Publications

Simon Bechert. Structural Development of Semented Timber Shell Systems. Forschungsberichte aus dem Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, Universität Stuttgart, (51):349, Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, December 2025. [PUMA: 2025 bechert develpment engineering itke segmented shell structural system timber]

Simon Bechert. Structural Development of Semented Timber Shell Systems. Forschungsberichte aus dem Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, Universität Stuttgart, (51):349, Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, December 2025. [PUMA: segmented develpment engineering shell system structural itke 2025 timber bechert]

Daniel Sonntag, Lotte Aldinger, Simon Bechert, Martin Alvarez, Abel Groenewolt, Oliver-David Krieg, Hans Jakob Wagner, Jan Knippers, and Achim Menges. Lightweight segmented timber shell for the Bundesgartenschau 2019 in Heilbronn. Form and Force: Proceedings of the International Association for Spactial Structures Annual Symposia 2019 Barcelona, October:1--8, 2019. [PUMA: 2019 BUGA Bundesgartenschau Heilbronn Lightweight aldinger alvarez bechert engineering groenevolt itke knippers krieg menges segmented shell sonntag timber wagner]

Daniel Sonntag, Lotte Aldinger, Simon Bechert, Martin Alvarez, Abel Groenewolt, Oliver-David Krieg, Hans Jakob Wagner, Jan Knippers, and Achim Menges. Lightweight segmented timber shell for the Bundesgartenschau 2019 in Heilbronn. Form and Force: Proceedings of the International Association for Spactial Structures Annual Symposia 2019 Barcelona, October:1--8, 2019. [PUMA: groenevolt alvarez sonntag wagner Lightweight aldinger segmented Bundesgartenschau knippers engineering shell 2019 BUGA Heilbronn itke krieg timber menges bechert]

Roberta Di Bari, Anja Patricia Regina Lauer, Christoph Schlopschnat, Simon Treml, Nils Opgenorth, Lior Skoury, Tim Stark, Simon Bechert, Monika Göbel, Hans Jakob Wagner, Dylan Wood, Philip Leistner, Jan Knippers, Achim Menges, Oliver Sawodny, and Thomas Wortmann. Computational design and robotic fabrication for high environmental quality timber constructions: the livMatS Biomimetic Shell case study. DaRUS, 2024. [PUMA: 2024 Biomimetic Computational Shell bairi bechert case constructions design environmental fabrication göbel itke knippers lauer leistner livMatS menges opgenorth quality robotic sawodny schlopschnat skoury stark study the timber treml wagner wood wortmann] URL

Roberta Di Bari, Anja Patricia Regina Lauer, Christoph Schlopschnat, Simon Treml, Nils Opgenorth, Lior Skoury, Tim Stark, Simon Bechert, Monika Göbel, Hans Jakob Wagner, Dylan Wood, Philip Leistner, Jan Knippers, Achim Menges, Oliver Sawodny, and Thomas Wortmann. Computational design and robotic fabrication for high environmental quality timber constructions: the livMatS Biomimetic Shell case study. DaRUS, 2024. [PUMA: environmental göbel 2024 knippers quality wortmann the itke Biomimetic fabrication constructions sawodny menges case study leistner wagner opgenorth robotic Shell schlopschnat skoury bairi stark lauer design livMatS timber wood Computational treml bechert] URL

Simon Bechert, Simon Aicher, Lyudmila Gorokhova, Laura Balangé, Monika Göbel, Volker Schwieger, Achim Menges, and Jan Knippers. Segmented Timber Shells for Circular Construction: Relocation, Structural Assessment, and Robotic Fabrication of a Modular, Lightweight Timber Structure. Buildings, (15)112025. [PUMA: 2025 aicher assessment balangé bechert circular construction engineering fabrication gorokhova göbel itke knippers lightweight menges modular relocation robotic schwieger segmented shell structural structure timber] URL

Simon Bechert, Simon Aicher, Lyudmila Gorokhova, Laura Balangé, Monika Göbel, Volker Schwieger, Achim Menges, and Jan Knippers. Segmented Timber Shells for Circular Construction: Relocation, Structural Assessment, and Robotic Fabrication of a Modular, Lightweight Timber Structure. Buildings, (15)112025. [PUMA: modular relocation göbel gorokhova segmented knippers engineering shell circular structure itke fabrication menges aicher robotic lightweight assessment balangé structural 2025 construction schwieger timber bechert] URL

Guido Nieri, Lucio Blandini, and Werner Sobek. Kuwait International Airport Terminal 2: detailed design and fabrication of a large-span composite shell. Form and Force, IASS Symposium, October 7-10, 2019, Barcelona, 2544--2553, 2019. [PUMA: BIM, analysis, automated composite construction, design, fabrication, for integrated model parametric prefabrication, shell sobek structural structures]

Daria Kovaleva, Oliver Gericke, Jonas Kappes, and Werner Sobek. Rosenstein Pavilion - Design and fabrication of a functionally graded concrete shell. Creativity in Structural Design, IASS Symposium, July 16-20, 2018, Boston, Paper 295, 2018. [PUMA: concrete design, digital efficiency, fabrication, functional gradation, integrated resource segmented shell shell, sobek]

