Publications

Simon Bechert. Structural Development of Semented Timber Shell Systems. Forschungsberichte aus dem Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, Universität Stuttgart, (51):349, Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, December 2025. [PUMA: 2025 bechert develpment engineering itke segmented shell structural system timber]

Daniel Sonntag, Lotte Aldinger, Simon Bechert, Martin Alvarez, Abel Groenewolt, Oliver-David Krieg, Hans Jakob Wagner, Jan Knippers, and 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: 2019 BUGA Bundesgartenschau Heilbronn Lightweight aldinger alvarez bechert engineering groenevolt itke knippers krieg menges segmented shell sonntag timber wagner]

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, and Thomas Wortmann. Computational design and robotic fabrication for high environmental quality timber constructions: the livMatS Biomimetic Shell case study. DaRUS, 2024. [PUMA: 2024 Biomimetic Computational Shell bairi bechert case constructions design environmental fabrication göbel itke knippers lauer leistner livMatS menges opgenorth quality robotic sawodny schlopschnat skoury stark study the timber treml wagner wood wortmann] URL

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: 2025 aicher assessment balangé bechert circular construction engineering fabrication gorokhova göbel itke knippers lightweight menges modular relocation robotic schwieger segmented shell structural structure timber] URL

Dylan Wood, Laura Kiesewetter, Axel Körner, Kenryo Takahashi, Jan Knippers, and Achim Menges. HYGROSHELL – In Situ Self-shaping of Curved Timber Shells. In Kathrin Dörfler, Jan Knippers, Achim Menges, Stefana Parascho, Helmut Pottmann, and Thomas Wortmann (Eds.), Advances in Architectural Geometry 2023, 43-54, De Gruyter, Oct 4, 2023. [PUMA: 2023 architecture curved hygroshell itke kiesewetter knippers körner menges self-shaping shell situ takahashi timber wood]

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: 2021 aldinger bechert buga computational design engineering fabrication finger form-finding heilbronn integrative itke joints knippers lightweight methods modular optimization plate robotic segmented shell sonntag structure timber]

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

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: 2021 CLT Timber aldinger architecture bechert computational connection cross-laminated crossing-screw curved design digital engineering fabrication folded integrative itke knippers lightweight menges self-shaping shell structure surface-active tower urbach wood]

Hanaa Dahy. Natural Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites (NFRP) Fabricated from Lignocellulosic Fibres for Future Sustainable Architectural Applications, Case Studies: Segmented-Shell Construction, Acoustic Panels, and Furniture. Sensors, (19)3:738, Basel, Feb 12, 2019. [PUMA: Itke NFRP absorption acoustic architecture biocomposites biomat composites dahy design extrusion for functionality furniture lignocellulosic-based molding multi post-fabrication resin-bath segmented shell sustainability sustainable]

Hanaa Dahy. Materials as a Design Tool’ Design Philosophy Applied in Three Innovative Research Pavilions Out of Sustainable Building Materials with Controlled End-Of-Life Scenarios. Buildings, (9)3:64, Mar 13, 2019. [PUMA: DfD architecture bending-active biomat biomimetic building dahy digital end-of-life fabrication green itke life-cycle materials scenarios segmented shell structures sustainable]

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: 2019 bechert bending-driven christie corrugation design dynamic funnel itke knippers shell solly]

Kyung-Ju Hwang. Advanced Investigations of Grid Spatial Structures. In Jan Knippers (Eds.), Forschungsberichte aus dem Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, (31)Stuttgart: Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, ITKE, Stuttgart, Germany, 2010. [PUMA: 2010 advanced diss dissertation engineering forschungsbericht grid hwang investigation itke shell spatial structure]

Milos Dimcic. Structural Optimization of Grid Shells based on Genetic Algorithms. In Jan Knippers (Eds.), Forschungsberichte aus dem Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, (32)Stuttgart: Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, ITKE, Stuttgart, Germany, 2012. [PUMA: 2012 algorithm architecture based dimcic diss dissertation engineering forschungsbericht from:petraheim genetic grid itke optimisation optimization shell structural]

Li. Jian-Min. Timber Shell Structures: Form-finding and Structural Analysis of Actively Bent Grid Shells and Segmental Plate Shells. In Jan Knippers (Eds.), Forschungsberichte aus dem Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, (42)Stuttgart: Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen, ITKE, Stuttgart, Germany, 2017. [PUMA: 2017 acttively analysis bent diss dissertation engineering form-finding forschungsbericht grid itke li plate segmental shell structural structure timber]

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: 2019 actuated architecture bonavia design grid gridshell initial itke knippers körner load method modeling modelling point shell vecvagare wood]

Hanaa Dahy, Jan Petrs, D.H. Bos, Piotr Baszynski, P. H.W. Habraken, and Pattrick M. Teuffel. BioMat Pavilion 2018: Development, Fabrication, and Erection of a Double Curved Segmented Shell from Biocomposite Elements. Proceedings of IASS Annual Symposium 2019 – Structural Membranes 2019 Form and Force, Barcelona, Spain, October 2019. [PUMA: 2019 Baszynski Habraken biobased biocomposite biomat bos curved dahy development double element erection fabrication itke pavilion petrs segmented shell teuffel]

Hanaa Dahy, Piotr Baszynski, and Jan Petrs. Experimental Biocomposite Pavilion: Segmented Shell Construction - Design, Material Development, and Erection. Proceedings of ACADIA 2019: the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, Austin, Texas, USA, 21-26 Oct 2019. [PUMA: 2019 architecture baszynski biobased biocomposite biomat construction dahy design development erection experimental itke material pavilion petrs segmented shell]

Oliver D. Krieg, Simon Bechert, Abel Groenewolt, Raphael Horn, Jan Knippers, and 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: 2018 affordance bechert compleity evaluation groenewolt horn itke knippers krieg menges process production robotic segmented shell structure timber]

Dominga Garufi, Hans Jakob Wagner, Tobias Schwinn, Dylan Wood, Simon Bechert, Achim Menges, and Jan Knippers. Fibrous Joints for Lightweight Segmented Timber Shells. RCA Conference 2018, Kaiserslautern, Germany, September 2018. [PUMA: 2018 architecture bechert fibrous garufi itke joint knippers lightweight menges schwinn segmented shell timber wagner wood]

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: 2018 architecture bechert construction groenewolt itke knippers krieg menges performance segmented shell structural structure system timber]