Publications

Simon Bechert, Christoph Schlopschnat, Monika Göbel, Simon Aicher, Achim Menges, and 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]

Design of Fibre-Polymer Composite Structures: Commentary to European Technical Specification CEN/TS 19101: 2022. In João R. Correia, Thomas Keller, Jan Knippers, J. Toby Mottram, Carlo (editor) Paulotto, José Sena-Cruz, and Luigi Ascione (Eds.), Taylor & Francis, 2025. [PUMA: 2025 4 Composite EC2 EC4 FRP Fibre Fibre-reinforced Structural ascione correia design eurocode itke keller knippers mottram paulotto polymers reinforced repair sena-cruz structures]

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

Anna Krtschil. Integrative Structural Design for a Multi-Storey Timber Building System. Forschungsberichte aus dem Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und konstruktives Entwerfen, Universität Stuttgart, 50:73, Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, Universität Stuttgart, May 2024. [PUMA: multi-storey 2024 building engineering integrative system design krtschil structural itke timber holzbau]

Tzu-Ying Chen, Seiichi Suzuki, Marta Gil Pérez, Yanan Guo, and Jan Knippers. Integrative material and structural design methods for bamboo woven deployable structures: The BamX! Research Pavilion.. Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, 2024. [PUMA: guo chen iass woven 2024 gil knippers pavilion integrative design structural deployable itke material bamboo suzuki]

Evgenia Spyridonos, Yanan Guo, Marta Gil Pérez, and Hanaa Dahy. Geometrical and Structural Design Development of an Active-Bending Structure from Natural Fibre Pultruded Profiles: The LightPRO Shell. Developments in the Built Environment, (20):100577, Elsevier, December 2024. [PUMA: biomat guo geometrical dahy development Spyridonos natural 2024 active-bending gil profiles lightweight structure structural itke biocomposites pultruded architecture fibre]

Evgenia Spyridonos, Andreas Gerstner, Michael Nehmaier, and Hanaa Dahy. LeichtPRO-Profiles: Development and Validation of Novel Linear Biocomposite Structural Components Fabricated from Pultruded Natural Flax Fibres with Plant-Based Resin for Sustainable Architectural Applications. Material Research Express, (11):075308, IOP Publishing, July 2024. [PUMA: biomat components dahy gerstner biocomposite 2024 nehmaier naturl resin flax structural itke spyridonos pultruded plant-based architecture fibre]

Evgenia Spyridonos, Martin-Uwe Witt, Klaus Dippon, Markus Milwich, Götz T. Gresser, and Hanaa Dahy. Natural Fibre Pultruded Profiles: Illustration of Optimisation Processes to Develop High-Performance Biocomposites for Architectural and Structural Applications. Composites Part C: Open Access, (14):100492, Elsevier, July 2024. [PUMA: biomat dahy natural witt 2024 profiles optimization structural itke spyridonos biocomposites pultruded architectural fibre]

Theresa Müller, Anna Krtschil, Michael Mahler, Jan Knippers, and Philipp Leistner. Structural and acoustic behavior of a timber slab with wooden tuned mass dampers. Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control, Sage, October 2024. [PUMA: mass leistner 2024 acoustic knippers müller engineering TMD dampers mahler slab tuned krtschil structural itke wooden timber behaviour]

Marta Gil Pérez, and 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, Nov 16, 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, and Götz T. Gresser. Investigation of the Fabrication Suitability, Structural Performance, and Sustainability of Natural Fibers in Coreless Filament Winding. Materials, (15)9:3260, MDPI, May 2022. [PUMA: Filament Performance Structural gil mindermann gresser knippers 2022 Natural Fibers Fabrication Winding the itke from:petraheim of Sustainability Coreless Investigation Suitability]

