Publications

Florian Alexander Jonas, Larissa Born, C. Möhl, Götz T. Gresser, and Jan Knippers. Towards branched supporting structures out of concrete-FRP composites inspired from natural branchings. Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2018, Boston, USA, 16-19 July 2018. [PUMA: 2018 architecture biomimetic born branched branching composite concrete concrete-frp frp gresser inspired itke jonas knippers möhl natural structure supporting]

Jan Knippers, Florian Scheible, Matthias Oppe, and Hauke Jungjohann. Bio-inspired Kinetic GFRP-façade for the Thematic Pavilion of the EXPO 2012 in Yeosu. In IASS (Eds.), Proceedings of the IASS-APCS-Symposium, Seoul, Korea, 21-24 May 2012. [PUMA: 2012 architecture bio-inspired biomimetic expo facade gfrp itke jungjohann kinetic knippers korea oppe pavilion scheible thematic yeosu]

Riccardo La Magna, Frédéric Waimer, and jan Knippers. Nature-inspired generation scheme for shell structures. In International Association for Shell, and Spatial Structures (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium of the IASS-APCS Symposium, Seoul, Korea, 21-24 May 2012. [PUMA: 2012 architecture biomimetic generation inspired itke knippers magna nature nature-inspired scheme shell structure waimer]

Simon Schleicher, Julian Lienhard, Thomas Speck, Jan Knippers, and Simon Poppinga. Deployable technical structures on the basis of biomimetic principles. In Stefanie E. Tschegg, and Robin Seidel (Eds.), Principles and Development of Bio-inspired Materials, Proceedings of the COST Strategic Workshop, Vienna, Austria, 13-15 April 2010. [PUMA: 2010 architecture basis biomimetic deployable itke knippers lienhard poppinga principles schleicher speck structure technical]

Julian Lienhard, Simon Schleicher, Jan Knippers, Thomas Speck, and Simon Poppinga. Form-finding of Nature Inspires Kinematics for Pliable Structures.. In Q Zhang (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium of the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), Spatial Structures Temporary and Permanent, Shanghai, China, 2010. [PUMA: 2010 architecture biomimetic form-finding inspires itke kinematics knippers lienhard nature pliable poppinga schleicher speck structure]

Julian Lienhard, Simon Schleicher, Jan Knippers, Thomas Speck, Tom Masselter, and Simon Poppinga. Biomimetic deployable systems in architecture. In L. Chwee Teck (Eds.), IFMBE Proceedings, 6th World Congress on Biomechanics, (Vol. 31):40 – 43, 2010. [PUMA: 2010 architecture biomimetic deploayble itke knippers lienhard masselter poppinga schleicher speck system]

Julian Lienhard, Simon Schleicher, Jan Knippers, Thomas Speck, and Simon Poppinga. Elastic architecture: nature inspired pliable structures. In C. A. Brebbia (Eds.), Design and Nature V, (Vol. 138):469 – 477, WIT Press, Southampton, 2010. [PUMA: 2010 architecture biomimetic elastic inspired itke knippers lienhard nature pliable poppinga schleicher speck structure]

Julian Lienhard, Simon Schleicher, Jan Knippers, Thomas Speck, and Simon Poppinga. Abstraction of bio-inspired curved-line folding patterns for elastic foils and membranes in architecture. In C. A. Brebbia (Eds.), Design and Nature V, (Vol. 138):479 – 489, WIT Press, Southampton, 2010. [PUMA: 2010 abstraction architecture bio-inspired biomimetic curved-line elastic foil folding itke knippers lienhard membrane pattern poppinga schleicher speck]

Julian Lienhard, and Jan Knippers. elastic architecture. Conference Proceedings of the International BIONA-Symposium: Biomimetics in Architecture: Evolutionary constructions and design, 15, November 2009. [PUMA: 2009 architecture biokon biomimetic elastic itke knippers lienhard]

