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]

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

Niccolo Dambrosio, Christoph Zechmeister, Marta Gil Pérez, Moritz Dörstelmann, Tim Stark, Katja Rinderspacher, Jan Knippers, and 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, June 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]

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 design optimization timber computational bechert]