Dr.
Ilmar
Hurkxkens
Alumni
Ilmar Hurkxkens was previously an Associated Postdoc researcher at NCCR Digital Fabrication investigating the architectural potential of robotic landscape fabrication. He studied architecture at TUDelft graduating with an honorable mention in 2009. In 2013 he received the Young Researcher Award at the international conference Thinking the Contemporary Landscape in Herrenhausen, Germany. He was previously the coordinator of the DesignLab, research associate, and team member of the Landscape Visualization and Modeling Lab at the Chair of Landscape Architecture of Prof. Christophe Girot. Ilmar completed his PhD in 2020 and was nominated for the ETH Medal for his dissertation "Robotic Landscapes". Since his departure from ETH, he is now a Lecturer at TU Delft, and works as Head of Geographic Design at Boskalis.
Work Topic
Ilmar Hurkxkens explores the the form and processes of natural granular materials using advanced landscape surveying, modelling, and fabrication techniques. His research is focused on developing the architectural potentials for on-site robotic construction by developing computational terrain modeling tools and dynamic design methodologies.
Role in the NCCR Digital Fabrication
Alumni: Postdoctoral Researcher
Current position
Head - Geographic Design, BoskalisNCCR publications
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Robotic Landscapes—Designing the Unfinished (2021)
- Date: 01.01.2021
- Authors: Prof. Christophe Girot, Dana Cupkova, Fujan Fahmi, Mathias Bernhard, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Francesca Hughes, Dr. Ilmar Hurkxkens, Prof. Dr. Marco Hutter, Dr. Dominic Jud, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Benedikt Kowalewski, Jesus Medina, Dr. Ammar Mirjan
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Robotic Landscapes: Topological Approaches to Terrain, Design, and Fabrication (2020)
- Date: 01.01.2020
- Authors: Dr. Ilmar Hurkxkens
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Informing Topology: Performative Landscapes with Rapid Mass Movement Simulation (2020)
- Date: 01.01.2020
- Authors: Dr. Ilmar Hurkxkens, Benedikt Kowalewski, Prof. Christophe Girot
- Event: 21th International Conference on Digital Landscape Architecture (DLA2020)
- Notes: Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the conference was conducted virtually.
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Computational Terrain Modeling with Distance Functions for Large Scale Landscape Design (2019)
- Date: 16.05.2019
- Authors: Dr. Ilmar Hurkxkens, Mathias Bernhard
- Event: 20th Annual International Digital Landscape Architecture Conference (DLA 2019)
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Robotic Landscapes: Designing Formation Processes for Large Scale Autonomous Earth Moving (2019)
- Date: 01.01.2019
- Authors: Dr. Ilmar Hurkxkens, Mirjan Ammar, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Christophe Girot
- Event: Design Modelling Symposium, Impact: Design with All Senses
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Robotic Landscapes — Nature, Computation, and the Design Space of Autonomous Terrain Modeling (2018)
- Date: 01.06.2018
- Authors: Prof. Christophe Girot, Dr. Ilmar Hurkxkens
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Robotic Landscapes. Developing Computational Design Tools towards Autonomous Terrain Modeling (2017)
- Date: 01.01.2017
- Authors: Dr. Ilmar Hurkxkens, Prof. Christophe Girot, Prof. Dr. Marco Hutter
- Event: 37th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)