Publications
Complete List of Works
DISSERTATION
2020
Dierichs, K.: 2020, Granular Architectures: Granular Materials as „Designer Matter“ in Architecture.
Research Reports Institute for Computational Design and Construction, 2. Universität Stuttgart. DOI: 10.18419/opus-10765.
BOOK SECTIONS
2021
Dierichs, K., Menges, A.: 2021, Emergent enclosures: granular architectures, in Digital Fabrication in Interior Design: Body, Object, Enclosure, edited by Anderson, J., Weinthal, L. New York: Routledge, 157-174.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003025931
2013
Dierichs, K., Penner, K.: 2013, Material Geometry – Developing Architectural Articulations of Interiority Based on Geometry-inherent Surface Materiality, in: Bettum, J., Savov, A. (eds.): The Small Book of Interiority, Städelschule Architecture Class, pp. 14-17. (ISBN-13: 978-3-98071-77-2)
ARTICLES
2021
Dierichs, K., Menges, A.: 2021, Designing architectural materials: from granular form to functional granular material, in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 16 (6): 065010.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/ac2987
2019
Dierichs, K., Kyjánek, O., Loucka, M., Menges, A.: 2019, Construction robotics for designed granular materials: in situ construction with designed granular materials at full architectural scale using a cable-driven parallel robot, in Construction Robotics, Springer. doi: 10.1007/s41693-019-00024-6.
2017
Dierichs, K., Menges, A: 2017, Granular Construction: Designed Particles for Macro-Scale Architectural Structures. Archit. Design, 87, pp. 88–93. doi:10.1002/ad.2200.
2016
Dierichs, K., Menges, A.: 2016, Towards an Aggregate Architecture: Designed Granular Systems as Programmable Matter in Architecture, Granular Matter, 18 (25), DOI: 10.1007/s10035-016-0631-3.
Zhao, Y., Liu, K., Zheng, M., Bares, J., Dierichs, K., Menges, A., Behringer, R.P.: 2016, Packings of 3D Stars: Stability and Structure, Granular Matter, 18 (24), DOI: 10.1007/s10035-016-0606-4.
2015
Dierichs, K., Menges, A.: 2015, Granular Morphologies – Programming Material Behaviour with Designed Aggregates, Architectural Design, Vol. 85 No. 5, Wiley, London, pp. 86-91. (ISBN 978-11118878378)
2012
Dierichs, K., Menges, A.: 2012, Aggregate Structures: Material and Machine Computation of Designed Granular Substances, Architectural Design, Vol. 82 No. 2, Wiley Academy, London. pp. 74-81. (ISBN: 978 0470973301)
PEER REVIEWED PAPERS
2017
Dierichs, K., Wood, D., Correa, D., Menges, A.: 2017, Smart Granular Materials: Prototypes for Hygroscopically Actuated Shape-Changing Particles, in ACADIA – Disciplines & Disruption [Proceedings of the ACADIA Conference 2017], Cambridge, MA, pp. 222-231.
Barés, J., Zhao, Y., Renouf, M., Dierichs, K., Behringer, R.: 2017, Structure of Hexapod 3D Packings: Understanding the Global Stability from the Local Organization, in EPJ Web Conf 140, S. 06021. DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201714006021.
Zhao, Y., Ding, J., Barés, J., Zheng, H., Dierichs, K., Menges, A., Behringer, R.: 2017, Vibrational Collapse of Hexapod Packings, in EPJ Web Conf 140, S. 06011. DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201714006011.
2016
Rusenova, G., Dierichs, K., Baharlou E., Menges, A.: 2016, Feedback- and Data-driven Design for Aggregate Architectures: Analyses of Data Collections for Physical and Numerical Prototypes of Designed Granular Materials, in Posthuman Frontiers: Data, Designers, and Cognitive Machines, Proceedings of the 36th Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), Ann Arbor, pp.62-72.
2015
Dierichs, K., Angelova, D., Menges, A.: 2015, Modelling Aggregate Behaviour, in Ramsgaard Thomsen, M., Tamke, M., Gengnagel, C., Faircloth, B., Scheurer, F. (eds.): Modelling Behaviour – Proceedings of the Design Modelling Symposium Copenhagen 2015, Copenhagen/Denmark, Springer, Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London, pp. 5-15.
Dierichs, K., Menges, A.: 2015, Non-convex Designed Aggregates as Architectural Material Systems, in Proceedings of the Particle Simulations Conference 2015, Erlangen/Germany, pp. 96-97 [Poster].
