Dr.-Ing. Samim Mehdizadeh M.Sc.
Research group leader
Postdoc Research Associate
t: (0531)391-3567
samim.mehdizadeh(at)tu-braunschweig.de
Since 2025: Postdoc senior Research associate at ITE for Digital Baufabrikation
2024-2025: Junior Professor for ‘digital methods in architectural design’ at School of architecture, Sarland University of applied sciences
2024: PhD. at TU Darmstadt, “RotoForm, Robotic Sequential Casting; Toward Material System and Material Programming in Architecture”, Prof. Dr. Oliver Tessmann, Prof. Dr. Anna-Maria Meister.
2018-2024: Research associate at digital design Unit, Prof. Dr. Oliver Tessman, department of architecture, TU Darmstadt
2018: Master of Science in department of architecture, TU Darmstadt
2016-2018: Computational designer at Menges Scheffler Architekten of Prof. Achim Menges, Frankfurt a.m.
2016: Computational structure designer at office for structural Design, o-s-d GmbH, Frankfurt a.M.
2015: Bachelor of Science, Azad University Tehran, Iran
2018: Conference Best Research Poster Award, Research Project ROTOFORM at International Digital Concerta Conference 2018, ETH Zürich
2018: Concrete Design Competition, 2017- 2018, Tactility
2017: First Prize by Heinz-Stillger-Preis 2017 for Best Research Project, Departement of Architecture, TU Darmstadt
Mehdizadeh, S. RotoForm, Robotic Sequential Casting: Toward Material System and Material Programming in Architecture (Doctoral dissertation, Technische Universität Darmstadt). https://doi.org/10.26083/tuprints-00029595
Mehdizadeh S., Wüst P., Sysoyeva N., Tessmann O., Light-weight Hollow Additive Manufacturingat ‘AM Perspectives’ II edited by Ulrich Knaack, Alexander Wolf
Wüst P., Spiehl D., Mehdizadeh S., Tessmann O., Andreas Blaeser, Fabrication of Variable Intrinsically Hollow Structures Through Blow Extrusion 3D Printing
Tessmann, O., Eschenbach, M., Wagner, A.-K., Kuhn, C., & Mehdizadeh, S. (2025). Repenser la permanence. In S. Berthier & E. Madec (Eds.), Construire hors-site: Méthodes – Outils – Retours d’expériences (Chap. 15). Paris: Éditions du Moniteur.
Mehdizadeh S., Wüst P., Sysoyeva N., Spiehl D., Blaeser A., Tessmann O., Multi-Material hollow strands by Blow Extrusion (BX) 3D Printing; BE-AM symposium (2024)
The Augmented Corbel (Re-) Assembly: An Interactive Design Framework for Augmented Assembly of Self-balancing Masonry Through Optimized Weight Distribution Inside Hollow Blocks S Mehdizadeh, J Schäfer, O Tessmann Design Modelling Symposium Berlin, 558-570
Mehdizadeh S.; Reversible rotational interlockings, A computational method for interlocking structural elements. in Proceedings of “Innovation: from material to architecture” Conference tribute to Maurizio Brocato (2024).
Mehdizadeh, S., & Tessmann, O. (2024). Hollow-Characters: Robotically programmed matter for kinetic behavior and guided self-assembly. In RobArch 2024: Beyond Optimization.
Mehdizadeh, S. and Tessmann, O., 2023. Roll-Locks: A Fabrication to Self-Assembly Design-Framework for Reusable Discrete Concrete Elements. Advances in Architectural Geometry 2023, p.151. Edited by Kathrin Dörfler, Jan Knippers, Achim Menges, Stefana Parascho, Helmut Pottmann, Thomas Wortmann (Eds.) DOI doi.org/10.1515/9783111162683
Mehdizadeh, S. and Tessmann, O., 2023, Animate Concrete: Materialization of Concrete Element Kinetic Assemblies. In The International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (pp. 395-407). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
Mehdizadeh, S., Zimmermann, A. and Tessmann, O., 2022. RotoColumn. In Design Modelling Symposium Berlin (pp. 476-486). Springer, Cham. Editors: C. Gangnagel O.Baverel, J. Wurms, M. Ramsgaard Thomsen, M. Popesco, G. Betti.
Tessmann, O. and Mehdizadeh, S., 2019, September. Hollow-Crete. In Design Modelling Symposium Berlin (pp. 474-486). Springer, Cham.
Tessmann, O. and Mehdizadeh, S., 2019, April. Rotoform: realization of hollow construction elements through roto-forming with hyper-elastic membrane formwork. (pp. 1-7). In Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design Editors: C.Gangnagel, O.Baverel, J. Burry, M. Ramsgaard Thomsen, S. Weinzierl
Moshaver, S., Mehdizadeh, S. 2013, Jun. Implementing inclusionary zoning into Canada’s affordable housing market. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Architecture, Athens, Greece.