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, Dezember 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, und 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]

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

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]

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, 12.02.2019. [PUMA: biomat dahy absorption segmented acoustic shell sustainability from:petraheim sustainable Itke lignocellulosic-based post-fabrication for functionality multi NFRP design molding extrusion furniture composites biocomposites resin-bath architecture]

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]

Tobias Schwinn, Daniel Sonntag, Tobias Grun, James H. Nebelsick, Jan Knippers, und Achim Menges. Potential applications of segmented shells in architecture. In Jan Knippers, Ulrich Schmid, und Thomas Speck (Hrsg.), Biomimetics for Architecture, 116--125, De Gruyter, Berlin, Boston, Juni 2019. [PUMA: 2019 architecture biomimetic bionik from:petraheim grun itke knippers menges nebelsick schwinn segmented shell sonntag]

T.B. Grun, L.K.F. Dehkordi, Tobias Schwinn, Daniel Sonntag, M. von Scheven, Manfred Bischoff, Jan Knippers, Achim Menges, und James H. Nebelsick. The skeleton of the sand dollar as a biological role model for segmented shells in building construction: a research review.. In Jan Knippers, Klaus Nickel, und Thomas Speck (Hrsg.), Biomimetic Research for Architecture and Building Construction, (9):217 - 242, Springer, Cham, 2016. [PUMA: 2016 architecture biomimetic bionik bischoff construction dehkordi from:petraheim grun itke knippers menges nebelsick scheven schwinn segmented shell skeleton sonntag]

Jan Brütting, Axel Körner, Daniel Sonntag, und Jan Knippers. Bending-Active Segmented Shells. Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2017, Hamburg, Germany, 28 Sept 2017. [PUMA: bending-active brütting 2017 itke körner sonntag from:petraheim segmented knippers shell]

Hanaa Dahy, Piotr Baszynski, und Jan Petrs. Experimental Biocomposite Pavilion: Segmented Shell Construction - Design, Material Development, and Erection. Proceedings of ACADIA 2019: the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, Austin, Texas, USA, 21-26 Oct 2019. [PUMA: biomat erection dahy development experimental biocomposite petrs baszynski segmented pavilion shell 2019 biobased design itke material from:petraheim construction architecture]

Simon Bechert, Abel Groenewolt, Oliver D. Krieg, Achim Menges, und Jan Knippers. Structural Performance of Construction Systems for Segmented Timber Shell Structures. Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2018 Creativity in Structural Design, Boston, USA, 16-19 July 2018. [PUMA: segmented knippers shell performance groenewolt structure system 2018 structural itke from:petraheim construction krieg timber menges architecture bechert]

Dominga Garufi, Hans Jakob Wagner, Tobias Schwinn, Dylan Wood, Simon Bechert, Achim Menges, und Jan Knippers. Fibrous Joints for Lightweight Segmented Timber Shells. RCA Conference 2018, Kaiserslautern, Germany, September 2018. [PUMA: joint schwinn wagner segmented knippers shell lightweight garufi 2018 itke from:petraheim timber fibrous wood menges architecture bechert]

Oliver D. Krieg, Simon Bechert, Abel Groenewolt, Raphael Horn, Jan Knippers, und Achim Menges. Affordances of Complexity: Evaluation of a Robotic Production Process for Segmented Timber Shell Structures. WCTE, Proceedings of the 2018 World Conference on Timber Engineering, 1 - 8, Seoul, Korea, August 2018. [PUMA: process production compleity segmented knippers robotic shell groenewolt structure horn 2018 affordance itke from:petraheim evaluation krieg timber menges bechert]

Hanaa Dahy, Jan Petrs, D.H. Bos, Piotr Baszynski, P. H.W. Habraken, und Pattrick M. Teuffel. BioMat Pavilion 2018: Development, Fabrication, and Erection of a Double Curved Segmented Shell from Biocomposite Elements. Proceedings of IASS Annual Symposium 2019 – Structural Membranes 2019 Form and Force, Barcelona, Spain, Oktober 2019. [PUMA: biomat erection curved dahy development bos biocomposite petrs teuffel double segmented pavilion shell 2019 biobased itke from:petraheim element fabrication Baszynski Habraken]