Publications

Sean Ahlquist, Julian Lienhard, Jan Knippers, and Achim Menges. M1 Textile Hybrid: Cumulative Physical and Numerical Prototyping for Integrated Bending- and Form-Active Structures. Rethinking Prototyping, Proceedings of the Design Modelling Symposium, 1 -14, Berlin, 2013. [PUMA: M1 prototyping 2013 textile knippers cumulative integrated structure bending hybrid ahlquist itke lienhard from:petraheim form-active menges physical numerical architecture]

Sean Ahlquist, Julian Lienhard, Jan Knippers, and Achim Menges. Exploring Materials Reciprocities for Textile-Hybrid Systems as Spatial Structures. In Michael Stacey (Eds.), Prototyping Architecture: The Conference Papers, 187 – 210, Riverside Architectural Press, Toronto, 2013. [PUMA: textile-hybrid 2013 textile knippers structure ahlquist itke lienhard material from:petraheim spatial menges]

Sean Ahlquist, Achim Menges, Julian Lienhard, and Jan Knippers. Textile hybrid M1 at La Tour de l´Architecte – Research on Hybrid Form- and Bending Systems. TensiNews, Newsletter of the European Based network for the Design and Realisation of Tensile Structures, 6 - 9, May 2013. [PUMA: tour m1 2013 textile knippers bending system form hybrid ahlquist from:petraheim itke lienhard menges] URL

Lotte Aldinger, Simon Bechert, Dylan Wood, Jan Knippers, and Achim Menges. Design and Structural Modelling of Surface-Active Timber Structures Made from Curved CLT - Urbach Tower, Remstal Gartenschau 2019. In Christoph Gengnagel, Olivier Baverel, Jane Burry, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, and Stefan Weinzierl (Eds.), Impact: Design With All Senses, (30):419--432, Springer Nature, Cham, 2019. [PUMA: gartenschau curved aldinger knippers clt remstal 2019 itke from:petraheim structures timber urbach wood menges bechert]

Lotte Aldinger, Georgia Margariti, Axel Körner, Seiichi Suzuki, and Jan Knippers. Tailoring Self-Formation, fabrication and simulation of membrane-actuated stiffness gradient composites. Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2018, Boston, USA, 16-19 July 2018. [PUMA: membrane-actuated körner aldinger simulation margariti self-formation knippers stiffness remstal tailoring landesgartenschau 2018 itke from:petraheim composite gradient fabrication urbach suzuki tower]

Hans-Peter Andrä, Annette Bögle, Jan Knippers, and Jörg Schlaich. Der Fernsehturm Stuttgart. In Bundesingenieurkammer (Eds.), Historische Wahrzeichen der Ingenieurbaukunst in Deutschland, (3)Bundesingenieurkammer, Berlin, 2009. [PUMA: 2009 andrä from:petraheim itke schlaich knippers beton stuttgart bögle turm fernsehturm]

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 aldinger Timber crossing-screw CLT lightweight integrative self-shaping design connection urbach wood computational architecture bechert tower]

Simon Bechert, Abel Groenewolt, Oliver D. Krieg, Achim Menges, and 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 timber krieg menges architecture bechert]

Simon Bechert, Jan Knippers, Oliver D. Krieg, Achim Menges, Tobias Schwinn, and Daniel Sonntag. Textile Fabrication Techniques for Timber Shells: Elastic Bending of Custom-Laminated Veneer for Segmented Shell. In S. Adriaenssens, F. Gramazio, M. Kohler, Achim Menges, and M Pauly (Eds.), Advances in Architectural Geometry 2016, 164 – 169, Zurich, Switzerland, 2016. [PUMA: schwinn segmental sonntag textile knippers shell veneer bending custom-laminated 2016 from:petraheim itke technique fabrication elastic timber krieg menges bechert]

Simon Bechert, Daniel Sonntag, Lotte Aldinger, and Jan Knippers. Statische Modellierung und Berechnung von Segmentschalen aus Holz. In Bastian Oesterle, Manfred Bischoff, and malte Von Scheven (Eds.), Baustatik - Baupraxis 14, (14):407 - 414, 2020. [PUMA: segmentschalen holz sonntag architektur aldinger knippers 2020 turm berechnung landesgartenschau statische modellierung itke from:petraheim urbach holzbau bechert]

