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]

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

Omar Abdelhady, Evgenia Spyridonos, und Hanaa Dahy. Bio-Modules: Mycelium-Based Composites Forming a Modular Interlocking System through a Computational Design towards Sustainable Architecture. Designs, (7)1:20, MDPI, 2023. [PUMA: modular biomat mycelium dahy sustainable 2023 design itke spyridonos composite abdelhady computational 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]

Sacha Cutajar, Vanessa Costalonga Martins, Christo van der Hoven, Piotr Baszynski, und Hanaa Dahy. Towards Modular Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Architecture. Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), (1):564 - 573, ACADIA, 2020. [PUMA: 2020 architecture baszynski costalonga cutajar dahy fiber-reinforced hoven itke lightweight modular natural polymer] 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, Bas Rongen, Valentin Koslowski, und Jan Knippers. Structural design assisted by testing for modular coreless filament-wound composites: The BUGA Fibre Pavilion. Construction and Building Materials, (301)September 2021. [PUMA: Finite modular knippers pavilion engineering 2021 analysis Carbon filament itke from:petraheim Mechanical winding testing (FEA) fibre buga filament-wound structurestructural koslowski coreless Fibre-polymer Lightweight rongen perez heilbronn dome design composite composites element Buckling architecture]

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

Stefana Parascho, Jan Knippers, Moritz Dörstelmann, und Marshall Prado. Modular Fibrous Morphologies: Computational Design, Simulation and Fabrication of Differentiated Fibre Composite Building Components. In Philippe Block, Jan Knippers, Niloy J. Mitra, und Wenping Wang (Hrsg.), Advances in Architectural Geometry 2014, 29 – 46, Springer International Publishing, Cham, Heidelberg, New York, 2015. [PUMA: 2015 architecture composite computational design dörstelmann fabrication fibre fibrous from:petraheim itke knippers modular morphologies parascho prado simulation]

Jan Knippers, und Thorsten Helbig. Verglaste Gitterschalen. In Gerald Staib, ‎Andreas Dörrhöfer, und Markus Rosenthal (Hrsg.), Elemente und Systeme: Modulares Bauen – Entwurf, Konstruktion, neue Technologien, 208 – 213, Edition Detail, München, 2008. [PUMA: modular schale architektur glas glasbau helbig knippers 2008 itke konstruktion from:petraheim gitterschale]

Alexander Hub, und Jan Knippers. Tragwerk und Konstruktion. In Jürgen Adam, Katharina Hausmann, und Frank Jüttner. (Hrsg.), Entwurfsatlas Industriebau, 37-40, Birkhäuser, Basel, Berlin, Boston, 2004. [PUMA: modular hub itke konstruktion from:petraheim 2004 architektur knippers tragwerk bauingenieurwesen]

Jan Knippers, Don-U Park, Alexander Hub, und Kyung-Ju Hwang. The mobile and modular GFRP-membrane-structure with the new innovative connection system. Journal of the Korean Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (KASSS), (5)2:7 -15, Seoul, Korea, Juni 2005. [PUMA: 2005 from:petraheim gfrp hub hwang itke knippers membrane mobile modular park peer-reviewed structure]

Moritz Dörstelmann, Jan Knippers, Achim Menges, Stefana Parascho, Marshall Prado, und 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]