Publications

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]

Roberta Di Bari, Anja Patricia Regina Lauer, Christoph Schlopschnat, Simon Treml, Nils Opgenorth, Lior Skoury, Tim Stark, Simon Bechert, Monika Göbel, Hans Jakob Wagner, Dylan Wood, Philip Leistner, Jan Knippers, Achim Menges, Oliver Sawodny, und Thomas Wortmann. Computational design and robotic fabrication for high environmental quality timber constructions: the livMatS Biomimetic Shell case study. DaRUS, 2024. [PUMA: environmental göbel 2024 knippers quality wortmann the itke Biomimetic fabrication constructions sawodny menges case study leistner wagner opgenorth robotic Shell schlopschnat skoury bairi stark lauer design livMatS timber wood Computational treml bechert] URL

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]

Simon Bechert, Lotte Aldinger, Dylan Wood, Jan Knippers, und 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, Oktober 2021. [PUMA: surface-active knippers engineering shell 2021 digital structure itke from:petraheim fabrication menges cross-laminated curved folded Timber aldinger crossing-screw CLT lightweight integrative self-shaping design connection urbach wood computational architecture bechert tower]

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

Daniel Sonntag, Simon Bechert, und Jan Knippers. Biomimetic timber shells made of bending-active segments. International Journal of Space Structures, (Vol. 32)(3-4):149 – 159, 2017. [PUMA: 2017 bechert bending-active biomimetic finger from:petraheim itke joint knippers robotic segments shell sonntag timber]

Simon Bechert, Jan Knippers, Oliver D. Krieg, Achim Menges, Tobias Schwinn, und 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, und M Pauly (Hrsg.), Advances in Architectural Geometry 2016, 164 – 169, Zurich, Switzerland, 2016. [PUMA: 2016 bechert bending custom-laminated elastic fabrication from:petraheim itke knippers krieg menges schwinn segmental shell sonntag technique textile timber veneer]

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]