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 optimization design timber computational bechert]

Rolf Bergermann, and Jan Knippers. VW-Kundencenter Wolfsburg. Der Bauingenieur, 631 – 635, October 2000. [PUMA: vw vw-kundencenter itke from:petraheim knippers 2000 bauingenieurwesen Wolfsburg peer-reviewed bergermann]

Manfred Bischoff, R. Sachse, Axel Körner, A.S. Westermeier, Larissa Born, Simon Poppinga, GötzT. Gresser, Thomas Speck, and Jan Knippers. Modeling and analysis of the trapping mechanism of Aldrovanda vesiculosa as biomimetic inspiration for façade elements. IASS Annual Symposium, Hamburg, Germany, 25-28 Sept 2017. [PUMA: biomimetic körner vesiculosa born sachse speck inspiration gresser knippers facade analysis modelling poppinga trapping 2017 itke from:petraheim element mechanism westermeier Aldrovanda bischoff]

Serban Bodea, Nicolo Dambrosio, Christoph Zechmeister, Marta Gil Pérez, Valentin Koslowski, Bas Rongen, Moritz Dörstelmann, Ondrej Kyjanek, Jan Knippers, and Achim Menges. BUGA Fibre Pavilion: Towards robotically-fabricated composite building structures.. In Jane Burry, Jenny Sabin, Bob Sheil, and Marilena Skavara (Eds.), Fabricate 2020., 234 - 245, UCL Press, London, 2020. [PUMA: dörstelmann frp dambrosio knippers pavilion 2020 cfp structure itke from:petraheim kyjanek fabricate menges fibre buga koslowski rongen zechmeister gil perez heilbronn bodea robotical composite architecture]

Elaine Bonavia, S. Vecvagare, Axel Körner, Dylan Wood, and Jan Knippers. Point load Actuated Adaptive Gridshells: Methods for initial design and modeling. Proceedings of IASS Annual Symposium 2019 – Structural Membranes 2019 Form and Force, Barcelona, Spain, October 2019. [PUMA: modeling initial körner method bonavia vecvagare knippers shell modelling gridshell point 2019 design itke from:petraheim grid load wood architecture actuated]

Larissa Born, Florian A. Jonas, Katharina Bunk, Tom Masselter, Thomas Speck, Jan Knippers, and Götz T. Gresser. Branched Structures in Plants and Architecture. Biomimetic Research for Architecture and Building Construction, (8):195 -215, Springer, Cham, 2016. [PUMA: bunk biomimetic masselter born speck gresser knippers structure bionik jonas 2016 from:petraheim itke plant branched architecture]

Larissa Born, Axel Körner, Anja Mader, Gundula Schieber, Markus Milwich, Jan Knippers, and Götz T. Gresser. Adaptive FRP Structures For Exterior Applications. Advanced Materials Letters, (10)12:913-918, December 2019. [PUMA: exxterior FRP körner schieber born gresser knippers application structure mader 2019 adaptive itke from:petraheim biomometic milwich architecture] URL

Larissa Born, Axel Körner, Gundula Schieber, A.S. Westermeier, Simon Poppinga, R. Sachse, P. Bergmann, Oliver Betz, Manfred Bischoff, Thomas Speck, Jan Knippers, Markus Milwich, Götz T. Gresser, and A. Herrmann. Fiber-reinforced plastics with locally adapted stiffness for bio-inspired hingeless, deployable architectural systems. (742):689-696, 2017. [PUMA: bergmann biomimetic betz born knippers adapted poppinga stiffness system 2017 itke from:petraheim architectural westermeier bio-inspired herrmann körner schieber sachse speck gresser plastic fiber-reinforced deployable hingeless milwich locally bischoff]

Larissa Born, Claudia Möhl, Fabian Kannenberg, Samantha Melnyk, Florian Alexander Jonas, Achim Menges, jan Knippers, and Götz T. Gresser. Semi-automated braiding of complex, spatially branched FRP-structures. Composite Structures, (276):114551, ELSEVIER SCI LTD, Nov 15, 2021. [PUMA: frp ITKE born preform knippers melnyk 2021 branching node palstic jonas spatially from:petraheim branched menges braiding fibre.reinforced Semi-automated gresser biomimetics automation kannenberg FRP-structures möhl architecture]

