Work Topic

Ilmar Hurkxkens explores the architectural potential of on-site robotic construction in terrain. His research is focused on dynamic design methodologies following topological methods in landscape architecture by developing computational terrain modeling tools and experimenting with dynamic construction processes.

Role in the NCCR Digital Fabrication

PhD Researcher

Affiliation

Chair of Landscape Architecture, ETH Zurich

Streams

• Construction Robotics

NCCR publications

• Informing Topology: Performative Landscapes with Rapid Mass Movement Simulation (2020)

  • Date: 01.01.2020
  • Authors: Ilmar Hurkxkens, Benedikt Kowalewski, Prof. Christophe Girot
  • Event: 21th International Conference on Digital Landscape Architecture (DLA2020) (virtual)

• Robotic Landscapes: Topological Approaches to Terrain, Design, and Fabrication (2020)

  • Date: 01.01.2020
  • Authors: Ilmar Hurkxkens

• Computational Terrain Modeling with Distance Functions for Large Scale Landscape Design (2019)

  • Date: 16.05.2019
  • Authors: Ilmar Hurkxkens, Mathias Bernhard
  • Event: Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture

• Robotic Landscapes: Designing Formation Processes for Large Scale Autonomous Earth Moving (2019)

  • Date: 01.01.2019
  • Authors: Ilmar Hurkxkens, Mirjan Ammar, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Christophe Girot
  • Event: Design Modelling Symposium, Impact: Design with All Senses

• Robotic Landscapes — Nature, Computation, and the Design Space of Autonomous Terrain Modeling (2018)

  • Date: 01.06.2018
  • Authors: Prof. Christophe Girot, Ilmar Hurkxkens

• Robotic Landscapes. Developing Computational Design Tools towards Autonomous Terrain Modeling (2017)

  • Date: 01.01.2017
  • Authors: Ilmar Hurkxkens, Prof. Christophe Girot, Prof. Dr. Marco Hutter
  • Event: 37th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)

Email

UQ.JUKY.UQLS@A3YTWTLHU@

External URL(s)

• Profile page at the Chair of Landscape Architecture, Prof. Girot