Topic, N., Pöschel, T., Dierichs, K., Menges, A.: 2015, Packings of Complex Shaped Particles in Cylinders, in Proceedings of the Particle Simulations Conference 2015, Erlangen/Germany, pp. 53-54.
Angelova, D., Dierichs, K., Menges, A.: 2015, Graded Light in Aggregate Structures – Modelling the Daylight in Designed Granular Systems Using Online Controlled Robotic Processes, in Martens, B., Wurzer, G., Grasl, T. Lorenz, W., Schaffranek, R. (eds.), Real Time – Proceedings of the 33rd eCAADe Conference – Volume 2, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna/Austria, 16-18 September 2015, pp. 399-406.
2014/15
Dierichs, K., Menges, A.: 2015, Simulation of Aggregate Structures in Architecture: Distinct-Element Modeling of Synthetic Non-Convex Granulates, in Block, P., Knippers, J., Mitra, N., Wang, W. (eds.): Advances in Architectural Geometry 2014, Springer, Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London, pp. 1-13. (ISBN: 978-3-319-11417-0 (Print) 978-3-319-11418-7)
2013
Dierichs, K., Menges, A.: 2013, Aggregate Architecture: Simulation Models for Synthetic Non-convex Granulates, in Adaptive Architecture, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) Waterloo/Buffalo/Nottingham, pp. 301-310.
Dierichs, K., Schwinn, T., Menges, A.: 2013, Robotic Pouring of Aggregate Structures – Responsive Motion Planning Strategies for Online Robot Control of Granular Pouring Processes with Synthetic Macro-Scale Particles, in Brell Cokcan, S., Braumann, J. (eds.), Proceedings of the Robots in Architecture Conference 2012, TU Vienna, Springer, Vienna, pp. 196-205. (ISBN 978-3709114643)
2012
Dierichs, K., Menges, A.: 2012, Functionally Graded Aggregate Structures: Digital Additive Manufacturing with Designed Granulates, in Synthetic Digital Ecologies, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), San Francisco, pp. 295-304.
Dierichs, K., Menges, A.: 2012, Material and Machine Computation of Designed Granular Matter: Rigid-Body Dynamics Simulations as a Design Tool for Robotically-Poured Aggregate Structures Consisting of Polygonal Concave Particles, in Achten, H., Pavlicek, J., Hulin, J., Matejdan, D. (eds.), Digital Physicality – Proceedings of the 30th eCAADe Conference, Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Architecture (Czech Republic) 12-14 September 2012, pp. 711-719. (ISBN 978-9-4912070-3-7)
Dierichs, K., Menges, A.: 2012, Aggregate Architectures, Observing and Designing with Changeable Material Systems in Architecture, in Costa, X., Thorne, M. (eds), Change, Architecture, Education, Practices – Proceedings of the International ACSA Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 20-22 June 2012, pp. 463-468. (ISBN 978-0-935502-83-1)
Dierichs, K., Menges, A.: 2012, Material und Machine Computation als Grundlage Experimenteller Ästhetik in der Aggregat Architektur, in Kongress-Akten des VIII. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Ästhetik 2011, www.dgae.de/kongress-akten.html.
2011
Krieg, O., Dierichs, K., Reichert, S., Schwinn, T., Menges, A.: 2011, Performative architectural morphology: Finger-joined plate structures integrating robotic manufacturing, biological principles and location-specific requirements, in Gengnagel, C., Kilian, A., Palz, N. and Scheurer, F. (eds.), Computational Design Modeling, Proceedings of the Design Modeling Symposium Berlin, Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg, pp. 259-266. (ISBN: 978-3642234347)
Krieg, O., Dierichs, K., Reichert, S., Schwinn, T., Menges, A.: 2011, Performative architectural morphology: Robotically manufactured biomimetic finger-joined plate structures, in Proceedings of the 29th eCAADE Conference, Ljubljana (Slovenia) 21-24 September 2011, pp. 573-580. (ISBN 978-9491207013)
Dierichs, K., Fleissner, F., Menges, A.: 2011, Interrelation of experiment and simulation in the development of Aggregate Architectures, in Digital Proceedings of the International Symposion on Algorithmic Design for Architecture and Urban Design (ALGODE) in Tokyo (Japan), 14-16 March 2011.