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

Thomas Bulenda, and Jan Knippers. Stability of grid shells. In elsevier (Eds.), Computers and Structures, (79):1161 – 1174, 2001. [PUMA: bulenda from:petraheim itke grid knippers 2001 shell gitterschale peer-reviewed]

Katharina Bunk, J. M. Seitz, Florian Jonas, Jan Knippers, Thomas Speck, and Tom Masselter. How can branched building structures be optimized via analyzing plant branchings? Functional morphology, biomechanics and Finite Element (FE) simulation of Araliaceae ramifications. In Kesel, and Zehren (Eds.), Bionik: Patente aus der Natur. Tagungsbeiträge 8. Bionik-Kongress Bremen, 40-48, Bremen, Germany, 2017. [PUMA: bunk ramfication morphology biomimetic finite knippers structure branching jonas 2017 from:petraheim itke plant branched fe functional masselter speck optimized simulation building biomechanics analyzing seitz element Araliaceae]

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: components filigree shape coreless aag knippers bodea shell 2021 slab cfrp fabrication-aware solly optimisation from:petraheim itke material coreless-wound fabrication christie menges architecture]

Jorge Christie, Jonathan James Solly, Simon Bechert, and Jan Knippers. Bending-driven Dynamic Corrugation for a Funnel Shell Design. In C. Lázaro, K.-U. Bletzinger, and E. Oñate (Eds.), Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2019 – Structural Membranes 2019, 2627–2634, Barcelona, Spain, 2019. [PUMA: corrugation funnel knippers shell 2019 solly design itke from:petraheim christie dynamic bechert bending-driven]

Hanaa Dahy, and Jan Knippers. Product Design Aspects Of Agro-Fibres Biocomposites For Architectural Applications. SB13 (Sustainable Building Conference)-TU Graz, Conference Proceeding, 730-740, Graz, Austria, 25-28 Sept 2013. [PUMA: biomat dahy product biocomposite 2013 knippers application design from:petraheim itke aspect agro-fibers architectural architecture]

Hanaa Dahy, and Jan Knippers. Natural fibres as ecologic flame retardants in green agro-plastic building products?. Internationales Symposium: naro.tech Werkstoffe aus Nachwachsende Rohstoffen, Erfurt, 2014. [PUMA: biomat dahy ecologic product natural building knippers retardant agro-plastic biobased itke from:petraheim 2014 flame architecture fibre]

Hanaa Dahy, and Jan Knippers. Agricultural residues applications in contemporary building industry. ICSA 2013- Structures and Architecture, Guimaraes, Portugal, 24-26 July 2013. [PUMA: biomat dahy residues 2013 industry building knippers application agricultural contemporary from:petraheim itke recycling architecture]

Hanaa Dahy, and Jan Knippers. Biopolymers and Biocomposites Based on Agricultural Residues. In Dirk Hebel, and Felix Heisel (Eds.), Cultivated Building Materials: Industrialized Natural Resources for Architecture and Construction., 116 – 123, Birkhäuser, Basel, 2017. [PUMA: biomat dahy 2017 from:petraheim itke material biocomposites knippers architecture bioplymers]

Hanaa Dahy, and Jan Knippers. Rice Straw Fiber Biocomposites Potentials in Contemporary Architecture. ICONARCH-I (International Congress of Architecture-I), Turkey, 2012. [PUMA: biomat dahy fiber biocomposite 2012 knippers rice straw contemporary from:petraheim itke potential architecture fibre]

Niccolo Dambrosio, Christoph Zechmeister, Serban Bodea, Valentin Koslowski, Marta Gil Pérez, Bas Rongen, Jan Knippers, and Achim Menges. Buga Fibre Pavilion: Towards an architectural application of novel fiber composite building systems. In Kory Bieg, Danelle Briscoe, and Clay Odom (Eds.), Acadia 2019: Ubiquity and Autonomy, proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, Texas, 140--149, Acadia Publishing Company, 2019. [PUMA: buga dambrosio koslowski fiber rongen zechmeister gil heilbronn building knippers pavilion bodea application systems itke from:petraheim composite novel architectural menges fibre]

