Publications

Simon Bechert, Christoph Schlopschnat, Monika Göbel, Simon Aicher, Achim Menges, und Jan Knippers. livMatS biomimetic shell: Structural advancements of segmented timber shells towards permanent building constructions. Structures, (79):109524, Elsevier, September 2025. [PUMA: Robotic Optimisation shells göbel Structural knippers engineering Plate structure system itke fabrication menges aicher Lightweight Modular schlopschnat Form-finding design Integrative 2025 Segmented timber Computational 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, und 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, und 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

Fabian Eidner, Alina Turean, Samuel Leder, Mathias Maierhofer, Tobias Schwinn, und Achim Menges. Equilibrium Morphologies- Interactive modeling for form-finding of fabric structures. Data-Driven Intelligence - Proceedings of the 42nd Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2024), (1):351– 360, eCAADe, September 2024. [PUMA: Behavioral modeling Making schwinn Structures Tangible 2024 eidner Fabrication Interfaces maierhofer itke Form-Finding turean Fabric Cyber-Physical menges architecture]

Niccolo Dambrosio, Christoph Zechmeister, Marta Gil Pérez, Moritz Dörstelmann, Tim Stark, Katja Rinderspacher, Jan Knippers, und Achim Menges. livMatS Pavilion: Design and Development of a Novel Building System Based on Natural Fibres Coreless-wound Structural Components for Applicartons in Architecture. Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, (Vol. 65)2:133 - 145, Juni 2024. [PUMA: modular dörstelmann prefabrication dambrosio natural knippers pavilion filament itke winding fabrication freiburg menges fibre sustainable coreless gil zechmeister robotic stark design composites structures construction rinderspacher computational]

Vanessa Costalonga Martins, Sacha Cutajar, Christo van der Hoven, Piotr Baszyński, und Hanaa Dahy. FlexFlax Stool: Validation of Moldless Fabrication of Complex Spatial Forms of Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (NFRP) Structures through an Integrative Approach of Tailored Fiber Placement and Coreless Filament Winding Techniques. Applied Sciences, (10)9:3278, Mai 2020. [PUMA: 2020 baszynski complex coreless costalonga cutajar dahy fabrication fiber fibre-reinforced flexflax forms hoven interactive itke moldless natural nfrp placement polymer spatial stool structure tailored validation winding]

August Lehrecke, Cody Tucker, Xiliu Yang, Piotr Baszynski, und Hanaa Dahy. Tailored Lace : Moldless Fabrication of 3D Bio-Composite Structures through an Integrative Design and Fabrication Process. Applied Sciences, (11)22:10989, MDPI, 2021. [PUMA: 2021 3D architecture baszynski bio-composite biomat craft dahy design digital fabrication integrative itke lace lehrecke moldless process structure tailored tucker]

Marta Gil Pérez, und Jan Knippers. Integrative Structural Design of Nonstandard Building Systems: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Industry. Technology Architecture + Design, (7:2):244-261, Taylor & Francis, 16.11.2023. [PUMA: 2023 building cfw coreless design digital fabrication gil industry integrative itke knippers research structural structure systems winding]

Pascal Mindermann, Marta Gil Pérez, Jan Knippers, und Götz T. Gresser. Investigation of the Fabrication Suitability, Structural Performance, and Sustainability of Natural Fibers in Coreless Filament Winding. Materials, (15)9:3260, MDPI, Mai 2022. [PUMA: Filament Performance Structural gil mindermann gresser knippers 2022 Natural Fibers Fabrication Winding the itke from:petraheim of Sustainability Coreless Investigation Suitability]

Christoph Zechmeister, Marta Gil Pérez, Jan Knippers, und Achim Menges. Concurrent, computational design and modelling of structural, coreless-wound building components. Automation in Construction, (151):104889, Juli 2023. [PUMA: FEA Finite Robotic workflow Digital-physical 2023 knippers analysis Carbon modelling filament Feedback-based Co-design itke from:petraheim winding fabrication (FEA) menges fibre gil zechmeister Interdisciplinary design element Coreless computational Computational] URL

