Dipl.-Ing. Benjamin Schmid

His research focuses on architectural history and construction history in the fields of engineering and architecture throughout the 20th century.


Education

  • Since 2019: Doctoral Programme Architecture at the University of Innsbruck
  • 2016-2018: Master Programme Architecture at the University of Innsbruck
  • 2013-2016: Bachelor Programme Architecture at the University of Innsbruck
  • 2013: High School Diploma at the Realgymnasiums „Nikolaus Cusanus“ Brunico

Professional experience

  • Seit 2024/01: Scientific Assistant at the institute of architectural history at the University of Stuttgart
  • 2023/10 – 2024/03: Lecturer at the institute of architectural history at the University of Stuttgart
  • 2021/02 – 2023/12:
  • Scientific Project-Assistant at the unit for building history and preservation at the University of Innsbruck
  • 2017/10-2023/04: Technician at FIBY ZT-GmbH in Innsbruck, engineering office for building physics and acoustic

Memberships

Awards

  • 2023: Award for best contribution of Young Engineers at the IABSE Symposium 2023 in Istanbul

Publications

  • 2023 – Journal article: Schmid, Benjamin: The development of a fast assembly method using steel in nuclear power plant construction based on a physical model in the GDR, in: The Construction Historian 2023, 12, S. 32 – 35.
  • 2023 – Paper in conference proceedings: Schmid, Benjamin/Weber, Christiane/Wenzel, Baris/Möller, Eberhard: Tool – Object – Fragment: The Afterlife of Physical Measurement Models, in: Endo, Yohei/Hanazato, Toshikazu (Hg.): SAHC 2023, RILEM Bookseries 46, Volume 2, Chapter 75. Heidelberg 2023, S. 924 – 934.
  • 2023 – Paper in conference proceedings: Wenzel, Baris/Möller, Eberhard/Schmid, Benjamin/Weber, Christiane: The hybrid statics by Heinz Hossdorf – interaction between physical models, material and the first computers, in: Xie, Yi Min/Burry, Jane/Lee, Ting-Uei/Ma, Jiaming (Ed.): Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2023 – Integration of Design and Fabrication. Melbourne 2023, pp. 1122 – 1132.
  • 2023 – Paper in conference proceedings: Schmid, Benjamin/Weber, Christiane/Wenzel, Baris/Möller, Eberhard: From Leonardo da Vinci to Fritz Leonhardt – The Role of Physical Measurement Models in Bridge Engineering, in: IABSE (Ed.): IABSE Symposium Istanbul Proceedings, 2023 – Long Span Bridges. Zürich 2023, pp. 928 – 935.
  • 2022 – Paper in conference proceedings: Schmid, Benjamin/Weber, Christiane: New Materials for Model Analysis of Engineering Structures – Micro-concrete versus Acrylic Plastic, in: Campbell, James W.P./Baker, Nina/Bill, Nicholas/Driver, Michael/Heaton, Michael/Ruamsanitwong, Natcha/Smyth, Fiona/Yeomans, David (Ed.): Studies in Construction History. Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Conference of the Construction History Society. Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, 12–13 April 2023. Cambridge 2023, pp. 473 – 485.
  • 2023 – Paper in conference proceedings: Schmid, Benjamin/Weber, Christiane: Das Messmodell für die Alster-Schwimmhalle Hamburg – ein interdisziplinäres Zusammenwirken Stuttgarter Bauingenieure auf dem Gebiet der Modellstatik, in: Rauhut, Christoph/Weber, Christiane/Bastgen, Michael/Sieder, Mike/Kuban, Sabine (Ed.): Materialgerecht konstruiert!?!. Tagungsband der Fünften Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Bautechnikgeschichte, 10–11 Juni 2021. Petersberg 2023, pp. 207 – 222.
  • 2022 – Paper in conference proceedings: Wenzel, Baris/Möller, Eberhard/Schmid, Benjamin/Weber, Christiane: The hanging model for the Mannheim Multihalle and its digital twin, in: Xue, Su-duo/Wu, Jin-zhi/Sun, Guo-jun (Ed.): Conference Proceedings of IASS/APCS 2022 – Innovation, Sustainability and Legacy. Peking 2022, pp. 2834 – 2843.
  • 2022 – Paper in conference proceedings: Wenzel, Baris/Möller, Eberhard/Schmid, Benjamin/Weber, Christiane/Nett, Julia: The physical model for the IL pavilion and the usage of its digital twin, in: Holschemacher, Klaus/Quapp, Ulrike/Singh, Amarjit/Yazdani, Siamak (Ed.): Proceedings of International Structural Engineering and Construction – State-of-the-art Materials and Techniques in Structural Engineering and Construction. Fargo 2022, pp. AAE-17-1 – AAE-17-6.
  • 2022 – Paper in conference proceedings: Wenzel, Baris/Möller, Eberhard/Schmid, Benjamin/Weber, Christiane/Morgenthal, Guido: The New Little Belt Bridge – the role of the physical model and it’s digital twin, in: IABSE (Ed.): Report of the IABSE Symposium Prague, 2022 – Challenges for Existing and Oncoming Structures. Zürich 2022, pp. 702 – 709.
  • 2022 – Paper in conference proceedings: Schmid, Benjamin/Weber, Christiane: From physical to digital – the form-finding and measuring models of the Mannheim Multihalle, in: Campbell, James W.P./Baker, Nina/Driver, Michael/Heaton, Michael/Ruamsanitwong, Natcha/Wall, Christine/Yeomans, David (Ed.): Timber and Construction. Proceedings of the ninth Conference of the Construction History Soceity. Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, 1–3 April 2022. Cambridge: The Construction History Society, 2022, pp. 485 – 495.
  • 2021 – Paper in conference proceedings: Wenzel, Baris/Möller, Eberhard/Schmid, Benjamin/Weber, Christiane: Last Witness and digital twin – physical and digital modeling the Munich Olympic sport hall – a case study, in: Bletzinger, Kai-Uwe/Wüchner, Roland/Lázaro, Carlos (Ed.): X. International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures – Structural Membranes 2021.
  • 2021 – Paper in conference proceedings: Schmid, Benjamin/Weber, Christiane: The experiments on measurement models for the Munich Olympic site, in: Mascarenhas-Mateus, João/Pires, Ana Paula/Marques Caiado, Manuel/Veiga, Ivo (Ed.): History of Construction Cultures. Volume 1. Proceedings of the seventh International Congress on Construction History (7ICCH). Lisbon, Portugal, 12–16 July 2021. Boca Raton 2021, pp. 625 – 631.

