Stylianos Dritsas

Stylianos Dritsas is an Assistant Professor in the department of Architecture and Sustainable Design at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, where he established the Digital Design and Fabrication Laboratory. His research interests in digital technologies investigate how contemporary computer-controlled methods of production affect upstream the way we think and create design. Due to its technological nature his research work is integrally cross-disciplinary, requiring collaboration between architecture, engineering and the sciences. His current research is on sustainable methods for large-scale manufacturing using natural biological materials in collaboration with faculty of material science. Past theoretical and applied research work in academia and industry resulted in numerous publications in architectural and engineering conferences and journals as well as awards in research and education. Prior to SUTD, he was an Associate Principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates in London and taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, USA, Architectural Association in London, UK and Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is a registered Architect, ARB/UK and Architect/Engineer, TEE/Greece.

Education

• MSc. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2002 — 2004)
• Dipl. Arch. Eng. National Technical University of Athens (1996 — 2002)

Companies

• Associate Head of Pillar (Education) Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) (2020)
• Associate Professor Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) (2019)
• Assistant Professor Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) (2012 — 2019)
• Visiting Lecturer Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2018 — 2018)
• Research Scientist Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) (2011 — 2012)
• Associate Principal Kohn Pedersen Fox (2005 — 2010)
• Visiting Professor Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (2009 — 2009)
• EmTech Studio Tutor Architectural Association (2008 — 2009)
• Research Fellow MIT (2004 — 2005)

Publications

• Dritsas, S., Vijay, Y., Halim, S., Teo, R., Sanadyia, N., Fernandez, J. (2020) Cellulosic Biocomposites for Sustainable Manufacturing, Fabricate 2020, UCL Press.
• Sanandiya, N.D., Ottenheim, C., Phua, J.W. Caligiani, A., Dritsas, S. and Fernandez, J. (2020) Circular manufacturing of chitinous bio-composites via bioconversion of urban refuse, Scientific Reports, 10, 4632.
• Dritsas, S., Vijay, Y., Halim, E.P.S., Teo, R., Sanandya, N. and Fernandez, J. (2019) Additive Manufacturing with Natural Composites, Proceedings of the Association for Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, Intelligent and Informed, Wellington, New Zealand.
• Teo, E., Ratchakitprakarn, P., Pang, Y. J., Low, R., Yu, X. and Dritsas, S. (2019) Stereolithography with Randomized Aggregates, Proceedings of the Association for Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, Intelligent and Informed, Wellington, New Zealand.
• Ng, J., Ho, S., Soh, J. Y., Ng, T. and Dritsas, S. (2019) Digital Fabrication of Lightweight Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Proceedings of the Association for Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, Intelligent and Informed, Wellington, New Zealand.
• Vijay, Y., Sanadiya, G.N., Dritsas, S. and Fernandez, J. (2019) Control of Process Settings for Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing with Sustainable Natural Composites, Journal of Mechanical Design, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Dritsas, S., Halim, E.P.S., Vijay, Y., Sanandya, G.N. and Fernandez, G. J. (2018) Digital Fabrication with Natural Composites, Journal of Construction Robotics, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
• Dritsas, S., Vijay, Y., Dimopoulou, M., Sanandiya, N. and Fernandez, J. (2018) An Additive and Subtractive Process for Manufacturing with Natural Composites, Proceedings of Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
• Chee R.W.S., Tan W.L., Goh W.H., Amtsberg F. and Dritsas S. (2018), Concrete Fabrication by Digitally Controlled Injection, Proceedings of Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
• Sanadiya, N., Dimopoulou, M., Vijay, Y., Dritsas, S. and Fernandez, J. (2018)Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing with Bioinspired Cellulosic Materials, Scientific Reports, Springer Nature Limited.
• Chen, Y., Xia, T., Koh, J.L., Goh, Y.Q. and Dritsas, S. (2018) Form-Finding with Robotics: Rapid and Flexible Fabrication of Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete Panels using Thermoformed Molds (In-Print), Journal of Computational Design and Engineering, Elsevier B.V.
• Dritsas, S. and Soh, G.S. (2018) Building Robotics Design for Construction Design considerations and principles for mobile systems, Journal of Construction Robotics, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
• Vijay, Y., Sanadiya, G.N., Dritsas, S. and Fernandez, J. (2018) Control of Process Settings for Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing with Sustainable Natural Composites, International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Quebec, Canada.
• Chee, R., Tan, WL, Goh, H., Amtsberg, F. and Dritsas, S. (2018) Locally Differentiated Concrete by Digitally Controlled Material Injection, Proceedings of the Association for Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, Learning, Prototyping and Adapting, Beijing, China.
• Teh, P., Ng, C., Leung, CK., Amtsberg, F. and Dritsas, S. (2018) Robotic Fabrication of Lightweight Surface Assemblies by Parametric Delamination of Polyurethane-Fabric Components, Proceedings of the Association for Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia Learning, Prototyping and Adapting, Beijing, China.
• Dritsas, S., Chen, L. and Sass, L. (2017) Small 3D Printers / Large Scale Artifacts: Computation for Automated Spatial Lattice Design-to-Fabrication with Low Cost Linear Elements and 3D Printed Nodes, Proceedings of the Association for Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, Protocols, Flows, and Glitches, Suzhou, China.
• Xia, T., Chen, Y., Koh, J.L., Goh, Y.Q. and Dritsas, S. (2017) Form-Finding with Robotics: Fusing Physical Simulation and Digital Fabrication, Proceedings of the Association for Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, Protocols, Flows, and Glitches, Suzhou, China.
• Tan, R., Sia, C.K., Tee, Y.K., Koh, K. and Dritsas, S. (2017) Developing Composite Wood for 3D Printing, Proceedings of the Association for Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, Protocols, Flows, and Glitches, Suzhou, China.
• Wang, S., Dritsas, S., Morel, P. and Ho., K. (2017) Clay Robotics: A Hybrid 3D Printing Casting Process, Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Smart Manufacturing, Challenges for Technology Innovation: An Agenda for the Future. CRC Press London, UK.
• Pan, W., Chen, L. and Dritsas, S. (2016) Pick-and-Place Process Sequencing for Transformation of Rasterized 3D Structures, Automation in Construction Journal, Elsevier B.V.