Activities
We frequently participate in conferences, seminars, workshops, and any activity that allows us to share our knowledge and learn from others, whether they are academic events, industry initiatives or societal outreach. Here you can find information about our past and upcoming activites - we hope to see you at an event in the near future!
Below you will find a chronological listing of activities where bioDigital matter are participating, and serves as a calendar for upcoming events.
On Thursday the 2nd of November 2023, Ana Goidea will defend her thesis Transcalar Design: biological principles in architecture through computational design and additive fabrication.
Faculty opponent: Professor Mette Ramsgard Thomsen, CITA, Denmark
Thesis committee:
- Professor Benjamin Dillenburger, ETH, Switzerland
- Professor Kathrin Dörfler, TU Münich, Germany
- Senior Lecturer Hanaa Dahy, Aarhus University, Denmark
- Professor Karl-Gunnar Olsson, Chalmers University, Sweden
Stay tuned for further details.
Radio/podcast interview: Termites could inspire energy efficient air conditioning
bioDigital matter head David Andréen participated in the June 10th eposode of CBC's science radio show Quirks and Quarks, being interviewd about the recent findings about the functional geometry of termites mounds and their potential application in building envelopes.
Listen to the podcast on CBC's website
Fojab and the Centre for Construction Robotics at Lund University arranged a live demonstration of robotic bricklaying at Science Village in Lund. bioDigital matter participated in a panel discussion about computation and automation in architecture.
Article and video on svt.se (in Swedish)
The mobile construction robot with capactity for identifying,
gripping and placing bricks, with integrated nozzle for mortar deposition.
Nationellt Nätverk för Byggautomation arranged the 2023 seminar on constrcution automation, this year with a special theme of constrctuion 3d printing. David Andréen participated as moderator and presenter.
Information about the event is currently available at KTH's website (in Swedish)
Presented the paper "Principles of biological design as a model for biodesign and biofabrication in architecture" at the 5th international Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA2022) as part of the mini-symposia Bio Design: New Material Building Practices for a Sustainable Building Culture.
Principles of biological design as a model for biodesign and biofabrication in architecture (website of Springer link). Andréen, D. & Goidea, A., 2022, In: Architecture, Structures and Construction. 2, 4, p. 481-491
Ana Goidea and David Andréen presented at 3D printing conference as part of RapidTech 3D in Erfurt, Germany.
David Andreen presented Meristem Wall at the 2021 Acadia conference “Realignment: Toward Critical Computation”.
16 October 2021, Venice, Italy
Shaping the City: A Forum for Sustainable Cities and Communities is a forum organized by the European Cultural Centre in context of the ECC Venice Architecture Biennial 2021 titled Time, Space, Existence.
Following the success of the first edition of the Shaping the City in Venice in 2018, the Second Edition is scheduled to take place on 15 and 16 of October 2021 in the iconic Palazzo Michiel in Venice, Italy.
Shaping the City tackles contemporary urbanization and key issues in the city, presented and debated through the perspectives of a group of academics, urban planners and designers, architects, policy makers, and scholars.
Watch session 3 – Building through Technology (Materials for Future Cities) on YoutTube
12 October 2021, Coimbra, Portugal
Ana Goidea presented the paper Transcalar Design: An Approach to Biodesign in the Built Environment at the session “Responsible biotechnologies and biodesign for the built environment”.
Transcalar Design: An Approach to Biodesign in the Built Environment (on researchgate.net)
Time Space Existence, Venice Architecture Biennale
bioDigital matter participated in the Venice Architecture Biennale with an exhibition bioDigital futures, showcasing the future of 3d printed architecture though our two works Protomycokion and Meristem Wall. The exhibition was open 22 May – 21 Nov 2021 at Casa Mora, Venice, Italy.
Virtual exhibition (on the website of Time Space Existence)
bioDigital matter's Protomycokion was nominated for the 2021 3DPC award, competing with the world's leading innovators in design for additive fabrication.
Protomycokion was the winner of 2 categories - SUSTAINABILITY and MATERIALS, and Special Mention by Autodesk for Design for Sustainability.
This year's challenge was A Paradigm Shift:
We are facing challenges that our generation has never experienced before - the world is upside down. Society is changing - we are searching and finding solutions to find our way in a "New Normal".
It is in our nature to reflect, to rethink many things. What is essential - what is superfluous? What is sustainable - what can or must we improve? What if ...?
Change gives room for new ideas - room for new technologies.
Digital processes and advanced technologies are taking their place in the holistic life cycle of products, pushing the seemingly unlimited possibilities. Sustainable strategies and forward-looking concepts are becoming an essential need.
The 3D Pioneers Challenge 2021 is looking for the creative minds and innovators that make the future such as students, start-ups and companies who help shape the "Paradigm Shift" and gives them the platform to present their visions and products to the general public.
Jurystatement by Joachim Stumpp, Raumprobe Stuttgart
"This project convinced in both categories- because what can be better than sustainable materials? But to be successful you need to focus on how to produce and implement latest technologies like regrowing materials. This winning concept could change so many applications already today and could be transferred to packaging solutions for example or many more in the future.“