Presentations

  • 2023/11/15 – Presentation: Accumulation and transfer of knowledge in the construction industry of the high modern age using the example of model analysis at the 12th research colloquium of the unit for building history and preservation at the University of Innsbruck.
  • 2023/09/12 – Presentation: Tool – Object – Fragment: The Afterlife of Physical Measurement Models at the 13th Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC), Kyoto.
  • 2023/08/15 – Presentation: The local development and global spread of the electrical resistance strain gauge and its role in model analysis in the 20th century at the 50th Annual Meeting of the ICOHTEC, Tallinn.
  • 2023/05/12 – Presentation: The Use of Wind Tunnels in Structural Engineering – Aerodynamic Model Tests in the 20th Century at the 6th Annual Conference of the German Society for Construction History, Berlin.
  • 2023/04/27 – Presentation: From Leonardo da Vinci to Fritz Leonhardt – The Role of Physical Measurement Models
    in Bridge Engineering at the IABSE Symposium 2023, Istanbul.
  • 2023/04/20 – Presentation: The clash between nuclear fission and steel cell composite construction –  model tests for containment vessels of nuclear power plants in the GDR at the conference „Steel on new paths“, Stuttgart.
  • 2023/04/12 – Presentation: New Materials for Model Analysis of Engineering Structures – Micro-concrete versus Acrylic Plastic bei der 10th Annual Conference of the Construction History Society am Queens’ College, Cambridge.
  • 2023/01/18 – Presentation: Die Verwendung physischer Modelle im Brückenbau des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts at the 11th research colloquium of the unit for building history and preservation at the University of Innsbruck.
  • 2022/11/11 – Presentation: The potential of reverse engineered physical models – Digital twins as an innovative method for technical and cultural heritages at the 27th Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies, Vienna.
  • 2022/09/21 – Presentation: The hanging model for the Mannheim Multihalle and its digital twin at the Annual Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, online (Beijing).
  • 2022/04/02 – Presentation: From physical to digital – the form-finding and measuring models of the Mannheim Multihalle at the 9th Annual Conference of the Construction History Society at Queens’ College, Cambridge.
  • 2022/01/19 – Presentation: Das erhaltene Formfindungs- und Messmodell der Multihalle Mannheim: Eine Gitterschale für die Bundesgartenschau at the 10th research colloquium of the unit for building history and preservation at the University of Innsbruck.
  • 2021/10/21 – Presentation: Modellstatik im 20. Jahrhundert – Personelle und institutionelle Netzwerke at the 4th Austrian PhD-Symposium of Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture, Innsbruck.
  • 2021/07/12 – Presentation: The experiment on measurement models for the Munich Olympic site at the 7th International Congress on Construction History, online (Lisbon).
  • 2021/06/11 – Presentation: The measurement model for the Alster swimming hall in Hamburg – an interdisciplinary cooperation of Stuttgart engineers in the field of model statics at the 5th Annual Conference of the German Society for Construction History, online (Zurich).
  • 2021/02/23 – Guest Lecture: Frei Otto and model testing with Christiane Weber at “Simulation of structural elements” by Mario Rinke at the University of Antwerpen, online.
  • 2019/12/11 – Presentation: Wind tunnel tests in structural engineering – bridges and lightweight structures at the 9th research colloquium of the unit for building history and preservation at the University of Innsbruck.
  • 2019/11/07  – Presentation: Wind tunnel tests in structural engineering – bridges and lightweight structures at the workshop “Wind tunnels. Knowledge, politics and aesthetics of moving air” an der Leuphana University, Lüneburg.
  • 2018/06/27 – Presentation: The innovations on model analyses in the 20th century at the 7th research colloquium of the unit for building history and preservation at the University of Innsbruck.

Contact information

Dipl.-Ing. Benjamin Schmid

E-Mail: benjamin.schmid@ifag.uni-stuttgart.de
Web: www.ifag.uni-stuttgart.de/en/
Phone: +49 (0)711 685 83293

Institute of Architectural History
Keplerstraße 11
70174 Stuttgart
Germany

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