Simon Bechert, Daniel Sonntag, Lotte Aldinger, und 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]

Marta Gil Pérez, Yanan Guo, und Jan Knippers. Integrative material and structural design methods for natural fibres filament-wound composite structures: The LivMatS pavilion. Material & Design, (217)ELSEVIER SCI LTD, Mai 2022. [PUMA: Robotic LivMatS Gil knippers pavilion 2022 engineering Material filament characterisation itke from:petraheim Mechanical winding testing fabrication Flax Freiburg guo filament-wound fibres Fibre-polymer integrative design structural Integrative composites Coreless architecture]

Axel Hannes Körner. Compliant folding : design and fabrication methodology for bio-inspired kinetic folding mechanisms utilized by distinct flexible hinge zones. Forschungsberichte aus dem Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, Universität Stuttgart, 47Stuttgart, 2021. [PUMA: hinge körner folding 2021 biomimetics design flexible itke from:petraheim fabrication kinetic architecture bio-inspired methodology]

Jorge Christie, Serban Bodea, James Solly, Achim Menges, und 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, und T. Tachi (Hrsg.), 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]

Simon Bechert, Lotte Aldinger, Dylan Wood, Jan Knippers, und 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, Oktober 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]

Nikolas Früh, und Jan Knippers. Multi-stage filament winding: Integrative design and fabrication method for fibre-reinforced composite components of complex geometries. Composite Structures, (268)Elsevier, 2021. [PUMA: architecture composite design fabrication fibre filament from:petraheim früh integrative itke knippers multi-stage reinforced robotic winding]

Axel Körner, Larissa Born, Oliver Bucklin, Seiichi Suzuki, Lauren Vasey, Götz T. Gresser, Achim Menges, und Jan Knippers. Integrative design and fabrication methodology for bio-inspired folding mechanisms for architectural applications. Computer-Aided Design, ELSEVIER SCI LTD, Dezember 2020. [PUMA: architectural architecture bio-inspired bionics born bucklin design fabrication folding from:petraheim gresser integrative itke knippers körner mechanism menges methodology susuki vasey]

Hanaa Dahy. Materials as a Design Tool’ Design Philosophy Applied in Three Innovative Research Pavilions Out of Sustainable Building Materials with Controlled End-Of-Life Scenarios. Buildings, (9)3:64, 13.03.2019. [PUMA: DfD biomat bending-active green dahy biomimetic life-cycle sustainable segmented building scenarios shell digital materials itke from:petraheim end-of-life structures fabrication architecture]

Hanaa Dahy, Jan Petrs, und Piotr Baszynski. Design and Fabrication of two 1:1 Architectural Demonstrators based on Biocomposites from Annually Renewable Resources displaying a Future Vision for Sustainable Architecture. In Anne Burry, Jenny Sabin, Bob Sheil, und Marilena Skavara (Hrsg.), Making Resilent Architecture - FABRICATE 2020, 66-73, UCL Press, London, 2020. [PUMA: architectural architecture baszynski biocomposites biomat dahy demonstrators design fabrication from:petraheim itke petrs renewable resources sustainable]

Gabriel Rihaczek, Maximilian Klammer, Okan Basnak, Jan Petrs, Benjamin Grisin, Hanaa Dahy, Stefan Carosella, und Peter Middendorf. Curved Foldable Tailored Fiber Reinforcements for Moldless Customized Bio-Composite Structures. Proof of Concept: Biomimetic NFRP Stools. Polymers, (12)902.09.2020. [PUMA: biomat dahy fiber natural stiffness carosella digital itke from:petraheim gradient fabrication placement klammer rihaczek moldless curved grisin basnak folding petrs tailored bio-composites fiber-reinforced NFRP middendorf polymers]