The Daniels Faculty would like to extend its congratulations to Assistant Professor Benjamin Dillenburger on being shortlisted to compete in MoMA P.S.1’s 2015 Young Architects Program (YAP). As the Architect’s Newspaper reported, “The program is considered one of the most prestigious showcases for emerging architects in North America.”

An architect and programmer who explores the use of algorithms and computation to design and fabricate architecture, Benjamin Dillenburger joined the Daniels Faculty in 2013. Recent projects include the construction of an algorithmic cupola-prototype in Taipei and the design of the first entirely 3D printed room for FRAC Centre in collaboration with M. Hansmeyer.

Watch Dillenburger talk about 3D printing, his guiding principle as an architect, and the best advice he’s ever received in the Daniels Faculty’s first 5Q4 Video.

Dillenburger has worked as a senior lecturer in the CAAD group at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology's architecture department in Zurich, where he was responsible for the computational-design classes of the postgraduate program. He holds a Master of Advanced Study degree from ETH Zurich and a Master of Architecture Degree of the Technical University Kaiserslautern. He is also director of the ETH spinoff-company KAISERSROT, an interdisciplinary consulting & design studio exploring the potential of computational design for architecture and urban planning.

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• Benjamin Dillenburger and Michael Hansmeyer design "The room with 260 million surfaces," the first 3D printed room