Alexander Nikolas
Walzer
Alexander studied Architecture in Europe and Australia, holds a MSc (Dipl-Ing.) from TU Vienna and a BSc from LFU Innsbruck, Austria. He completed the MIT FabAcademy and holds a Professional Certificate of Digital Transformation by KTHx. From 2016 to 2019, Alex was a Research Assistant at in the NCCR Digital Fabrication at ETH Zurich working on the research project Mesh Mould following this he became a research fellow at RMIT and the IMCRC Design Robotics helping companies increase their global relevance through research-led technological innovation in manufacturing products, processes and services. Alexander is now engaged as a PhD researcher investigating Entrepreneurship and the potential of digitalization and automation in the AEC and AM sectors.
Work Topic
Entrepreneurship for Digital Fabrication and Robotics in Construction
Role in the NCCR Digital Fabrication
Affiliation
Project
Social, Economic and Organisational Impacts of Adopting DFAB
NCCR publications
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Beyond googly eyes: stakeholder perceptions of robots in construction (2023)
- Date: 01.01.2023
- Authors: Alexander Nikolas Walzer, Aniko Kahlert, Micha Baumann, Melanie Uhlmann, Dr. Lauren Vasey, Daniel M. Hall
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A Qualitative Technology Evaluation Scoreboard for Digital Fabrication in Construction (2021)
- Date: 01.11.2021
- Authors: Konrad Graser, Jens Juri Hunhevicz, Dr. René Jähne, Alexander Nikolas Walzer, Fabian Seiler, Roman Wüst, Prof. Dr. Daniel Hall
- Event: 38th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2021)
- Notes: Conference lecture held on November 4, 2021.
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- Date: 01.12.2019
- Authors: Prof. Dr. Kathrin Dörfler, Prof. Dr. Norman Hack, Dr. Timothy Sandy, Dr. Markus Giftthaler, Manuel Lussi, Alexander Nikolas Walzer, Prof. Dr. Jonas Buchli, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler
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- Date: 01.01.2019
- Authors: Nizar Taha, Alexander Nikolas Walzer, Jetana Ruangjun, Theophil Bürgin, Prof. Dr. Kathrin Dörfler, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler
- Event: 37th eCAADe + SIGraDi Conference: Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution (2019)
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Challenges in full scale filling of a digitally fabricated leaky formwork (2018)
- Date: 10.09.2018
- Authors: Hannes Heller, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Dr. Norman Hack, Alexander Nikolas Walzer, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
- Event: 1st RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2018)
- Notes: Poster presented on 10 September 2018.
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- Date: 01.05.2017
- Authors: Dr. Nitish Kumar, Prof. Dr. Norman Hack, Prof. Dr. Kathrin Dörfler, Alexander Nikolas Walzer, Gonzalo Javier Rey, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Jonas Buchli
- Event: International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2017)
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Mesh Mould: An On Site, Robotically Fabricated, Functional Formwork (2017)
- Date: 01.03.2017
- Authors: Prof. Dr. Norman Hack, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. Kathrin Dörfler, Dr. Nitish Kumar, Alexander Nikolas Walzer, Konrad Graser, Dr. Lex Reiter, Heinz Richner, Prof. Dr. Jonas Buchli, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler
- Event: Second Concrete Innovation Conference (2nd CIC)
- Notes: Presented on March 7, 2017. Conference paper only available online.