Programme

LAUSANNE (10.09.26):
Foyer – SG Building – EPFL Campus – CH-1024 Ecublens
https://plan.epfl.ch/lausanne

FRIBOURG (11. & 12.09.26):
Halle bleue – Smart Living Lab  – Blue Factory
Passage du Cardinal 13b, CH-1700 Fribourg
https://plan.epfl.ch/fribourg

Day 1 - Lausanne
10.09.26
12:00
Foyer SG
Doors open / Check-In
13:15
Corentin Fivet & Stefana Parascho
Opening Session
13:30
Keynote
Kirstin Hagelskjaer Petersen, Cornell University
Emergent Construction in Insect and Robotic Swarms
14:30
Research & Practice Hackathon
17:15
Lab Tour & Exhibit
18:30
Keynote
Anne Katrin Burghartz, schlaich bergermann partner
The Art of Engineering Art
19:30
Welcome Reception
Day 2 - Fribourg
11.09.26
08:00
Atelier popUP
Doors open / Check-in
09:00
Keynote
Deepika Raghu, ETH Zurich
AI-Driven Building Stock Intelligence for Circular Construction
10:15
Case Studies
Paper Session 1a - The Art of Designing with the Uncontrollable … Circularity +
RENEE PUUSEPP (Estonian Academy of Arts):
Circularity by Design Modelling: Integrating Carbon, Cost, and Reuse in Modular Buildings

YANIS BECQUART & PAVISAN PULENDRAN (ENSA Paris-Est):
Design and Realization of Air-supported Structures from Reused Parachute Fabrics

JUNTAO LI (Tsinghua University):
From Rigid to Inflatable: Comparing Reusable Formwork Systems for Curved Reinforced Concrete

LENNART HAMM (Vienna University of Technology):
Reconfigurable Shell Structures: Optimizing Panel Sets
11:30
Case Studies
Paper Session 1b … Circularity +
CAMILLE CHEVRIER (Format Engineers):
Optimisation of Waste Steel Led the Design of Low-carbon Public Infrastructure

RASMUS NORULF (Aalborg University):
A Computational Framework for Structural Retrofit

SANDRO SIEFERT & MAX BENJAMIN ESCHENBACH (Technical University of Darmstadt):
Rubble Trouble: Automated Geometry Acquisition Framework for Design with Reused Demolition Debris

FABIAN KANNENBERG (University of Stuttgart):
Exploring Structural Design Spaces for Modular RC Reuse with Quality-Diversity Optimization
12:30
Lunchbreak
13:30
Case Studies
Paper Session 2 ... Circular Timber +
ERIK ZANETTI (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology):
Integrating Stock-Responsiveness into Top-Down Design: A Case Study in Reclaimed Timber Upcycling

CHRISTINA MÜLLER (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology):
A Multi-level Design Approach for Salvaged Timber

AMIN ADELZADEH & MARTIN TAMKE (CITA - Royal Danish Academy):
ReBeam: CT‑Informed Allocation of Reclaimed Timber in Glulam Beams

AMIN ADELZADEH (CITA - Royal Danish Academy):
Design with Deviations: A Hierarchical Adaptation Loop for Robotic Joinery of Warped Reclaimed Timber

LIVIA HERLE, NIELS MARTIN LARSEN & ANDERS KRUSE AAGAARD (University of Liechtenstein /Aarhus School of Architecture):
Developing a Workflow for Constructing with Energy Wood

MATHIAS BERNHARD (ETH Zurich):
HYBREP: A Hybrid Representation Framework for Computational Design with Reclaimed Building Elements
15:15
Case Studies
Paper Session 3a ... Fabrication +
HARRISON HILDEBRANDT (University of Stuttgart):
Repositioning Control: Advancing Natural Fiber Composites in Architecture

VALENTIN LORENZEN DA SILVA (Delft University of Technology):
Directional-Field-Based Segmentation for Digital Fabrication Constraints

NICOLAS POUSA (University of Stuttgart):
Fib-Earth Slab: An Adaptive Design-to-Fabrication Framework for Hybrid Earthen Slabs Using Fiber-Reinforced Textile Formwork

JUNGWON YOON (University of Seoul):
From Craft to Component: Scaling Dry Lacquer Heritage through Material-Informed Additive Manufacturing
16:30
Case Studies
Paper Session 3b ... Fabrication +
DOMINIK REISACH (ETH Zurich):
Upcycled Tiles: Robotic Mosaic in Earth Formwork

