Matthijs la Roi’s research cluster from the Bartlett went on a fieldtrip to Zurich and Stuttgart. In Zurich the cluster visited the National Centres of Competence in Research (NCCRs) at the ETH University. Philippe Block who is directing the NCCR besides leading the Block Research group organised a full day tour at their facilities and showed their latest research projects. Another visit in Switserland was to the Bluhmer Lehman factory in Gossau.

In Stuttgart the cluster visited the ICD and ITKE research group at the Stuttgart University and the offices: Knippers & Helbig and L.A.V.A.