A new research project by the KG BauKo Institute

In the summer semester of 2025, the Institute for Structural Design and Building Construction (KGBauko), in close cooperation with Sika Germany, the Riedel Bau Group, and Staikos 3D, launched a groundbreaking project in the field of 3D concrete printing (3DCP). The aim is to develop and realize a topology-optimized concrete ceiling with a span of 5 x 5 meters and a large cantilever, whose formwork is manufactured entirely using 3D printing.

To all students: We are again collecting promotional material for our modules in the subject elective area, which we are compiling into a web page for you.

A report on www.handwerkundbau.at

The topic of safety glass seems relevant: Many glass manufacturers are strengthening their laminated safety glass production, developing thinner laminates to save raw materials, energy and weight or advancing to the highest safety classes. Sustainability is now also a competitive advantage in economic terms. Marc Everling has researched what is being done in the field of safety glass and its recycling.

Since May, we, Ann-Kathrin, Selina, Diep and Sina, have been the department's new Equal Opportunities Officers. Our aim is to represent the interests of women of all status groups and actively contribute to equality in the department.

A look back at Research Day on September 9, 2025

On September 9, the department invited its researchers to an exchange of ideas. For one day, lectures, poster sessions and discussions focused on the theme of Climate Change Mitigation in Built Environment.

Formnext fair in Frankfurt on November 19th, 2025

At its annual symposium, the BE-AM network gathers professionals in 3D printing and additive manufacturing from architecture, engineering, industry, design and academia. For the past years, BE-AM grew to be a vivid platform to disseminate cutting edge technology, design and ideas to a broad, international audience. Once again, the Digital Design Unit & the Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design from the Technical University of Darmstadt are happy to gather experts from these fields to the Formnext fair in Frankfurt on November 19th, 2025. .

Press review: an article on tu-darmstadt.de

Dr.-Ing. Katharina Bensing from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at TU Darmstadt has been awarded the KlarText Prize for Science Communication by the Klaus Tschira Foundation.

Working group at ISM+D is researching a recyclable tiny house. A contribution from TU Darmstadt

There is currently a shortage of affordable and readily available living space in Germany. The demand for affordable, sustainable housing has been growing for years and cannot be met by established construction methods. Mini houses – so-called tiny houses – made of paper could make an important contribution to remedying this shortage. They can be designed flexibly, but are particularly time and cost efficient and environmentally friendly to produce.

New Seed Fund initiative launched in 2025

A new online exchange module is strengthening teaching collaboration across seven Unite! universities – with a focus on sustainable mobility in climate-resilient cities. Funded through the Unite! Seed Fund for Teaching and Learning, the Unite! Sustainable Mobility Forum (U!SMF) launched in the summer semester of 2025 and now brings together around 120 master’s students from the Unite! alliance and the EIT Urban Mobility Master School.

This year's hydraulic engineering and geodesy field trip took the student excursion group to the German-French border region from July 28 to August 1, 2025.