally, students are also encouraged and
supported in the development of their own
architectural design research interest. Areas
of research focus can include: computational
design and fabrication, morphological differen-
tiation, material assembly, as well as material
behaviour-driven system performance. The
aim is for each sub-topic to be investigated in
The ITECH Master Thesis Preparation Seminar properly develop a successful Thesis proposal
investigates the logical argument required but it will do so under the larger framework
to make a sound ‘intellectual proposition’ - a of the overall thesis dissertation. For this
thesis. In other words, it is concerned in ‘how purpose, the three Thesis Tracks of the ITECH
to’ conduct and structure research rather programme will be addressed individually,
than ‘what’ specific subject matter you intend specifying how the overall Scientific Research
to research. The seminar, introduces the Structure needs to be formulated to account
core aspects required to undertake scientific for each track’s focus. The seminar is centered
research independent of the field or the con- around a two-day workshop with an introduc-
tents of the work. These structures are widely tory lecture on research structure and its mod-
accepted across multiple disciplines and not ifications to suit a specific research track. A
only form part of presenting academic and common workshop and individual tutorials will
scientific research but are also fundamental to help to kick-start each student’s formulation
conducting the research itself. The basic parts of their research document. As the seminar
or chapters of such a research document will functions in support to the ongoing academic
be introduced in general and with regards to research work of the thesis candidates, the
the research field of architecture. Emphasis is content of the document is to be developed
laid on developing a mode of thinking and re- by the candidates over the course of the term
searching rather than presenting, thus turning with the support of the thesis tutors. An inter-
the research methods into an operative tool of mediate progress review with the thesis tutors
design. The Master Thesis Preparation Seminar will take place prior to final submission.
aims at aiding the ITECH master’s candidates
to both build their thesis in a scientific manner
and to identify further research resources that
need to be incorporated into the proposal. It is
thus not a contents-specific seminar but rather Ecco, U. 2015. How to Write a Thesis. Cambridge, Massachusetts:
methodological in nature. The seminar will MIT Press.
address both the structural requirements to
Thesis is a process of critical engagement with within the overall process will all be consid-
the research topic. It begins during the Thesis ered at each development stage.
Preparation project (or before) and culminates To better address different research directions,
with a cohesive argument, or proposition, there are currently three thesis track options
that clearly articulates the students’ individual possible:
contribution within the research field. The 4th
semester provides the students with the op-
portunity to consolidate their gained academic A Semester 3+4: Research Thesis
knowledge, personal design perspective, Track A is aimed at engaging architectural
research interest, technical expertise and con- research through a scientific and highly meth-
textual understanding of architecture through odological approach. Students may expand on
an Integrated Technologies and Architectural current methods, systems, and methodologies,
Design Research Master Thesis (30 ECTS). or it may form the basis for the development
The ITECH programme’s interdisciplinary of a new functional principle. In all cases, this
framework, coupled with a critical and analyti- option offers the ability to engage a research
cal approach to computational design, simula- interest over two semesters. Track A concludes
tion and fabrication, offers a unique space with a comprehensive research document.
for inquiry within architectural design and
practice. The thesis presents itself at the fore-
front of this inquiry as it may foster, develop B Semester 3+4: Design Research Thesis
and test many kinds of understandings, both Track B is aimed at engaging an architectural
technical and theoretical. system or processes by expanding both its
As a process of critical engagement, thesis technical development as well as its design
is not only assessed by its final output but space. Track B concludes with a spatial or
through a series of development stages structural design study or application enabled
marked by key review points. The student’s by the research subject (material system/fab-
objectives, the academic objectives of the rication process/etc…) and a related research
programme, as well as the student’s progress document.
C Semester 3+4: Design Studio and Research NOTE: Students that obtained credits through
Extension of Design Studio advanced standing can only take the ITECH de-
Track C incorporates a Design Studio in ITECH sign studios – exchange semester or external
/ Faculty of Architecture / Exchange Semester, studios are not possible. Independent Thesis
etc. in Semester 3 and a research extension as Topics can be pursued only by prior agreement
a short version of (A) or (B). The ITECH design with the supervisors if excellent proposals are
studios are offered directly by the correspond- submitted.
ing partner institutes (ICD & ITKE) and their
specific focus is in line with the institutes
particular research interest.