Anja Mader, Larissa Born, Axel Körner, Gundula Schieber, Pierre-Alexandre Masset, Markus Milwich, Götz T. Gresser, and Jan Knippers. Bio-inspired integrated pneumatic actuation for compliant fiber-reinforced plastics. Composite Structures, 111558October 2019. [PUMA: 2019 actuation architecture bio-inspired biomimetic born compliant fiber-reinforced gresser integrated itke knippers körner mader masset milwich plastic pneumatic schieber] URL

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: 2015 architecture based biomimetic body dörstelmann fibre icd/itke itke knippers koslowski menges pavilion placement pneumatic prado research schieber spider vasey water web]

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: 2015 architecture based beetle biomimetic coreless dörstelmann elytra filament icd/itke itke knippers menges modular parascho pavilion prado research schwinn winding]

Thomas Speck, Jan Knippers, and Olga Speck. Self-X Materials and Structures in Nature and Technology. AD Architectural Design, 237:34 – 39, September 2015. [PUMA: 2015 architecture biomimetic itke knippers material nature self-x speck structure technology]

Simon Schleicher, Julian Lienhard, Simon Poppinga, Thomas Speck, and Jan Knippers. A methodology for transferring principles of plant movements to elastic systems in architecture. COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN, (60)Issue C:105-117, March 2015. [PUMA: 2015 architecture biomimetic elastic itke knippers lienhard methodology movements peer-reviewed plant poppinga principles schleicher speck system transferring] URL

Julian Lienhard, and Jan Knippers. Considerations on the Scaling of Bending-Active Structures. International Journal of Space Structures, (Vol. 28)Number 3 & 42013. [PUMA: 2013 architecture bending-active biomimetic considerations itke knippers lienhard peer-reviewed scaling structure]

Riccardo La Magna, Markus Gabler, Frédéric Waimer, Achim Menges, Steffen Reichert, Tobias Schwinn, and Jan Knippers. From Nature to Fabrication: Biomimetic Design Principles for the Production of Complex Spatial Structures. International Journal of Space Structures, (Vol. 28)No. 1:27 – 39, 2013. [PUMA: 2013 architecture biomimetic complex design fabrication gabler itke knippers magna menges nature principles production reichert robotic schwinn spatial structure waimer]

Jan Knippers, and Thomas Speck. Design and construction principles in nature and architecture. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, (Vol. 7)1March 2012. [PUMA: 2012 architecture biomimetic construction design itke knippers nature peer-reviewed speck]

Julian Lienhard, Simon Schleicher, Simon Poppinga, Tom Masselter, Markus Milwich, Thomas Speck, and Jan Knippers. Flectofin: a hingeless flapping mechanism inspired by nature. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, (Vol. 6)2011. [PUMA: 2011 architecture biomimetic flapping flectofin hingeless itke knippers lienhard masselter mechanism milwich nature peer-reviewed poppinga schleicher speck sunshade]

Jan Knippers. Biomimetic Strategies for an Elastic Architecture. In SOMA (Eds.), SOMA: Theme Pavilion Expo Yeosu One Ocean, 80 – 89, Residenz, Wien, Salzburg, 2012. [PUMA: 2012 architecture biomimetic bionik elastic expo facade itke knippers yeosu]

Jan Knippers, Achim Menges, Markus Gabler, Riccardo La Magna, Fédéric Waimer, Steffen Reichert, and Tobias Schwinn. From Nature to Fabrication: Biomimetic Design Principles for the Production of Complex Spatial Structures. In Hesselgren, Sharma, Wallner, and Baldassini (Eds.), Advances in Architectural Geometry 2012, 107 – 122, Springer, Wien, New York, 2012. [PUMA: 2012 architecture biomimetic bionik design fabrication gabler itke knippers magna menges nature reichert schwinn spatial structures waimer]

Julian Lienhard, Simon Schleicher, and Jan Knippers. Bio-inspired, Flexible Structures and Materials. In Fernando Pacheco Torgal, J. A. Labrincha, M. V. Diamanti, C.-P. Yu, and H. K. Lee (Eds.), Biotechnologies and Biomimetics for Civil Engineering, 275 – 296, Springer International Publishing, Cham, Heidelberg, 2014. [PUMA: 2015 architecture bio-inspired biomimetic bionik engineering flexible knippers lienhard material schleicher structure]

