Curriculum Vitae


Dietrich Bollmann, Ph.D.

The University of Tokyo
Department of Architecture
Institute of Industrial Science (IIS)
4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Cw701
153-8505 Tokyo
Japan

Tel: +81(70)-5024-2267



Wadazuka House 202
Yuigahama 2-19-5
248-0014 Kamakura
Japan

Education

Ph.D.
Architecture, The University of Tokyo, 2012
"A Generative Approach to Architectural Form using Design Constraint Systems - Case Studies in Vernacular Compounds in Burkina Faso"
M.Sc.
(Dipl.-Ing.)
Computer Science, Berlin Institute of Technology, 2000
"A computational account of the morphology of the Japanese verb and its interactions with semantics"
B.Sc.
(Vordiplom)
Computer Science, Berlin Institute of Technology, 1997
"A model of the morphology of the Japanese verb with inheritance hierarchies and defaults"
M.Sc.
(Maîtrise)
Computational Linguistics, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), Paris, 1991
"Formal semantic and Montague Grammar"

Research Interests

  • Computational Design and Architectural Planning
  • Generative and Parametric Design
  • Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing
  • Architectural Geometry
  • Design Constraint Systems and Grammar-Based Generative Architectural Design
  • Computer-Aided Geometric Design
  • Optimization Strategies and Evolutionary Computation
  • Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge-Based Approaches to Architectural Planning and Design
  • Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality applied to Architecture

Publications

  • Bollmann, Dietrich (2012) Modelling Shape Languages with Type Constraint Systems, FORMA.
  • Bollmann, Dietrich and Bonfiglio, Alvaro (2013) Design Constraint Systems - A Generative Approach to Architecture, International Journal of Architectural Computing (IJAC).
Under Revision:
  • Bollmann, Dietrich and Bonfiglio, Alvaro: African Spaces - A Generative Model of African Vernacular Settlements in Burkina Faso.
  • Bollmann, Dietrich and Bonfiglio, Alvaro: Modelling Vernacular Architecture with Design Constraint Systems - A Generative Model of Traditional African Compounds in Burkina Faso.
  • Bollmann, Dietrich: From Language to Architecture: Modelling Architecture with Type Constraint Systems.
  • Bollmann, Dietrich: Modelling Shape Grammars as Type Constraint Systems.

Professional Experience

  • Design Constraint systems --- combining formal grammars and evolutionary computation for architectural design experimentation, postdoctoral research, The University of Tokyo, since 2012.
  • Electronic publishing and information design consultancy, research associate, Institute for Information Design Japan (IIDj), Tokyo, since 2010.
  • Research about the automatic generation of text layout for the world wide web and development of an XSL based generative layout system, Institute for Information Design Japan (IIDj), Tokyo, 2010 - 2011.
  • Design and development of a web-based social network (Zend Framework, PHP, Doctrine, MySQL, JavaScript, JQuery), Darren Software Development, Tokyo, 2009 - 2010.
  • Web design and programming, development of an browser-based file server (PHP, JavaScript, JQuery, Prototype, XHTML, CSS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Zend Framework), br@in, Tokyo, 2008 - 2009.
  • Software development and consultancy, Tokyo, 2007 - 2008.
  • Java enterprise application programming and evaluation, TradingScreen, Tokyo, 2005 - 2007.
  • Research about the combination of symbolic and statistical approaches to the modelling of natural language, Tsujii Laboratory, University of Tokyo, 2000 - 2001.
  • Japanese / English / German translator and interpreter, Tokyo, 2000 - 2012.
  • Modelling natural languages with recurrent neural networks, DEA course Cognitive Sciences, Laboratoire d'Informatique pour la Mécanique et les Sciences de l'Ingénieur (LIMSI), Orsay, 1991 - 1992.
  • Development of programs for the automatic analysis of medical images (image processing / computer vision), Research Assistant, Medical Department, Free University Berlin, 1989 - 1990.

Honors and Awards

  • Grant of the International Kyowa Scholarship Foundation Japan, 2007 - 2009.
  • Japanese Government Scholarship - Monbu-Kagaku-Sho (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Techonology) in assoziation with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 2000 - 2004.
  • Briand-Stresemann Scholarship - Senate of Berlin, Department of Science, Research and Culture, 1990 - 1991.

Language Abilities

  • German: native
  • English, Japanese, French: fluent
    12 years work and studies in Japan;
    two years studies in Paris.
  • Italian, Russian, Spanish: basic
    Numerous trips and one trimester studies in Italy;
    Language courses in Spain and Russia.