Computational Design
Module : 49770 (6 ECTS)
Term: Winter
An algorithm is a finite sequence of explicit, principles and underlying patterns in the physi-
elementary instructions described in an exact cal world. Based on the investigation of related
and complete, yet general manner. The ap- mathematics, relatively simple algorithms will
plication and execution of algorithms on a be developed to produce complex systems
computer happens through programming lan- within an architectural context.
guages, which enable computing procedures.
This is a fundamental property of computa-
tion as a technical achievement, but also as a
theoretical framework for design. Computation
has a profound impact on a contemporary
understanding of architectural form, space and
structure. It shifts the way one perceives form,
the way in which form is purposed, and the
way in which form is produced.
This seminar investigates the potentials of al- Burry, M. 2011. Scripting cultures: Architectural design and program-
gorithmic procedures for architectural design. ming. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
It provides an opportunity for the students Coate, P.S. 2010. Programming Architecture. London: Routledge.
to enhance their knowledge of algorithms by
Flake, G.W. 1998. The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer
developing practical scripting skills, under- Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation.
standing theoretically relevant aspects of Cambridge: MIT Press.
form generation and exploring mathematical
developing suitable computational design tools Schwinn, T., Krieg, O., Menges, A. 2012. “Robotically Fabricated Wood
for this process. Plate Morphologies“. In Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and
Design: Proceedings of the Robots in Architecture Conference 2012,
The result of these investigations will be an edited by S. Brell-Çokcan and J. Braumann, 48-61. Wien New York:
overview of robotic fabrication within the Springer.
context of an architectural discipline, deeper
The seminar provides a thorough overview of and analysis tools. The students should be
structural systems, such as form-active and familiar with the architectural and spatial
surface-active structures, and their relation- potentials of shell and membrane structures in
ship between form and structural behaviour. order to explore their possibilities within their
Furthermore the module covers design projects. Prerequisites for attending the course
strategies for those structural systems focusing are good Rhinoceros skills and basic Grasshop-
specifically on compression shells and tensile per and Python knowledge.
structures such as membrane structures.
Prerequisite for the design and construction of
such structural types is a solid knowledge of
their structural behaviour that will be taught
during the seminar.
To be able to critically evaluate and compare Heine Engel. Tragwerksysteme – Structure Systems (Ostfildern: Hatje
the results of the used methods, an overview Cantz, 2007).
of the mathematical background of the used Jan Knippers, Jan Cremers, Markus Gabler and Julian Lienhard, Con-
tools is provided. struction Manual for Polymers + Membranes (Basel: Birkäuser, 2011).
The seminar will conclude in the submission of Helmut Pottmann, Andreas Asperl, Michael Hofer and Axel Kilian,
a design project of a small scale architectural Architectural Geometry (Exton: Bentley Institute Press, 2007).
application using the introduced form-finding
Building Systems
Module 49810 (6 ECTS)
Term: Winter/Summer
Set as a 2-phase course, student works include Lass, E., Pottmann, H., Asperl, A., Hofer, M., and Kilian, A. 2007.
the architectural and technological analysis Architekturgeometrie. Wien /New York: Springer Verlag.
of innovative building systems. Based on the Bergdoll, B., and Christensen, P. 2008. Home Delivery: Fabricating the
results of this examination, the second part of Modern Dwelling. New York: Museum of Modern Art.
the course transfers gained knowledge devel-
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The course introduces a new methodology previous seminar courses offered by ICD in
for digital design and fabrication; contrary computation and robotic fabrication.
to traditional notions of design, behavioural
strategies for fabrication are not based on the
execution of a priori defined abstract plans,
such as detailed digital design models, but are
based on the concept of execution of tasks.
Tasks represent design intention and unfold in
a nondeterministic way based on the constant
interaction of the machine/robot/agent with
the material and its environment through
sensor-actuator feedback.
