2023 Cavity Shell

Cavity Shell

Sequential Cast-in-Place Method to Create Compression-Only Structures with Ultra-Thin Additively Manufactured Formwork Assemblies

Bindlish, S., Marji, Z. M., & Aghaei Meibodi, M.

  • 2023
  • ACADIA
P-30

BioMatters

The Robotic 3D-Printed Biodegradable Wood-Based Formwork for Cast-in-Place Concrete Structures

Dayyem Khan, M., Varadharajan, T., Keller, Z. A., & Aghaei Meibodi, M.

  • 2023
  • ACADIA
Shell Wall

Beton aus dem Drucker

[Concrete from the printer]: The Shell Wall

Prof. Mania Aghaei Meibodi. CRADLE: Sustainable Design – Architektur, Bauen, Wohnen, 3, 56–57. Pfänder, W. (2023, March).

  • 2023
  • CRADLE
Artboard 1 (1)-19254

Robotic 3D Printing Multilayer Building Envelope

Geometric Design and Robotic Control Strategies

Aghaei Meibodi, M., McGee, W., & Bayramvand, A.

  • 2022
  • ACADIA
P-29

Large-scale Robotic 3D Printing of Plant Fibre and Bioplastic Composites

Klemmt, C., Aghaei Meibodi, M., Beaucage, G., & McGee, W.

  • 2022
  • eCAADe
Integrative Green Building Envelope 01

Integrative Green Building Envelope

Large Scale Robotic Additive Manufacturing

Juliette Zidek, Laurin Aman, Xinran Li, Jumaanah Alhashemi, Mania Aghaei Meibodi

  • 2022
  • ACADIA
P-31

Robotic Pellet Extrusion

3D Printing and Integral Computational Design

Aghaei Meibodi, M., Craney, R., & McGee, W.

  • 2021
  • ACADIA
Plastic-architecture-3D-building-envelopes

Plastic architecture

3D printing building envelopes

Aghaei Meibodi, M., & McGee, W.

  • 2021
  • Gradient
Min-Max 01

Min-Max

Reusable 3D Printed Formwork for Thin-shell Concrete Structures

Aghaei Meibodi, M., Odaglia, P., & Dillenburger, B.

  • 2021
  • CAADRIA
Additive Thermoplastic Formwork for Freeform Concrete Columns 02

Additive Thermoplastic Formwork for Freeform Concrete Columns

Aghaei Meibodi, M., Voltl, C., & Craney, R.

  • 2020
  • ACADIA
260A1964_w-19511

Bespoke Cast Facade

Design and Additive Manufacturing for Cast Aluminum Facade Elements

Aghaei Meibodi, M., Kladeftira, M., Kyttas, T., & Dillenburger, B.

  • 2019
  • ACADIA
Digital-Metal---TCT-NA-4

Digital metal: 3D printing sand mold to produce unimaginable and affordable cast metal parts in architecture

Aghaei Meibodi, M.

  • 2019
  • RuMoer
3D Printing Sand Molds for Casting Bespoke Metal Connections(1)

3D Printing Sand Molds for Casting Bespoke Metal Connections

Digital metal: Additive Manufacturing for Cast Metal Joints in Architecture

Aghaei Meibodi, M., Giesecke, R., & Dillenburger, B.

  • 2019
  • CAADRIA
Digital Metal 01

Digital Metal: Additive Manufacturing for Cast Metal Joints in Architecture

Aghaei Meibodi, M., Giesecke, R., & Dillenburger, B.

  • 2018
  • International Conference on 3D Construction Printing
612_Finished_DBT_ETH_NEST_Smart_Slab_Andrei_Jipa_596A6634-Pano-19558

3D-Printed Formwork for Prefabricated Concrete Slab

Jipa, A., Aghaei Meibodi, M., Giesecke, R., Shammas, D., Leschok, M., Bernhard, M., & Dillenburger, B.

  • 2018
  • International Conference on 3D Construction Printing
P-32

Smart Slab

Computational Design and Digital Fabrication of a Lightweight Concrete Slab

Aghaei Meibodi, M., Jipa, A., Giesecke, R., Shammas, D., Bernhard, M., Leschok, M., Graser, K., & Dillenburger, B.

  • 2018
  • ACADIA
Digital-Metal---TCT-NA-4

Digital metal: Am for casting metal parts in architecture

Aghaei Meibodi, M.
TCT Magazine, 4(4), 16–17.

  • 2018
  • TCT Magazine
P-37

Complex Architectural Elements From HPFRC and 3D Printed Sandstone

Ruffray, N., Bernhard, M., Jipa, A., Aghaei Meibodi, M., Montague de Taisne, N., Stutz, F., Wangler, T., Flatt, R. J., & Dillenburger, B.

  • 2017
  • RILEM International Symposium
Complex Architectural Elements From HPFRC and 3D Printed Sandstone 01

The Smart Takes from the Strong

3D Printing Stay-in-place Formwork for Concrete Slab Construction

Aghaei Meibodi, M., Bernhard, M., Jipa, A., & Dillenburger, B.

  • 2017
  • Fabricate
P-34

3D-Printed Stay-in-Place Formwork for Topologically Optimized Concrete Slabs

Jipa, A., Bernhard, M., Aghaei Meibodi, M., & Dillenburger, B.

  • 2016
  • TxA Emerging Design + Technology 2016
B-38

Generative Design Exploration:

Computation and Material Practice

Mania Aghaei Meibodi

  • 2016
  • Book
Formwork Performance

Formwork Performance – On Concrete/Formwork Interaction

Tessmann, O., & Aghaei Meibodi, M.

  • 2015
  • ISASS
Hy[perbolic] Par[aboloid]

Hy[perbolic] Par[aboloid]

Matter and Geometry in a Generative Dialogue

Aghaei Meibodi, M., & Tessmann, O.

  • 2014
  • ENHSA, EAAE International Conference
P-36

Architectural “Making” Modes in Relation to Prototype Notions

The Stripe Pavilion - Progression from a Bespoke to a Parametric-Algorithmic Mode

Aghaei Meibodi, M., & Aghaiemeybodi, H.

  • 2013
  • Design Modelling Symposium: Rethinking Prototyping
P-35

Symbiosis of Structural & Non-structural Properties in Building

Integrating Structural Behaviour in the Generative Computational Process Goes Beyond Instrumentality

Aghaei Meibodi, M., & Aghaiemeybodi, H.

  • 2012
  • SIGraDi

Publications in DART Laboratory

Digital Architecture Research and Technologies (DART) is a research laboratory within the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, founded in 2019 by Prof. Dr. Mania Aghaei Meibodi.  DART research streams focus on developing novel computational design, robotic and 3D printing construction technologies to enable creating lightweight struuctures with sustainable architecture and zero-waste construction. 

We are constantly looking into addressing pressing matters in the field of architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC).  The innovations are tailored to real-world construction constraints (such as speed, cost, and scale) and advance to address environmental and socio-economic challenges such as high CO₂ emission, excess waste, material scarcity, lack of skilled labor, housing shortages, and high energy use in buildings. We particularly look into how we can (1) reduce volume of material in structures by developing design and construction methods, (2) enable efficient construction by developing future smart manufacturing methods, (3) enhance design and fabrication through artificial intelligence and computational methods that optimize structures for performance and sustainability.

DART’s research sits at the intersection of architecture, engineering, computer science, robotics, materials science, and mathematics. Through cross-disciplinary collaborations and industry partnerships, the laboratory advances optimized structures, sustainable architecture, and zero-waste construction.