Oliver David Krieg, Tobias Schwinn, Achim Menges, Jian-Min Li, Jan Knippers, A. Schmitt, and V. Schwieger. Biomimetic Lightweight Timber Plate Shells: Computational Integration of Robotic Fabrication, Architectural Geometry and Structural Design.. In Philippe Block, Jan Knippers, Niloy J. Mitra, and Wenping Wang (Eds.), Advances in Architectural Geometry 2014, 109 – 126, Springer International Publishing, Cham, Heidelberg, New York, 2015. [PUMA: 2015 architecture biomimetic design fabrication geometry itke knippers krieg li menges plat robotic schmitt schwieger schwinn shell structures timber]

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: 2016 architecture biomimetic bionik born bunk gresser itke jonas knippers masselter plant speck structure]

Simon Poppinga, Axel Körner, Renate Sachse, Larissa Born, Anna Westermeier, Linnea Hesse, Jan Knippers, Manfred Bischoff, Götz T. Gresser, and Thomas Speck. Compliant Mechanisms in Plants and Architecture. Biomimetic Research for Architecture and Building Construction.. Biomimetic Research for Architecture and Building Construction, (8):169 -193, Springer, Cham, 2016. [PUMA: 2016 architecture biomimetic bionik bischoff born compliant construction gresser hesse itke knippers körner poppinga sachse speck westermeier]

T.B. Grun, L.K.F. Dehkordi, Tobias Schwinn, Daniel Sonntag, M. von Scheven, Manfred Bischoff, Jan Knippers, Achim Menges, and James H. Nebelsick. The skeleton of the sand dollar as a biological role model for segmented shells in building construction: a research review.. In Jan Knippers, Klaus Nickel, and Thomas Speck (Eds.), Biomimetic Research for Architecture and Building Construction, (9):217 - 242, Springer, Cham, 2016. [PUMA: 2016 architecture biomimetic bionik bischoff construction dehkordi grun itke knippers menges nebelsick scheven schwinn segmented shell skeleton sonntag]

Biomimetics for architecture: learning from nature. In Jan Knippers, Ulrich Schmid, and Thomas Speck (Eds.), Birkhäuser, Basel, 2019. [PUMA: 2019 architecture biomimetic biomimetics itke knippers nature schmid speck]

Tobias Schwinn, Daniel Sonntag, Tobias Grun, James H. Nebelsick, Jan Knippers, and Achim Menges. Potential applications of segmented shells in architecture. In Jan Knippers, Ulrich Schmid, and Thomas Speck (Eds.), Biomimetics for Architecture, 116--125, De Gruyter, Berlin, Boston, June 2019. [PUMA: 2019 architecture biomimetic bionik grun itke knippers menges nebelsick schwinn semented shell sonntag]

Tobias Schwinn, Riccardo La Magna, Steffen Reichert, Frederic Waimer, Jan Knippers, and Achim Menges. Prototyping Biomimetic Structures for Architecture. In Michael Stacey (Eds.), Prototyping Architecture: The Conference Papers, 224--244, The Building Centre Trust, London, 2013. [PUMA: 2013 architecture biomimetic bionik itke knippers magna menges prototyping reichert schwinn structures]

Jan Knippers, Achim Menges, Markus Gabler, Riccardo La Magna, Frédéric Waimer, Steffen Reichert, and Tobias Schwinn. From Nature to Fabrication: Biomimetic Design Principles for the Production of Complex Spatial Structures. In L. Hesselgren, S. Sharma, J. Wallner, N. Baldassini, P. Bompas, and J. Raynaud (Eds.), Advances in Architectural Geometry 2012, 107--122, Springer, Wien New York, 2012. [PUMA: 2012 architecture biomimetic bionik eichert fabrication gabler itke knippers magna menges nature schwinn spatial structures waimer]