%0 Journal Article %1 buildings15111857 %A Bechert, Simon %A Aicher, Simon %A Gorokhova, Lyudmila %A Balangé, Laura %A Göbel, Monika %A Schwieger, Volker %A Menges, Achim %A Knippers, Jan %D 2025 %J Buildings %K modular relocation göbel gorokhova segmented knippers engineering shell circular structure itke fabrication menges aicher robotic lightweight assessment balangé structural 2025 construction schwieger timber bechert %N 11 %R 10.3390/buildings15111857 %T Segmented Timber Shells for Circular Construction: Relocation, Structural Assessment, and Robotic Fabrication of a Modular, Lightweight Timber Structure %U https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/11/1857 %V 15 %X Segmented timber shells present a novel building system that utilizes modular, planar building components to create lightweight free-form structures in architecture. Recent advancements in the research field of segmented timber shells pursue, among others, two fundamentally opposing research objectives. 1. The modularity of their building components facilitates the reuse of such structures in response to a changing built environment. 2. Advanced developments aim at establishing segmented timber shells as permanent building structures for sustainable architecture. This paper addresses the first research objective through the successful relocation of the BUGA Wood Pavilion in the context of the proposed methodology of Co-Design for circular construction. The methods and results involve integrative design and engineering processes and advanced quality assessment methods, including structural, geodetic, and physical properties for modular timber constructions. The BUGA Wood Pavilion serves as a building demonstrator for the presented research on segmented shells as lightweight, reusable, and durable timber structures.

@article{buildings15111857, abstract = {Segmented timber shells present a novel building system that utilizes modular, planar building components to create lightweight free-form structures in architecture. Recent advancements in the research field of segmented timber shells pursue, among others, two fundamentally opposing research objectives. 1. The modularity of their building components facilitates the reuse of such structures in response to a changing built environment. 2. Advanced developments aim at establishing segmented timber shells as permanent building structures for sustainable architecture. This paper addresses the first research objective through the successful relocation of the BUGA Wood Pavilion in the context of the proposed methodology of Co-Design for circular construction. The methods and results involve integrative design and engineering processes and advanced quality assessment methods, including structural, geodetic, and physical properties for modular timber constructions. The BUGA Wood Pavilion serves as a building demonstrator for the presented research on segmented shells as lightweight, reusable, and durable timber structures.}, added-at = {2025-06-11T11:46:41.000+0200}, article-number = {1857}, author = {Bechert, Simon and Aicher, Simon and Gorokhova, Lyudmila and Balangé, Laura and Göbel, Monika and Schwieger, Volker and Menges, Achim and Knippers, Jan}, biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/2a3314a2930f8c4c5750746112105f0c1/itke}, doi = {10.3390/buildings15111857}, interhash = {3bcb77135d3940acf326ac917532f269}, intrahash = {a3314a2930f8c4c5750746112105f0c1}, issn = {2075-5309}, journal = {Buildings}, keywords = {modular relocation göbel gorokhova segmented knippers engineering shell circular structure itke fabrication menges aicher robotic lightweight assessment balangé structural 2025 construction schwieger timber bechert}, number = 11, timestamp = {2025-06-11T11:46:41.000+0200}, title = {Segmented Timber Shells for Circular Construction: Relocation, Structural Assessment, and Robotic Fabrication of a Modular, Lightweight Timber Structure}, url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/11/1857}, volume = 15, year = 2025 }