Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Delft University of Technology is the oldest and largest technical university of the Netherlands. Its Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment is one of the top 10 architecture schools in the world ranking as 4th in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015 and plays a key role in design-oriented and technology-driven research. It strongly collaborates with researchers from computer science, electrical engineering, and others within the framework of the Delft Robotics Institute.

Within the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment the Robotic Building group implements research focusing on physically built robotic environments and robotically supported building processes.

Henriette Bier is initiator and leader of the Robotic Building group at Architectural Engineering, TU Delft, associate professor of Digitally-driven Architecture and founding member of the Delft Robotics Institute. She regularly lectures and leads workshops internationally and results of her research have been published and presented in more than 120 journals, books, and exhibits.
Contact: h.h.bier@tudelft.nl

Veronika Laszlo moved to the Netherlands in 1987 and studied software engineering and artificial intelligence. She was working on many ICT projects for various companies involving tele-communications, networking, databases and web solutions. She joined Hyperbody as a programmer in 2008 and works on protoSPACE projects. Since 2014 she works on Robotic Building projects and co-manages the Robotic Building Lab.

Arwin Hidding is a designer and researcher. He has graduated Cum Laude from the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft and his project was nominated for the Archiprix. After his graduation he was involved in academic research and education in the Robotic Building Lab at TU Delft. The main topic of his research is creating 3d prints with programmable properties, by using different materials or geometries.

Former team members

Max Latour is researcher and tutor at the Robotic Building Lab at TU Delft. After studying at Eindhoven University of Technology and Tsinghua University he graduated at Delft University of Technology with a project that was nominated for Archiprix. His current research focuses mainly on 3D Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing and robotic milling.

Sina Mostafavi is a practicing architect, researcher, and educator with expertise in design computation and architectural robotics. Has practiced since 2007, he is the founder of studio SETUParchitecture. Since 2011 he is a PhD researcher at TU Delft and in 2013 he co-initiated Robotic Building lab at Architectural Engineering, TU Delft, where he is currently a senior researcher and lab manager. He is teaching design studios at Delft and Dessau Institute of Architecture. He has published and presented internationally such as in eCAADe, AA-London, ACADIA, Rob|Arch, Paris-Malaquais, and work by him are exhibited in multiple galleries such as V2 Rotterdam and Centre Pompidou.