Mark Wörner, Martin Weickgenannt, Stefan Neuhäuser, Christoph Göhrle, Werner Sobek, and Oliver Sawodny. Kinematic modeling of a hydraulically actuated 3-SPR-parallel manipulator for an adaptive shell structure. 2013 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), July 9-12, 2013, Wollongong, Australia, 1330--1336, 2013. [PUMA: (structures), 3D Joints, Kinematics, Manipulator Mathematical SPR Vectors, actuated actuators, adaptive analysis, condition, constraint control, deformation, displacement, dynamics, forward hydraulic indeterminate inverse joint, kinematic kinematics, loading manipulator model, modeling, numerical parallel passive position prismatic reduction, robot shell shells sobek statically statistical stress structural structure, support supports, system, systems vibration]

Lucio Blandini, Guido Nieri, and Werner Sobek. Das Schalentragwerk des Kuwait International Airport Terminal 2 - Bemessung und Ausführung einer komplexen Megastruktur in Zeiten der Digitalisierung. Stahlbau, (88)3:194--202, 2019. [PUMA: BIM, Digitalisierung, Entwerfen, Schalentragwerk, Verbundwirkung, compound design, digitalization, effect parametric parametrisches shell sobek structure,]

Dylan Wood, Laura Kiesewetter, Axel Körner, Kenryo Takahashi, Jan Knippers, and Achim Menges. HYGROSHELL – In Situ Self-shaping of Curved Timber Shells. In Kathrin Dörfler, Jan Knippers, Achim Menges, Stefana Parascho, Helmut Pottmann, and Thomas Wortmann (Eds.), Advances in Architectural Geometry 2023, 43-54, De Gruyter, Oct 4, 2023. [PUMA: 2023 architecture curved hygroshell itke kiesewetter knippers körner menges self-shaping shell situ takahashi timber wood]

Simon Bechert, Daniel Sonntag, Lotte Aldinger, and Jan Knippers. Integrative structural design and engineering methods for segmented timber shells : BUGA Wood Pavilion. Structures, (34)December:4814-4833, Elsevier, 2021. [PUMA: 2021 aldinger bechert buga computational design engineering fabrication finger form-finding heilbronn integrative itke joints knippers lightweight methods modular optimization plate robotic segmented shell sonntag structure timber]

Simon Bechert, Daniel Sonntag, Lotte Aldinger, and Jan Knippers. Integrative structural design and engineering methods for segmented timber shells : BUGA Wood Pavilion. Structures, (34)December:4814-4833, Elsevier, 2021. [PUMA: modular finger sonntag segmented knippers engineering shell 2021 structure itke from:petraheim fabrication form-finding buga methods aldinger joints heilbronn plate robotic lightweight integrative design optimization timber computational bechert]

Jorge Christie, Serban Bodea, James Solly, Achim Menges, and Jan Knippers. Filigree Shell Slabs: Material and Fabrication-aware Shape Optimisation for CFRP Coreless- wound Slab Components. In O. Baverel, C. Douthe, R. Mesnil, C. Mueller, H. Pottman, and T. Tachi (Eds.), Advances in Architectural Geometry 2020, 244-263., 2021. [PUMA: 2021 aag architecture bodea cfrp christie components coreless coreless-wound fabrication fabrication-aware filigree from:petraheim itke knippers material menges optimisation shape shell slab solly]

Jorge Christie, Serban Bodea, James Solly, Achim Menges, and Jan Knippers. Filigree Shell Slabs: Material and Fabrication-aware Shape Optimisation for CFRP Coreless- wound Slab Components. In O. Baverel, C. Douthe, R. Mesnil, C. Mueller, H. Pottman, and T. Tachi (Eds.), Advances in Architectural Geometry 2020, 244-263., 2021. [PUMA: 2021 aag architecture bodea cfrp christie components coreless coreless-wound fabrication fabrication-aware filigree itke knippers material menges optimisation shape shell slab solly]

Simon Bechert, Lotte Aldinger, Dylan Wood, Jan Knippers, and Achim Menges. Urbach Tower: Integrative structural design of a lightweight structure made of self-shaped curved cross-laminated timber. Structures, (33):3667--3681, ELSEVIER SCI LTD, October 2021. [PUMA: 2021 CLT Timber aldinger architecture bechert computational connection cross-laminated crossing-screw curved design digital engineering fabrication folded integrative itke knippers lightweight menges self-shaping shell structure surface-active tower urbach wood]

Simon Bechert, Lotte Aldinger, Dylan Wood, Jan Knippers, and Achim Menges. Urbach Tower: Integrative structural design of a lightweight structure made of self-shaped curved cross-laminated timber. Structures, (33):3667--3681, ELSEVIER SCI LTD, October 2021. [PUMA: surface-active knippers engineering shell 2021 digital structure itke from:petraheim fabrication menges cross-laminated curved folded Timber aldinger crossing-screw CLT lightweight integrative self-shaping design connection urbach wood computational architecture bechert tower]

Hanaa Dahy. Natural Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites (NFRP) Fabricated from Lignocellulosic Fibres for Future Sustainable Architectural Applications, Case Studies: Segmented-Shell Construction, Acoustic Panels, and Furniture. Sensors, (19)3:738, Basel, Feb 12, 2019. [PUMA: Itke NFRP absorption acoustic architecture biocomposites biomat composites dahy design extrusion for functionality furniture lignocellulosic-based molding multi post-fabrication resin-bath segmented shell sustainability sustainable]