Prof. Philippe Block (ETH Zürich) inaugurated as VUB Engineering Fellow

Prof. Philippe Block was inaugurated on June 21 2019 as VUB Engineering Fellow during the VUB Fellow Ceremony at the Palace of the Academies in Brussels.

Philippe is professor at the Institute of Technology in Architecture at ETH Zurich, where he co-directs the Block Research Group together with Dr. Tom Van Mele. In addition, Philippe is director of the prestigious Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) in Digital Fabrication, and founding partner of Ochsendorf DeJong & Block (ODB Engineering). Philippe is the first fellow nominated by the department of Architectural Engineering, with Prof. Lars De Laet as proximus.
For more information, check this article that was published in our yearbook 'ARCH jaarboek 2018-2019'.

We are proud to welcome Philippe as our very first VUB Fellow. Congratulations Philippe and looking forward to your ambassadorship the following years!