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Philippe Block

Philippe Block (born May 4, 1980) is a Belgian professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), structural engineer, architect, and researcher at the Block Research Group (BRG), entrepreneur and co-founder of Vaulted AG, and board member at the Holcim Group. He is known for his pioneering research and structural design of…

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Known for
Pioneering research and structural design of compression-only shell and vaulted structures in masonry and (unreinforced) concrete, combining computational methods and digital fa…
Education
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (MSc 2003), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (SMArchS 2005, PhD 2009)
Born
(1980-05-04) May 4, 1980 (age 46) Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Brussels, Belgium
Employer
ETH Zurich
Occupations
Professor, structural engineer, architect, researcher, entrepreneur, board member
Title
Professor

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Philippe Block

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related to Early life and education · 35
Philippe Block → Architectural Engineering, Architectural Studies, Architecture, BAEF, Belgian American Educational Foundation, Block, Civil Engineering, Dr Frank Mollaert, Equilibrium Systems, Exploring Three-Dimensional Equilibrium, Fellow, From, His, In, John Ochsendorf, Marijke Mollaert, Masonry Structure, Massachusetts Institute, Master, MIT
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Born · 1
Philippe Block → (1980-05-04) May 4, 1980 (age 46) Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Brussels, Belgium
Education · 1
Philippe Block → Vrije Universiteit Brussel (MSc 2003), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (SMArchS 2005, PhD 2009)
Employer · 1
Philippe Block → ETH Zurich
Known for · 1
Philippe Block → Pioneering research and structural design of compression-only shell and vaulted structures in masonry and (unreinforced) concrete, combining computational methods and digital fa…
Occupations · 1
Philippe Block → Professor, structural engineer, architect, researcher, entrepreneur, board member
Title · 1
Philippe Block → Professor
Website · 1
Philippe Block → https://brg.ethz.ch/

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Philippe BlockBorn(1980-05-04) May 4, 1980 (age 46) Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Brussels, Belgium1.00infobox
Philippe BlockEducationVrije Universiteit Brussel (MSc 2003), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (SMArchS 2005, PhD 2009)1.00infobox
Philippe BlockEmployerETH Zurich1.00infobox
Philippe BlockKnown forPioneering research and structural design of compression-only shell and vaulted structures in masonry and (unreinforced) concrete, combining computational methods and digital fa…1.00infobox
Philippe BlockOccupationsProfessor, structural engineer, architect, researcher, entrepreneur, board member1.00infobox
Philippe BlockTitleProfessor1.00infobox
Philippe BlockWebsitehttps://brg.ethz.ch/1.00infobox
Philippe Blockrelated to Early life and educationArchitectural Engineering0.60section
Philippe Blockrelated to Early life and educationCivil Engineering0.60section
Philippe Blockrelated to Early life and educationArchitecture0.60section
Philippe Blockrelated to Early life and educationVrije Universiteit Brussel0.60section
Philippe Blockrelated to Early life and educationVUB0.60section

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