2010
Dierichs, K., Menges, A.: 2010, Material Computation in Architectural Aggregate Systems, in Life In:Formation: On Responsive Information and Variations in Architecture, Proceedings of the 30th Conference of the Association For Computer Aided Design In Architecture (ACADIA), New York City, pp. 372-78.
Dierichs, K., Menges, A.: 2010, Natural Aggregation Processes as Models for Architectural Material Systems, in Proceedings of the Design and Nature Conference 2010, Pisa, Italy, Southampton, WIT, pp. 17-27. (ISBN: 978-1845644543)
PATENTS
2013
Dierichs, K., Menges, A., Schwinn, T.: 2013, Herstellung architektonischer Strukturen aus Aggregaten konkaver Gebilde, German Patent No. 10 2012 100 334.3, Filed 16.01.2012.
2010
Dierichs, K.: 2010, Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Formkörpers, German Patent No. 10 2008 049 408, Filed 29.09.2008.
LECTURES
2022
Shape-changing particles in designed granular materials, Talk at the CurvoBio 2022 Workshop, Harnack House, Berlin, 26 August 2022
Self-folding Particles as Architectural Construction Materials, Panel
Presentation, INCOSE NWSG IW 2022, Folding in Natural Systems and Design,
INCOSE, San Diego, Virtual, 29.01.2022
2021
Designing Matter: Granular Architectures, Lecture at Lecture Series, hallo biologie # 1, a CyPhyLab lecture series, CyPhyLab, Technische Universität Berlin, Virtual, 09.06.2021
2019
Programming Matter: Designed Granular Materials for Architectural Construction, MSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, 18.09.2019
Designed Granular Materials in Architecture, Sino-German Symposium on Granular ‘Phase Transitions’, Kloster Banz, Bad Staffelstein, 16.04.2019
2018
Designed Granular Materials, ICD, Stuttgart, 23.01.2018
2016
Aggregat Architektur, AFFSpace, Berne, 24.11.2016
An Artificial World – Fusing the Computational and the Physical in Architecture, A Menges K Dierichs, Domaine de Boisbuchet, Lessac, 19.08.2016
2015
Granular Morphologies, AD Material Synthesis Symposium, German Architecture Museum, Frankfurt am Main, 30.10.2015 Modelling Aggregate Behaviour,
Design Modelling Symposium Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 01.10.2015
Designed Granular Matter – Aggregate Architecture, Designer Matter Workshop, AMOLF, Amsterdam, 24.06.2015
2014
Simulation of Aggregate Structures in Architecture: Distinct-Element Modeling of Synthetic Non-Convex Granulates, AAG Conference, London, 18.09.2014
2013
Informed Matter – Aggregate Structures, Design and Research Lecture Series, KTH Stockholm, 05.11.2013
Simulation Models for Synthetic Non-convex Granulates, ACADIA Conference, Waterloo, Buffalo, Nottingham, 26.10.2013
2012
Robotic Pouring of Aggregate Structures – Responsive Motion-Planning Strategies for Online Robot-Control of Granular Pouring Processes with Synthetic Macro-Scale Particles, Robots in Architecture Conference 2012, Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, 17.12.2012
Designed Granular Matter: Non-Convex Particle Models for Aggregate Architectures, Fluidity Adaptability Rigidity Conference, University of Chicago, Chicago, 26.10.2012
Functionally Graded Aggregate Structures – Digital Additive Manufacturing with Designed Granulates, ACADIA Conference 2012, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, 20.10.2012
Material and Machine Computation of Designed Granular Matter: Rigid-Body Dynamics Simulations as a Design Tool for Robotically-Poured Aggregate Structures Consisting of Polygonal Concave Particles, ECAADE Conference 2012, Czech Technical University Prague, Prague, 14.09.2012
Aggregate Architectures, Observing and Designing with Changeable Material Systems in Architecture, ACSA International Conference 2012, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, 22.06.2012
Aggregate Architecture, AD Material Computation Symposium, German Architecture Museum, Frankfurt am Main, 05.06.2012
2011
Performative Architectural Morphology: Finger-Joined Plate Structures Integrating Robotic Manufacturing, Biological Principles and Location-Specific Requirements, Design Modelling Symposium Berlin 2011, University of the Arts Berlin, Berlin, 12.10.2011
Material und Machine Computation als Grundlage Experimenteller Ästhetik in der Aggregat Architektur, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Aesthetik Kongress, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 07.10.2011
Performative Architectural Morphology: Robotically Manufactured Biomimetic Finger-Joined Plate Structures, ECAADE Conference 2011, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, 22.09.2011
