Hi, I’m David. I’m an architect and researcher working at the intersection of computational design, digital planning, and automated production methods. I focus on developing integrated workflows that connect early-stage concepts with production-ready solutions. By combining parametric modeling, fabrication expertise, and BIM-based coordination, I help bridge creative ambition with technical precision and project reality.
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selected awards & scholarships
- 12.2024 Detail Award | Honorable Mentions Wangen Tower ICD | Munich, Germany
- 06.2022 Best Poster Award I The Future of Construction Symposium I ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- 04.2022 Best Presentation Award – Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design (CAADRIA) I Sydney, Australia
- 12.2018 International Design Competition I Architecture that Reacts, 2nd place I Laka, Poland
- 03.2018 Deans-Award UIBK I Prize for Best Master Thesis I Innsbruck, Austria
- 08.2016 Rethinking Patterns I Evolo Scholarship I AA London I Visiting School Aarhus, Denmark
- 08.2017 Mything Precious Plastics I 3D-printed Jewelry Design, 2nd place I Vienna, Austria
- 03.2016 Freeform Home Design I Branch Technologies, 3d-Printing, Finalist I Chattanooga, USA
- 07.2014 Computing Topos I Scholarship I AA London I Visiting School Bilbao, Spain
selected publications
- Alvarez, M., Stieler, D., Kiesewetter, L., Menges, A., & others. (2025). Innovative Self-Shaping Timber Construction: The Wangen Tower. World Conference on Timber Engineering 2025, Conference Paper.
- Rose, J., Forman, P., Stieler, D., Menges, A., & Mark, P. (2024). Combinatorial optimization approach for the efficient reuse of RC components. Structural Concrete.
- Kolbeck, L., Kovaleva, D., Manny, A., Stieler, D., Rettinger, M., Renz, R., Tošić, Z., Teschemacher, T., Stindt, J., Forman, P., Borrmann, A., Blandini, L., Stempniewski, L., Stark, A., Menges, A., Schlaich, M., Albers, A., Lordick, D., Bletzinger, K.-U., & Mark, P. (2023). Modularisation Strategies for Individualised Precast Construction—Conceptual Fundamentals and Research Directions. Designs, 7(6), Article 6.
- Stieler, D., Schwinn, T., & Menges, A. (2022). Automatisierte Bauteilzerlegung für Betonfertigteile aus additiv hergestellten Schalungen. Beton- Und Stahlbetonbau, 117(5), Article 5.
- Stieler, D., Schwinn, T., & Menges, A. (2022). Volumetric intersections: Modularization approaches for freeform prefab concrete construction. Civil Engineering Design, 4(1–3), Article 1–3.
- Forman, P., Stieler, D., Mark, P., & Menges, A. (2022). Adaptive Modulbauwesien mit Methoden der Fließfertigung. In V. T. Nguyen, M. Krüger, B. Freytag, & T. M. Laggner (Eds.), 5. Grazer Betonkolloquium (pp. 79–86). Verlag der TU Graz.
- Nguyen, L., Schwinn, T., Groenewolt, A., Maierhofer, M., Zorn, M. B., Stieler, D., Siriwardena, L., Kannenberg, F., & Menges, A. (2022). ABxM.Core: The Core Libraries of the ABxM Framework.
- Stieler, D., Schwinn, T., & Menges, A. (2022). Additive formwork in precast construction – Agent-based Methods for Fabrication-aware Modularization of Concrete Building Elements. Post Carbon – Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2022.
- Stieler, D., Schwinn, T., Leder, S., Maierhofer, M., Kannenberg, F., & Menges, A. (2022). Agent-based modeling and simulation in architecture. Automation in Construction, 141, 104426.
- Yaman, E., Fouillat, M., Xie, W., Rinderspacher, K., Stieler, D., Wagner, H. J., Baszyński, P., Dahy, H., Knippers, J., & Menges, A. (2025). Terra Incognita: Designing Earth-Fabric Hybrids. Scalable Disruptors, Design Modelling Symposium 2024