Niccolo Dambrosio, Christoph Zechmeister, Rebeca Duque Estrada, Fabian Kannenberg, Marta Gil Pérez, Christoph Schlopschnat, Katja Rinderspacher, Jan Knippers, and Achim Menges. Design and development of an FRP-Timber hybrid building system for multi-story applications in architecture: Maison Fibre. Proceedings of the ACADIA Conference 2021, 2021. [PUMA: frp dambrosio development biennale knippers 2021 application Estrada system hybrid itke from:petraheim multi-story menges fibre Zechmeister building schlopschnat kannenberg maison design venice Duque rinderspacher frp-timber architecture]

Moritz Dörstelmann, Jan Knippers, Valentin Koslowski, Achim Menges, Marshall Prado, Gundula Schieber, and Lauren Vasey. ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2014: Fibre Placement on a Pneumatic Body Based on a Water Spider Web. AD Architectural Design, 237:60 – 65, Wiley, London, September 2015. [PUMA: based dörstelmann koslowski biomimetic schieber knippers pavilion water body research web from:petraheim itke 2015 prado pneumatic vasey icd/itke placement spider menges architecture fibre]

Moritz Dörstelmann, Jan Knippers, Achim Menges, Stefana Parascho, Marshall Prado, and Tobias Schwinn. ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2013: Modular Coreless Filament Winding Based on Beetle Elytra. AD Architectural Design, 237:54 – 59, Wiley, London, September 2015. [PUMA: based modular dörstelmann parascho biomimetic schwinn coreless knippers pavilion filament research beetle elytra itke from:petraheim 2015 prado winding icd/itke menges architecture]

Moritz Dörstelmann, Stefana Parascho, Marshall Prado, Achim Menges, and Jan Knippers. Integrative Computational Design Methodologies for Modular Architectural Fiber Composite Morphologies. ACADIA Conference, 219 – 228, Los Angeles, USA, October 2014. [PUMA: modular dörstelmann parascho methodologies fiber method knippers morphologies integrative design itke from:petraheim prado 2014 composite architectural computational menges architecture]

Benjamin Felbrich, Nikolas Früh, Marshall Prado, Saffarian Saffarian, James Solly, Lauren Vasey, Jan Knippers, and Achim Menges. Multi-Machine Fabrication: An Integrative Design Process Utilising an Autonomous UAV and Industrial Robots for the Fabrication of Long-Span Composite Structures. Proceedings of ACADIA 2017, Cambridge, M.A, 2017. [PUMA: felbrich process multi-machine uav knippers structure utilising industrial 2017 from:petraheim itke prado vasey fabrication icd/itke menges früh integrative saffarian robot autonomous solly design composite long-span]

Thiemo Fildhuth, and Jan Knippers. Dehnungsmessung in gekrümmten Glaslaminaten mit faseroptischen Sensoren. In Bernhard Weller, and Silke Tasche (Eds.), Glasbau 2014: Bauten und Projekte; Bemessung und Konstruktion; Forschung und Entwicklung, 289 – 300, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2014. [PUMA: gekrümmt faseroptisch architektur glas knippers from:petraheim glaslaminat itke 2014 fildhuth sensor dehnungsmessung bauingenieurwesen]

Thiemo Fildhuth, and Jan Knippers. Interior stress monitoring of laminated, cold bent glass with fibre Bragg sensors. In Louter, Bos, Belis, and Lebet (Eds.), Challenging Glass 4 Conference Proceedings, 105-112, Leiden, Netherlands, 2014. [PUMA: monitoring glass stress bent knippers bragg cold laminated interior from:petraheim itke 2014 fildhuth sensor fibre]

Thiemo Fildhuth, and Jan Knippers. Permanent Strain Measurement Inside of Cold Bent Glass Laminates. Glass Performance Days 2013 Proceedings, Tampere, Finland, 2013. [PUMA: strain laminate glass bent 2013 measurement knippers engineering cold insde itke from:petraheim permanent fildhuth architecture]

Thiemo Fildhuth, and Jan Knippers. Considerations Using Heat Bent or Cold Bent, Curved Glass Elements for Assembling Full Glass Shells. In J. Schneider, and Bernhard Weller (Eds.), Engineered Transparency Conference Proceedings, 135, Düsseldorf, 2012. [PUMA: curved architecure glass using bent assembling 2012 knippers engineering shell cold considerations itke from:petraheim element fildhuth full heat]

