Form Follows Formulation

Design art methodology enables structures to be designed in the optimum way taking aesthetic and architectural perspectives into account. 

Mathematical shape optimisation methodology enables structures to be designed in the optimum way taking mechanical perspectives into account.

Form – Follows – Formulation

An open class examining this point of view will be held for students of all faculties as part of the 2019 Bauhaus Centenary.

The aim of the project is to draw on architectural and artistic perspectives to expand the current state of technology in the field of computer-aided form finding. This will be achieved jointly by students from various faculties. The class output should demonstrate that it is in principle possible to bring technical and artistic/creative subjects together, in accordance with the Bauhaus movement.

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Tom Lahmer
Director of the Institute of Structural Mechanics
Junior Professor of Stochastics and Optimization
Faculty of Civil Engineering

Contact
tom.lahmer[at]uni-weimar.de