David Correa, Dr.-Ing., M.Arch, B.Arch. Sci

David Correa's research looks at biological structures and processes as a source of insight for the development of new fabrication processes and advanced materials. The research aims at implementing state of the art digital fabrication tools (robotic manipulators, 3D printers and CNC milling) to develop innovative and high-performance design solutions for industrial and architectural applications. Current inter-disciplinary research initiatives include weather responsive shape active facade components (in collaboration with BASF and Plant Biomechanics group at Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg), large scale bio-based cellulose 3D printing (University of British Columbia) and advanced robotic fabrication of timber structures (Centre for Advanced Wood Processing and School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture, UBC). David is a Design Partner at llLab, an experimental design collaboration based in Shanghai. David completed his Bachelor of Architectural Sciences at Toronto Metropolitan University, his Masters of Architecture at the University of Calgary and his Doctorate of Engineering at the University of Stuttgart. David initiated and led the research field of Bio-inspired 3D Printed Programmable Material Systems at the ICD and he was program coordinator for the Integrated Technologies and Architectural Design Research (ITECH MSc) at the University of Stuttgart (2013-15). David has exhibited his work internationally, winning over 35 architecture and product design awards.

Core teaching areas include Bio-inspired Design, Advanced Manufacturing, Architectural Visualization & Analysis and Programmable Materials for Architecture.

• Bio-inspired design, Self-assembly and self-forming Materials, 4D printing, Robotic fabrication, Material architectures,

• ARCH 193 - Design Studio
  • Taught in 2022, 2023
• ARCH 292 - Design Studio
  • Taught in 2018, 2019
• ARCH 313 - Advanced Visual & Analysis
  • Taught in 2018, 2019
• ARCH 393 - Option Design Studio
  • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• ARCH 484 - Architectural Research
  • Taught in 2020, 2022
• ARCH 684 - Special Topics in Architecture
  • Taught in 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
• ARCH 690 - Design Studio
  • Taught in 2021
• ARCH 693 - Thesis Research & Design Studio II
  • Taught in 2018, 2019

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

• Fruleux, Thomas; Castro, Mickaël; Correa, David; Wang, Kui; Matsuzaki, Ryosuke; Le Duigou, Antoine (2022): Geometric limitations of 3D printed continuous flax-fiber reinforced biocomposites cellular lattice structures. In Composites Part C: Open Access, p. 100313. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomc.2022.100313.
• Correa, David (2022): 4D printed hygroscopic programmable material architectures. Stuttgart: Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart (Research reports / Institute for Computational Design and Construction, 9). Available online at https://elib.uni-stuttgart.de/handle/11682/12393.
• Le Duigou, Antoine; Correa, David (2022): 4D printing of natural fiber composite. In : Smart Materials in Additive Manufacturing, Volume 1 : 4D Printing Principles and Fabrication: Elsevier, pp. 297–333.
• Wu, Y. M.; Kenny, A.; Kim, I.; Correa, D. (2022): Embedding ornament: Custom nozzle design in 3-D clay printing. In Paulo J.S. Cruz, Marie Frier Hvejsel (Eds.): Structures and Architecture A Viable Urban Perspective? 1st ed. London: CRC Press, pp. 1077–1086.
• Meyboom, A.; Correa, D. (2022): The path to future wood: Component based structural assembly systems. In Paulo J.S. Cruz, Marie Frier Hvejsel (Eds.): Structures and Architecture A Viable Urban Perspective? 1st ed. London: CRC Press, pp. 303–310.
• Le Duigou, Antoine and Correa, David and Ueda, Masahito and Matsuzaki, Ryosuke and Castro, Mickael, A review of 3D and 4D printing of natural fibre biocomposites, Materials \\& Design, , 2020
• Poppinga, Simon and Correa, David and Bruchmann, Bernd and Menges, Achim and Speck, Thomas, Corrigendum to: Plant movements as concept generators for the development of biomimetic compliant mechanisms, Integrative and Comparative Biology, , 2020
• Correa, David and Poppinga, Simon and Mylo, Max D. and Westermeier, Anna S. and Bruchmann, Bernd and Menges, Achim and Speck, Thomas, 4D pine scale: biomimetic 4D printed autonomous scale and flap structures capable of multi-phase movement, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, , 2020
• Poppinga, Simon and Correa, David and Bruchmann, Bernd and Menges, Achim and Speck, Thomas, Plant movements as concept generators for the development of biomimetic compliant mechanisms, Integrative and comparative biology, 886, 2020
• Dierichs, Karola and Wood, Dylan and Correa, David and Menges, Achim, Smart Granular Materials: Prototypes for Hygroscopically Actuated Shape-Changing Particles, , , 2017
• Wood, Dylan Marx and Correa, David and Krieg, Oliver David and Menges, Achim, Material computation—4D timber construction: Towards building-scale hygroscopic actuated, self-constructing timber surfaces, International Journal of Architectural Computing, 49, 2016
• Zuluaga, David Correa and Menges, Achim, 3D printed hygroscopic programmable material systems, MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive, , 2015
• Reichert, Steffen and Menges, Achim and Correa, David, Meteorosensitive architecture: Biomimetic building skins based on materially embedded and hygroscopically enabled responsiveness, Computer-Aided Design, 50, 2015
• Correa, David and Papadopoulou, Athina and Guberan, Christophe and Jhaveri, Nynika and Reichert, Steffen and Menges, Achim and Tibbits, Skylar, 3D-printed wood: programming hygroscopic material transformations, 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, 106, 2015
• Correa, David and David Krieg, Oliver and Menges, Achim and Reichert, Steffen and Rinderspacher, Katja, HygroSkin: A prototype project for the development of a constructional and climate responsive architectural system based on the elastic and hygroscopic properties of wood, , , 2013
• Meyboom, AnnaLisa and Correa, David and Krieg, Oliver David, Stressed Skin Wood Surface Structures, ACADIA 19:UBIQUITY AND AUTONOMY, Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-578-59179-7, 470, 2019
• Augustin, Nicola and Correa, David, Developing Climate-responsive Envelopes with the Hygroscopic Motion of Wood Veneer, International Conference on Emerging Technologies In Architectural Design (ICETAD2019), 79, 2019
• Shi, Ji and Cho, Yesul and Taylor, Meghan and Correa, David, Guiding Instability - A craft-based approach for modular 3D clay printed masonry screen units, Proceedings of the 37th eCAADe and 23rd SIGraDi Conference, 477, 2019
• Correa, David and Meyboom, AnnaLisa and Krieg, Oliver David, Building Knowledge, 2019 Reynolds Symposium: Education by Design, , 2019
• Campbell, Sean and Correa, David and Wood, Dylan and Menges, Achim, Modular Mycelia: Scaling Fungal Growth for Architectural Assembly, 5th eCAADe Regional International Symposium, The Virtual and the Physical Between the representation of space and the making of space, 125, 2017
• Correa, David and Krieg, Oliver David and Meyboom, AnnaLisa, Beyond Form Definition: Material Informed Digital Fabrication in Timber Construction, Digital Wood Design: Innovative Techniques of Representation in Architectural Design, 61, 2019

• Architecture prof cited for bamboo project in China
• David Correa, James Clarke-Hicks and Isabel Ochoa to deliver keynote at BE-AM 2022
• Student and faculty project 'Hive' now on display