ANDREAS KÖRNER (University of Innsbruck) & ANETE SALMANE (UCL):
Architectural Enhanced Rock Weathering

SAQIB AZIZ (University of the Arts Berlin):
Diatom-ParetoWeaver: Multi-Criteria Design Interfaces for Negotiating Material, Performance, and Fabrication in Large-Scale 3D Mineral Printing

DAMIEN GILLIARD (EPFL Lausanne):
DiffCheck 2.0: Design-Integrated Scan-to-CAD Evaluation for Incremental Fabrication Workflows
17:45
Keynote
Jenny Sabin, Cornell University
Biosynthetic Design: Choosing What to Leave Undecided
18:45
Get-together Dinner
Day 3 - Fribourg
12.09.26
08:00
Atelier popUP
Doors open / Check-In
09:00
Keynote
Mascha Fehse, HBK Saar / OH-Studio Berlin
Designing Endurance: Thinking Space with Materials, Energies, Users, Atmospheres and Other Agencies
10:15
Case Studies
Paper Session 4a … Humans +
YASHUSHI IKEDA (University of Tokyo):
Accelerated Collaborative Design: Real-Time Multi-User Architectural Design Informed by Robotic Assembly Constraints

ERIC DUONG (EPFL Lausanne):
ReConfig: A Human-Robot Collaborative Framework for Adaptive Timber Structure Reconfiguration

FABIAN SCHEURER (Design-to-Production):
HolzvisionMAX - Modelling Collaboration in Heterogeneous Timber Construction Networks

LAVINIA CHIARA TAGLIABUE (University of Turin):
Designing with Uncertainty: Human–Machine Mediation in Adaptive and Resilient Project Cultures
11:30
Case Studies
Paper Session 4b … Humans +
SEIICHI SUZUKI (EPFL Lausanne):
Encoding High-Complexity Digital Models Into Accessible, Low-Tech Fabrication and Assembly Instructions

TIZIAN REIN (Technical University of Munich):
Human-AI Actionable Design for Architectural Repair

QI WANG (Tsinghua University):
Human-Gated ASGs from BIM to Assembly

JEAN REMY NGUYEN (Bollinger + Grohmann Paris):
Full-Scale Experimentation as a Calibration Framework for Computational Design Education: The Case of Prestressed Straw Structures
12:30
Lunchbreak
13:30
Case Studies
Paper Session 5 … Computers +
MARC RIBERT (ETH Zurich):
Tectonic Framework for Facade Modelling with MLLMs

DANIEL TISH (Harvard University):
Material Learning: Neural Network Techniques for Design Space Exploration and Surrogate Modelling of Self-Actuating Materials

HENDRIK WIESE (University of Hannover):
Design-Oriented Acoustic Performance Prediction: Generalizing a Neural Network to Non-Rectangular Geometries

JI YOON BAE (University of Pennsylvania):
Elephant Skin–Inspired Evaporative Cooling Screen: Modelling Hygroscopic Material

JAMILA LOUTFI (University of the Arts Berlin):
Optimizing Cap Ceilings via Spatial Load Transfer

BEATRITZ LEDERMANN (University of California, Berkeley):
Scaling Climate-Responsive Construction: A Framework for Designing Sustainable and Comfortable Homes Across Mexico’s Climatic Regions
15:15
Case Studies
Paper Session 6 … Timber +
LUKAS KIRSCHNICK (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar):
Material-Responsive Design of Oak Roundwood Space Frames

NORA MERTEN (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar):
From Resolution to Definition: A Data-Sufficient Design Workflow for Continuous Tree-Fork Assemblies

EKIN SAHIN (University of Stuttgart):
Material-Driven Computational Design for Self-Shaping Wood

EDYTA AUGUSTYNOWICZ (Bern University of Applied Sciences):
Feedback from Full-Scale Prototyping: Integrating Physical Experimentation and Digital Design in Adaptive Modular Timber Systems

YIXIN SUN (Tongji University):
Fabrication-Aware Design Optimization of Free-Form Glulam Components: An Agent-Based Approach

JULIEN GLATH (Ecole des Ponts ParisTech/ENSA Strasbourg):
Designing Non-Sequential Joints with Rotational Kinematics
17:00
Keynote
Mennatallah El-Assady, ETH Zurich
Humans, Machines, and the Space Between: Engineering Effective Human-AI Partnerships
18:15
Stefana Parascho & Corentin Fivet
Drinks & Bites Farewell Event