Dr. Orsolya Gáspár
Education:
2013- 2020 – Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Architecture, BME, Budapest
(Thesis: The role of geometry in the structural behavior of masonry arches and domes, supervisor: Dr. István Sajtos)
2003-2010 – Master of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Architecture, BME, Budapest (2006, Erasmus, NTNU Norway, 2007, Exchange program, TU Wien)
Work experience:
2020- assistant professor, Department of Strength and Structural Engineering, BME Faculty of Architecture
2016 -2020 – assistant lecturer, Department of Strength and Structural Engineering, BME Faculty of Architecture
2010-2007- architect, KrüllUng Kft , 3H Architecture
Research interest:
Structural geometry, stability of masonry arches, history and theory of reinforced concrete shell structures and gridshells
Teaching:
teaches students of architecture in various structural courses, from Statics to Special Loadbearing Structures in both Hungarian and English
Funding (individual):
2019 – PhD candidate research grant (ÚNKP-19-3-III-BME-78)
by: New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology /Optimization of dome geometry – the original subdivision concept of the 1st Zeiss Planetarium in Jena/
2016 – Young National Talent Grant//History of Hungarian shell architecture/
by: National Talent Programme
2016 – Research Grant / In Candela’s shadow – Hypar shell architecture in Hungary/
by: National Cultural Fund of Hungary
2015 – Research Grant / Frozen modernity – Heyday of hungarian shell architecture/
by: National Cultural Fund of Hungary
Funding (member):
2017-2021 – OTKA research grant (K-124859), researcher (member)
by: the Ministry for Innovation and Technology /Mechanics of no-tension masonry structures, principal investigator Dr. István Sajtos/
2015 Sponsoring of the joint-exhibitions „Pier Luigi Nervi” – „Architecture as Challenge and Frozen Modernity”, co-organizer, curator (member)
by: National Cultural Fund of Hungary
Service:
regularly holds popular science presentations for the general public (Researcher’s Night, Celebrating Hungarian Science), Coordinator of the ‘Betonkenu’ team in the department since 2013. Member of the Budapest Chamber of Architects and IASS.