Thiemo Fildhuth, and Jan Knippers. Double Curved Glass Shells from Cold Bent Glass Laminates. Glass Processing Days 2011, Conference Proceedings, 316 - 321, Tampere, Finland, 2011. [PUMA: curved laminate glass bent double knippers 2011 engineering shell cold itke from:petraheim fildhuth architecture]

Thiemo Fildhuth, and Jan Knippers. Entwicklungen zur Anwendung faseroptischer Sensoren für die Spannungsbemessung in Glaslaminaten.. In Bernhard Weller, and Silke Tasche (Eds.), Glasbau 2016, 239 – 251, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2016. [PUMA: 2016 faseroptisch from:petraheim glaslaminat itke glas glasbau fildhuth faseroptik knippers sensor spannungsbemessung]

Thiemo Fildhuth, and Jan Knippers. Geometrie und Tragverhalten von doppelt gekrümmten Ganzglasschalen aus kalt verformten Glaslaminaten. Stahlbau Spezial (2011) – Glasbau/Glass in Building, 31 ff., 2011. [PUMA: ganzglasschale schale gekrümmt architektur glas knippers 2011 kalt tragverhalten from:petraheim glaslaminat itke konstruktion doppelt verformt fildhuth geometrie bauingenieurwesen]

Thiemo Fildhuth, and Jan Knippers. Feasibility Studies on Fibre Optical Sensor Implementation in Cold Bent Glass. In J. Schneider, and Bernhard Weller (Eds.), Engineered Transparency Conference Proceedings, Düsseldorf, 2014. [PUMA: laminate implementation glass bent knippers cold feasibility optical itke from:petraheim 2014 studies fildhuth sensor fibre]

Thiemo Fildhuth, Jan Knippers, and Niccolo Baldassini. Recovery behaviour of laminated cold bent glass – numerical analysis and testing. In Louter, Bos, Belis, and Lebet (Eds.), Challenging Glass 4 Conference Proceedings, Leiden, Netherlands, 2014. [PUMA: glass bent knippers recovery analysis cold laminated baldassini itke from:petraheim 2014 testing fildhuth behaviour numerical]

Thiemo Fildhuth, S. Lippert, and J Knippers. Design and Joint Pattern Optimisation of Glass Shells. IASS-ACPS Conference Proceedings, 165 pp, Seoul, Korea, 21-24 May 2012. [PUMA: joint glass lippert 2012 knippers engineering shell design optimisation from:petraheim itke pattern fildhuth architecture]

Thiemo Fildhuth, S. Lippert, and J Knippers. Design and Joint Pattern Optimisation of Glass Shells. In International Association for Shell, and Spatial Structures (Eds.), IASS-ACPS Conference Proceedings, 165 pp, Seoul, Korea, 21-24 May 2012. [PUMA: joint glass lippert 2012 knippers engineering shell design optimisation itke from:petraheim pattern fildhuth architecture]

Thiemo Fildhuth, S. Lippert, and Jan Knippers. Fugenverlaufsoptimierung von Glasschalen. In Bernhard Weller, and Silke Tasche (Eds.), Glasbau 2012, 236 – 245, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2012. [PUMA: schale lippert architektur glas fugenverlaufsoptimierung glasbau 2012 knippers glasschale from:petraheim itke fildhuth fuge bauingenieurwesen]

Thiemo Fildhuth, S. Lippert, and Jan Knippers. Layout Strategies and Optimisation of Joint Patterns in Full Glass Shells. In Bos, Louter, Nijsse, and Veer (Eds.), Challenging Glass 3 Conference Proceedings, 845, Delft, 2012. [PUMA: joint strategies glass lippert 2012 knippers engineering shell layout optimisation itke from:petraheim pattern fildhuth architecture full]

M. Fleischmann, Jan Knippers, Julian Lienhard, Achim Menges, and Simon Schleicher. Material Behaviour: Embedding Physical Properties in Computational Design Processes. In London Wiley Academy (Eds.), Architectural Design, (Vol. 82)No. 2:44 – 51, 2012. [PUMA: process 2012 knippers robotic design from:petraheim itke lienhard material schleicher embedding behaviour computational menges physical fleischmann architecture properties]

Nikolas Früh, and 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: früh knippers robotic reinforced filament integrative multi-stage design from:petraheim itke winding composite fabrication architecture fibre]