The Incredible Future of Sustainable Construction - Trailer

I met Philippe Block while studying historic masonry structures in Spain last summer. He presented his work and I was blown away. He is a pioneering structural engineer who, as part of his research group Block Research Group, is inventing the future of sustainable construction by blending old knowledge and precedent with new technology, materials and innovation. He's BUILDING off of thousands of years of architectural innovation and deepening our knowledge of how structures really work, with stunning results.
Full episode HERE: • Philippe Block: The In...
PHILLIPE'S BIO
Philippe Block is a full professor of Architecture and Structures and head of the Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA) at ETH Zurich, where he co-leads the Block Research Group (BRG) with Dr. Tom Van Mele. He studied architecture and structural engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Belgium and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US, where he earned his PhD in 2009.
The BRG develops sustainable and circular construction solutions through the advancement of computational structural design and innovation in digital fabrication and construction. Specific expertise includes computational form finding, discrete masonry, graphic statics, architectural and structural geometry, digital fabrication and construction, and open-source computation.
Philippe and Tom translate their research into practice, with the consultancy Foreign Engineering and the ETH spin-off VAULTED. Most significant is the development of the Rippmann Floor System (RFS), a low-carbon-footprint, fully circular prefabricated concrete floor solution
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RESOURCES
Block Research Group: block.arch.ethz.ch/
Vaulted Unreinforced Concrete Floor System: www.vaulted-floors.ch/
BRG Githup Compass Resources: blockresearchgroup.github.io/...
Book on Graphic Statics: Form and Forces: Designing Efficient, Expressive Structures. www.amazon.com/Form-Forces-De...
Book on Guastavino Vaulting by John Ochsendorf: a.co/d/9KMkVMv
MIT's Morningside Academy For Design w/ John Ochsendorf: design.mit.edu/
Phillipe Block Lecture - ETH Zurich, Block Research Group: • AECtech 2023 | ETH Zurich, Block Rese...
Phillipe Block Lecture - Stone Skins: New Masonry Shells • Philippe Block - Stone Skins: New Mas...
Armadillo Vault: www.dezeen.com/2016/05/31/arm...
Phillipe Block on Linked In: / philippeblock
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[@chrismoore9223]

Those brick vaults are called Catalan vaults for those interested in

[@elelaluz4921]

looking forward to this

[@BuildingCulture]

It’s a good one! Full episode out. Can find in the podcast playlist or on Spotify/Apple

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great The Incredible Future of Sustainable Construction - Trailer

[@BuildingCulture]

thanks

[@blackwood3243]

If I reach out to Building Culture through Email, are you able to point me to someone that does quality structural masonry in Virgina? Not just Masonry, but also quality roofing, windows, etc.
I'm willing to pay to have you guys give me this kind of information.

[@BuildingCulture]

I’m sorry but we do not know anyone there?

[@blackwood3243]

@@BuildingCulture Thanks anyway. Maybe I'll have to movie to Oklahoma one day then.

[@PrevailingFreedom]

Someday!