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Sustainable buildings

Energiehuis Deltawind | Timber office building
Oude Tonge, Netherlands | 2024 | photo ©Anniek van Zadelhoff

 

Resilient housing

Mans floating home | CLT folded roof
Leiden, Netherlands | 2022 | photo ©Riccardo de Vecchi

 

Form finding

Portalen Pavilion | Timber gridshell
Norrköping, Sweden | 2020 | photo ©Ricard Estay

 

Structural engineering

Domes Village | Circular timber domes
New Clark City, Philippines | 2019 | photo ©Digital iC3

 

Structural design

Rotterdam Mountain | Cable-net stabilized high-rise
Netherlands | 2020 | image ©Rotterdamse Dromers

 

Parametric modelling

The Bridge Project | 3D printed concrete
Nijmegen, Netherlands | 2021 | photo ©Rubén Dario Kleimeer

 

Parametric design

Magnolia | Deployable GFRP gridshell
Sheffield, UK | 2016 | photo ©SHU/Matt Bell

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.

Summum was recently founded 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.

Please read more about us here.

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.

Please read more about our services here.

Featured news

Leticija Petrova and Yunus Kaplan start internships

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Leticija Aleksandra Petrova and Yunus Kaplan have started their internships today! We'll be working from…

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Debora Dei Rocini starts internship

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Debora Dei Rocini started her internship with us, supported through the Erasmus+ Programme. Wish her…

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Featured projects

Energiedamwand demo unit

Canal-side energy hub

Trilix Bamboo Pavilion

Bamboo pavilion

Philips Pavilion

3D concrete printed shell

More projects.

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.

Our preferred partners

Even superheroes need to team up to save the world! We enjoy collaborating with our preferred partners and recommend their services to our clients.

CFD modelling

Cloud parametrics

Our memberships

Summum is a corporate member of several professional organizations, allowing us to maintain our network, to exchange knowledge and to keep ourselves informed of the state-of-the-art.

International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

Dutch Straw Building Association