Integrative Computational Design for Architecture
Kick-Off Event of the new MoA Colloquia at weißensee school of art and design
BUGA Fibre Pavilion 2019, ICD/ITKE, University of Stuttgart, Copyright: Roland Halbe
On July 1st 2021, the MoA Colloquia at weißensee school of art and design was inaugurated by Professor Dr.-Ing. Jan Knippers. Jan Knippers is a consulting structural engineer and since 2000 head of the Institute for Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the University of Stuttgart. His interest is in innovative and resource-efficient structures at the intersection of research and development and practice. The engineering design office »Jan Knippers Ingenieure« has a specific focus on advanced timber structures and fibre composite systems. From 2014 to 2019 Jan Knippers was coordinator of the collaborative research centre TRR141 »Biological Design and Integrative Structures« between the Universities of Stuttgart, Tübingen and Freiburg. Since 2019 he has been Deputy Director of the Cluster of Excellence »Integrative Computational Design and Construction« and Vice-rector for Research of the University of Stuttgart.
The MoA Colloquia gave the opportunity for a small group of students to meet and exchange with leading experts of the field of computational design. The lectures were streamed and accesible to the wider public.