Marta Gil Pérez. Integrative Structural Design of Non-Standard Building Systems: Coreless Filament-Wound Structures as a Case Study.. Forschungsberichte aus dem Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, Universität Stuttgart, (49):75, Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, February 2023. [PUMA: coreless Structural gil perez 2023 building engineering non-standard systems design Integrative itke from:petraheim structures coreless-wound architecture]

Mohammadreza Ranjazmay Azari, Mohammadreza Bemanian, Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad, Axel Körner, and Jan Knippers. Application‑based principles of islamic geometric patterns; state‑of‑the‑art, and future trends in computer science/technologies: a review. Heritage Science, (((2023) 11:22)Springer Open, 2023. [PUMA: Islamic körner Aesthetic-based Structural patterns 2023 knippers mahdavinejad Application-based ranjazmay technology bemanian science azari itke from:petraheim Computer geometric principles Sustainable architecture]

Anna Krtschil, Luis Orozco, Simon Bechert, Hans Jakob Wagner, Felix Amtsberg, Tzu-Ying Chen, Anand Shah, Achim Menges, and Jan Knippers. Structural development of a novel punctually supported timber building system for multi-storey construction. Journal of Building Engineering, (58):104972, 2022. [PUMA: chen development multi-storey wagner building knippers 2022 engineering amtsberg shah design krtschil structural itke from:petraheim construction timber menges orozco bechert connections]

Gabriel Rihaczek, Maximilian Klammer, Okan Basnak, Axel Köerner, Riccardo La Magna, and Jan Knippers. Timbr Foldr – A Design Framework and Material System for Closed Cross - Section Curved Folded Structures. Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, (63)4:272 - 288, International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), Alfonso XII, 3; 28014 Madrid, Spain, December 2022. [PUMA: Structures Structural magna knippers 2022 Transformable framework Spatial itke material from:petraheim klammer Bending-Active rihaczek Aided Free-Form curved basnak Retractable körner Digital Deployable Timber Optimization origami Design Additive Manufacturing Computer]

Anna Krtschil, LUis Orozco, Simon Bechert, Hans Jakob Wagner, Felix Amtsberg, Tzu-Ying Chen, Anand Shah, Achim Menges, and Jan Knippers. Structural development of a novel punctually supported timber building system for multi-storey construction. Journal of Building Engineering, (58):104972, 2022. [PUMA: chen development multi-storey wagner building knippers 2022 engineering amtsberg shah design krtschil structural itke from:petraheim construction timber menges orozco bechert connections]

Luis Orozco, Anna Krtschil, Lior Skoury, jan Knippers, and Achim Menges. Arrangement of reinforcement in variable density timber slab systems for multi-story construction. International Journal of Architectural Computing, 2022. [PUMA: modeling multi-storey knippers 2022 analysis slab agent-based integrative skoury design krtschil structural itke from:petraheim construction reinforcement timber menges orozco]

Yanan Guo, Marta Gil Pérez, Gokhan Serhat, and Jan Knippers. A design methodology for fiber layup optimization of filament wound structural components. Structures, (38):1125-1136, ELSEVIER SCI LTD, April 2022. [PUMA: Finite layup fiber knippers 2022 engineering analysis filament Fiber-reinforced itke serhan from:petraheim winding (FEA) Lamination parameters methodology components guo buckling polymer gil wound design optimization structural (FRP) element Coreless architecture]

Pascal Mindermann, Marta Gil Pérez, Naoki Kamimura, Jan Knippers, and Götz T. Gresser. Implementation of Fiber-Optical Sensors into Coreless Filament-Wound Composite Structures. Composite Structures, (290):115558, 2022. [PUMA: coreless gil mindermann gresser knippers 2022 engineering filament winding, structural integration, itke from:petraheim composite sensor fiber-optical sensor, kamimura behavior] URL

Marta Gil Pérez, Yanan Guo, and Jan Knippers. Integrative material and structural design methods for natural fibres filament-wound composite structures: The LivMatS pavilion. Material & Design, (217)ELSEVIER SCI LTD, May 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]