Publications

Manfred Bischoff, R. Sachse, Axel Körner, A.S. Westermeier, Larissa Born, Simon Poppinga, GötzT. Gresser, Thomas Speck, and Jan Knippers. Modeling and analysis of the trapping mechanism of Aldrovanda vesiculosa as biomimetic inspiration for façade elements. IASS Annual Symposium, Hamburg, Germany, 25-28 Sept 2017. [PUMA: biomimetic körner vesiculosa born sachse speck inspiration gresser knippers facade analysis modelling poppinga trapping 2017 itke element mechanism westermeier Aldrovanda bischoff]

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

Larissa Born, Axel Körner, Gundula Schieber, A.S. Westermeier, Simon Poppinga, R. Sachse, P. Bergmann, Oliver Betz, Manfred Bischoff, Thomas Speck, Jan Knippers, Markus Milwich, Götz T. Gresser, and A. Herrmann. Fiber-reinforced plastics with locally adapted stiffness for bio-inspired hingeless, deployable architectural systems. (742):689-696, 2017. [PUMA: bergmann biomimetic betz born knippers adapted poppinga stiffness system 2017 itke architectural westermeier bio-inspired herrmann körner schieber sachse speck gresser plastic fiber-reinforced deployable hingeless milwich locally bischoff]

Katharina Bunk, J. M. Seitz, Florian Jonas, Jan Knippers, Thomas Speck, and Tom Masselter. How can branched building structures be optimized via analyzing plant branchings? Functional morphology, biomechanics and Finite Element (FE) simulation of Araliaceae ramifications. In Kesel, and Zehren (Eds.), Bionik: Patente aus der Natur. Tagungsbeiträge 8. Bionik-Kongress Bremen, 40-48, Bremen, Germany, 2017. [PUMA: bunk ramfication morphology biomimetic finite knippers structure branching 2017 itke plant branched fe functional masselter speck optimized simulation building biomechanics analyzing element seitzjonas Araliaceae]

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

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

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: biomimetic schwinn sonntag segmented knippers shell nebelsick skeleton dehkordi bionik grun scheven 2016 itke construction menges architecture bischoff]

Tobias B. Grun, Malte von Scheven, Florian Geiger, Tobias Schwinn, Daniel Sonntag, Manfred Bischoff, Jan Knippers, Achim Menges, and James H. Nebelsick. Bauprinzipien und Strukturdesign von Seeigeln – Vorbilder für bioinspirierte Konstruktionen. In Jan Knippers, Ulrich Schmid, and Thomas Speck (Eds.), Baubionik - Biologie beflügelt Architektur, 82--93, Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 2017. [PUMA: biomimetic schwinn sonntag architektur ausstellung naturkunde knippers geiger bauprinzip bionik grun 2017 scheven itke menges stuttgart nebelsick schmid seeigel konstruktion strukturdesign bischoff]

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: concrete frp biomimetic natural born inspired gresser knippers concrete-frp structure branching 2018 jonas itke composite möhl supporting branched architecture]

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: biomimetic 2012 knippers facade bionik itke elastic yeosu expo architecture]

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: waimer nature biomimetic schwinn reichert magna 2012 knippers bionik design itke structures gabler fabrication spatial menges architecture]

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: waimer nature biomimetic schwinn magna 2012 knippers bionik itke structures gabler fabrication eichert spatial menges architecture]

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: jungjohann oppe biomimetic 2012 knippers pavilion facade gfrp korea itke scheible yeosu kinetic expo architecture bio-inspired thematic]

Baubionik – Biologie beflügelt Architektur. In Jan Knippers, Ulrich Schmid, and Thomas Speck (Eds.), Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie C, Wissen für alle, (82)Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, 2017. [PUMA: biomimetic architektur natur ausstellung speck naturkunde knippers stuttgart schmid bionik 2017 itke]

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

Bionisch bauen: von der Natur lernen. In Jan Knippers, Ulrich Schmid, and Thomas Speck (Eds.), Birkhäuser, Basel, 2019. [PUMA: bionik 2019 biomimetic itke architektur speck knippers stuttgart schmid]

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

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: biomimetic schwinn knippers robotic shell design itke 2015 structures fabrication geometry plat schwieger timber krieg schmitt li menges architecture]

Axel Körner, Larissa Born, Anja Mader, Renate Sachse, Saman Saffarian, Anna S. Westermeier, Simon Poppinga, Manfred Bischoff, Götz T. Gresser, Markus Milwich, Thomas Speck, and Jan Knippers. Flectofold - A biomimetic compliant shading device for complex free form facades. Smart Materials and Structures, (27)0170012017. [PUMA: flectofold biomimetic born knippers poppinga form 2017 itke compliant westermeier device shading körner sachse speck complex gresser facade saffarian mader milwich free bischoff] URL

Axel Körner, Anja Mader, Saman Saffarian, and Jan Knippers. Bio-Inspired Kinetic Curved-Line Folding for Architectural Applications. Acadia 2016 Posthuman Frontiers: Data, Designers, and Cognitive Machines, 270-279, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, September 2016. [PUMA: biomimetic körner folding curved-line knippers application saffarian mader 2016 itke architectural kinetic bio-inspired]