The course introduces students to the topic of
behavioural fabrication and related computa-
tional techniques including: (i) Agent-based Brooks, Rodney A. 1990. Elephants Don’t Play Chess. Robotics and
and behavioural models, (ii) Sensor feedback Autonomous Systems 6 (1-2): 3–15.
and machine vision, (iii) Online robotic control Dörfler K, Rist F, Rust R. 2012. Interlacing: an experimental approach
methods, (iv) Methods for environmental to integrating digital and physical design methods. In Rob|Arch 2012:
Robotic fabrication in architecture, art and industrial design. Springer,
analysis and mapping. Vienna, 2013, pp. 82–91
At the core of the research lie the analysis,
abstraction, translation and implementation Johns, Ryan Luke, Axel Kilian, and Nicholas Foley. 2014. Design
Approaches Through Augmented Materiality and Embodied Computa-
of fabrication-oriented behaviours for the tion. In Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2014,
production of physical prototypes. edited by Wes McGee and Monica Ponce de Leon, 319–332. Springer
International Publishing.
Students are expected a high degree of pro- Menges, A., 2008. Integral formation and materialisation: Computa-
tional form and material gestalt. In K. R. Klinger & B. Kolarevic (Eds.),
ficiency in computer programming (either in Manufacturing Material Effects: Rethinking Design and Making in
C# or in python), and are also are expected to Architecture, pp. 195–210. New York: Routledge.
be familiar with industrial robotics from the
Architectural Biomimetics
Module 49840 (6 ECTS)
Term: Winter
The seminar focuses on the investigation, and digital fabrication processes have initiated
abstraction and transfer of biological strategies a fundamental paradigm shift from industrial
into technical applications. Students will work production of standardized elements towards
in interdisciplinary teams to investigate biologi- an integrated design processes. This devel-
cal role models within a bottom up process opment opens up the possibilities to create
and will be searching for solution strategies architectural systems which are characterized
towards specific aspects by exploring biological by multifunctional geometrically differenti-
role models within a top down process. Com- ated structures, which can match the capacity
putational simulation and analysis tools are of nature’s performative morphologies, and
used to find model representations for biologic thereby enables us to transfer functional prin-
processes and investigate functional principles. ciples of natural organisms into architectural
applications.
Evolutionary processes in nature generated
manifold solutions in respond to environmen-
tal and performative demands, where various
functional and form generative aspects have
to be integrated in a coherent system. While
a number of those aspects can be easily
John W.C. Dunlop and Peter Fratzl. “Biological Composites,” Annual
transferred to architectural aspects, natural Review of Materials Research 40(1) (2010): 1.
organisms are working radically different from
today’s construction and planning practice. Helge Otto Fabritius, C. Sachs, Dierk Raabe, Svetoslav Nikolov, Martin
Friak, J. Neugebauer. „Chitin in the exoskeletons of arthropoda: From
While nature evolved highly energy and mate- ancient design to novel materials science.” In Chitin, ed. Neal S. Gupta.
rial efficient solutions, based on geometrical (Berlin: Springer, 2011), 35.
and material differentiation, today’s construc- Petra Gruber, Biomimetics in Architecture, (Wien, Springer, 2010).
tion industry and design processes are mostly
Jan Knippers and Thomas Speck, 2012. “Design and construction
based on the standardization of elements and principles in nature and architecture,” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
the addition of mono functional subsystems. 7(1) (2012).
Recent developments of computational design
The seminar modules of the ITECH programme guest speakers who will provide an insight into
are accompanied with Expert Colloquia, which their professional and academic work as well
will take place in the Winter Semester (Expert as excursions to academic institutions and
Colloquium 1) and Summer Semester (Expert industry partners in the Summer Semester.
Colloquium 2).
The specific schedule, contents and collaborat-
The Expert Colloquia are presented in a flex- ing institutions will vary from year to year and
ible format to introduce research and new will be announced and defined according to
technology development from outside the specific ITECH topics during the corresponding
involved institutes and to foster the collabora- academic year.
tion with industry and academic partners.
The module introduces knowledge about the
current state of integrative technologies in
practice and research, presenting the work
of experts ranging from design architects,
engineering consultants to manufacturers and
scientists. It offers students the possibility to
discuss their own work with external experts
as a base for further development.
Contact: info@itech.uni-stuttgart.de