Interrelation of Experiment and Simulation in the Development of Aggregate Architectures, ALGODE Conference 2011, Online Lecture, Stuttgart/Tokyo,14.11.2011
2010
Material Computation in Architectural Aggregate Systems, ACADIA Conference 2010, Cooper Union, New York, 24.10.2010
Natural Aggregation Processes as Models for Architectural Material Systems, Design and Nature Conference, University of Pisa, Pisa, 28.06.2010
Induktive Materialprozesse, Bern University of the Arts, Bern, 26.03.2010
2009
Aggregations – Geomorphodynamic Microclimates, Ecobuild Symposium, Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, 06.03.2009
EXHIBITIONS
2021
Hyundai Motor Studio
“Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine”, ICD Aggregate Column 2017
Karola Dierichs, Achim Menges
South Korea, 03.08.2021 – 31.10.2021,
2020/21
Neues Museum Biel
“Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine”, ICD Aggregate Column 2017
Karola Dierichs, Achim Menges
Switzerland, 26.09.2020 – 03.01.2021
2019/20
V&A Dundee
“Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine”, ICD Aggregate Column 2017
Karola Dierichs, Achim Menges
Scotland, 02.11.2019 – 09.02.2020
2019
El Museo San Telmo
“Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine”, ICD Aggregate Column 2017
Karola Dierichs, Achim Menges
Spain, 22.06.2019 – 29.09.2019
2018
Gewerbemuseum Winterthur
“Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine”, ICD Aggregate Column 2017
Karola Dierichs, Achim Menges
Switzerland, 27.05.2018 – 04.11.2018
2017
Design Society
“Minding the Digital”, ICD Aggregate Wall 2017
Karola Dierichs, Achim Menges
China, 02.12.2017 – 03.06.2018Design museum Gent
“Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine”, ICD Aggregate Column 2017
Karola Dierichs, Achim Menges
Belgium, 27.10.2017 – 15.04.2018MAK
“Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine”, ICD Aggregate Column 2017
Karola Dierichs, Achim Menges
Austria, 21.06.2017 – 01.10.2017Vitra Design Museum
“Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine”, ICD Aggregate Column 2017
Karola Dierichs, Achim Menges
Germany, 11.02.2017 – 14.05.2017
2013
M:AI Museum für Architektur und Ingenieurskunst
“Anything goes!: Die neue Lust am Material”
Project Team ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2010
Germany, 07.11.2013 – 15.12.2013FRAC Centre Orleans
“ArchiLab 2013: Naturalizing Architecture”
Project Team ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2010
France, 14.09.2013 – 02.02.2014
2012
Gewerbemuseum Winterthur
“Wood Loop”
Project Team ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2010
Switzerland, 14.09.-21.10.2012Mies van der Rohe Award 2011 Travelling Exhibition
Mies van der Rohe Award 2011
Project Team ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion Team 2010
2011
Mies van der Rohe Award 2011 Travelling Exhibition
Mies van der Rohe Award 2011
Project Team ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion Team 2010Architectural Association School of Architecture
“Net Works”
Project Team ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2010
United Kingdom, 19.11.-14.12.2011
2005
Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (NAi)
“Architecture Biennale Rotterdam: Flow – Flood-Resistant Housing Prototype II”
Karola Dierichs
The Netherlands, 27.05.-21.08.2005Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (NAi)
“Architecture Biennale Rotterdam: Flow – Flood-Resistant Housing Prototype I”
Karola Dierichs
The Netherlands, 27.05.-21.08.2005
AWARDS
2019
materialPREIS 2019
Anerkennung Studie & Vision
Karola Dierichs, Achim Menges, ICD Project Team
2014
International Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction 2014
Acknowledgement Award Region Europe
Karola Dierichs, Achim Menges
2011
Mies van der Rohe Award 2011
Shortlist
Project Team ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2010DETAIL Prize 2011
Category Research
Project Team ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2010German Timber Construction Award 2011
Honourable Mention
Project Team ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2010
2010
Lightweight Construction Award 2010
Winner
Project Team ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2010
2005
International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam
Student Award
Project Team Masterclass Greg Lynn
1997
Architectural Association 150th Anniversary Competition
First Prize
Project Team Diploma Unit 4