About

Summum Engineering is a structural design, engineering and optimization consultancy, based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It operates in the domains of architecture, engineering and construction as well as industrial design and art.

Our four key focus areas are:

• lightweight structures, such as membrane, shell and spatial structures;
• structures made by digital fabrication, like 3D printing, robotics and CNC machining; as well as structures made from
• natural, biobased and earthen materials; and,
• building renovation and reclaimed, circular materials.

Summum Engineering Cooperative U.A. is a worker-owned cooperative and social enterprise. It was originally founded in 2017 on the conviction that, through continued exchange and progress in science and technology, the built environment can serve people, their well-being as well as our planet. Towards this end, Summum is pro-active in seeking a clientele and portfolio in support of a shared vision for a sustainable and durable built environment.

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Our services

Summum Engineering provides its services to project developers and owners as well as architects, designers, engineers and contractors. Summum specializes in the parametric modelling, finite element modelling and structural engineering of lightweight structures, natural construction materials, complex geometries and sustainable buildings.

A decade long experience in parametric design, numerical optimization, computer programming and scientific research sets Summum apart from traditional engineering practice. Through intelligent algorithms and efficient designs, Summum means to elegantly solve the complex challenges that today’s clients are faced with and tomorrow’s world presents us with.

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Our collaborations

We love the dialogue between architecture and engineering, and have had the pleasure of working for and/or with these amazing architects and designers.

Our clients

From start-ups and private clients, to governments and multi-nationals, we serve the needs of a wide variety of clients in the architecture, engineering and construction industry.