Born in 1988, M.Sc. 2008–14 Master of Architecture at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, title of thesis “The book as architecture – Architectural Communication and Self Representation in Le Corbusier's Œuvre complète” (with Prof. Magdalena Droste); 2014–15 Student Engineer with Hochtief / FCBC during construction of Queensferry Crossing in Edinburgh/UK; Student Engineer with EiSat GmbH Beratende Ingenieure für Bauwesen, Berlin; 2015–18 Master of Civil Engineering at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, title of thesis: “The roof structure above the White Hall in the Marble Palace in Saint Petersburg (c. 1775) – Design, construction concept and load bearing behaviour of early iron structures ” (with Prof. Werner Lorenz); since 2015 Research Associate at the Chair of Building Structures and Structural Systems at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg; since April 2020 member of the DFG Research Training Group 1913 “Cultural and Technological Significance of Historic Buildings”.

Research focus: history of iron constructions; parametric structural design

Research project: Constructing in a System – Research, Teaching and Building practice in the German Democratic Republic 1960–1990

Publications:

Frommelt, Konrad [in print 2023]: „Materialgerecht oder montagegerecht? Entwicklung und Erprobung eines räumlichen Tragwerkes in der DDR“. In: Tagungsband der 5. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Bautechnikgeschichte 2021, Zürich.

Frommelt, Konrad et al. [in print 2023]: „Die Sendehalle Europe 1 in Berus: ein Denkmal des Bauens in der Moderne“, in: Lorenz, Werner / May, Roland (eds.): Bauen am Limit – Traditionen und Transformationen eines hochmodernen Leitbilds (Kulturerbe Konstruktion, 1), 2023.

Frommelt, Konrad (forthcoming 2023): „Die Wand-Skelett-Bauweise oder Wie man zwei unterschiedliche Typentragwerke miteinander vereint“, in: Blum, Richard et al. (eds.): Typisierte Tragwerke der DDR als historische Quellen der ingenieurbaukunst (Forschungen zum baukulturellen Erbe der DDR), Weimar 2023.

Frommelt, Konrad (2022): “Algorithm or experience. The search for objective design methods for serial structures in the GDR”. In: Campbell, J. et al. (eds.): Timber and Construction. Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the Construction History Society, Cambridge 1–3 April 2022. Cambridge, pp. 515–527.

Frommelt, Konrad / Starke, Rolf / Vukorep, Ilija / Melcher, Alexander / Hinze, Thomas (2022): Towards artificial ossification for bone-inspired technical structures. In: Marie F. Hvejsel, Paulo J. S. Cruz (eds.): Structures and Architecture. A viable urban perspective? Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2022), Aalborg, Denmark, 6-8 July 2022. Boca Raton 2022, vol. 2, pp. 475–476.

Frommelt, Konrad / Richter, Elke (2021): “The RBC building system. How to innovate between central plan and personal networks in the late GDR”. In: Mascarenhas-Mateus, J.; Pires, A. P.: History of Construction Cultures 2. Proceedings of the 7th International Congress On Construction History, 12–16 July 2021, Boca Raton 2021, pp. 766–773, DOI 10.1201/9781003173434-204.

Kosykh, Aleksandra; Lorenz, Werner; Frommelt, Konrad (2018): The roof of the Marble Palace in Saint-Petersburg: A structural iron ensemble from the 1770s. In: Ine Wouters et al. (eds.): Building knowledge, constructing histories // Construction History, volume 2. Proceedings of the 6th international congress on construction history (6ICCH 2018), July 9–13, 2018, Brussels, Belgium, Bd. 2. First edition. Boca Raton, FL 2018, pp. 809–817.

Lectures:

30 March 2023, Weimar, „Die Wand-Skelett-Bauweise oder Wie man zwei unterschiedliche Typentragwerke miteinander vereint“, lecture at the workshop „Typisierte Tragwerke der DDR als historische Quellen der Ingenieurbaukunst“ der Teilprojekte C3, C4, D1, D2, E1 des SPP 2255. [forthcoming].

2 April 2022, Cambridge, “Algorithm or experience. The search for objective design methods for serial structures in the GDR”, 9th Conference of the Construction History Society, Queen’s College, Cambridge.

15 July 2021, Online, “The RBC building system. How to innovate between central plan and personal networks in the late GDR” (with Elke Richter), 7th International Conference on Construction History, Lissabon.

10 June 2021, Online, „Materialgerecht oder montagegerecht? Entwicklung und Erprobung eines räumlichen Tragwerkes in der DDR“, 5. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Bautechnikgeschichte, Zürich.

Workshop:

"Vom Tragwerk zum Typ. Methoden der Entwicklung und Optimierung von Typentragwerken im DDR-Bauwesen", BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, 22 February 2023.