Professor
Digital Design and Production, University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Bio
I am a Professor for Digital Design and Production at the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, leading the Digital Timber Construction DTC working group. We are researching and teaching at the interface between architecture, civil engineering, robotics and computer science and our aim is to make constructions more sustainable through digital methods and technology. Important topics are material-saving lightweight constructions, rapid assembly wood-wood connections, sustainable types of wood and materials and the reuse and recycling of components.
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Previously I have worked as a Junior Professor at TU Kaiserslautern, as a Postdoc at the Swiss National Centre of Competence for Digital Fabrication NCCR dfab at ETH Zurich, as a PhD assistant at the Timber Construction Laboratory IBOIS at EPFL Lausanne, and as a research associate at the Institute of Computational Design ICD, University of Stuttgart. I received a Doctor of Sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL, and a Professional Diploma in Architecture with Distinction from London
Metropolitan University. The research has been implemented in projects such as the 2010 ICD/itke pavilion, 2013
IBOIS curved folded shell, 2017 Lausanne Vidy Theater, 2015-2020 Factory hall in Manternach, 2019 HexBox Canopy, the 2019 Recycleshell and the 2021 Chestnut Cabin.
News, Press Articles
Die Werkstatt fuer Hightech Ingenieure (PDF)
Forschungsdemonstrator am Augsburger Moritzplatz
Augsburger Allgemeine: Kuppel am Moritzplatz
Technologietransfer Zentrum Aichach
Project Reciprocalshell 2022: Prototoype Completed
IASS Tsuboi Award (Best Conference Paper 2021)
Jubilee Professors to strengthen and add edge in 2022
Keynote at 24th Forum Intelligent Buildings 2021 (PDF)
IASS Tsuboi Award (Best Journal Paper 2020)
Lectures, Workshops, Exhibitions
27.11.2023 - Digitalisierung Festival, Linz 22.11.2023 - Holzbau Kompakt, Ausgburg 15.11.2023 - Oslo International Timber Conference 16.03.2023 - FNR Statusseminar 14.12.2022 - FNR Themennachmittag 07.12.2022 - Digital Construction Workshop 20.09.2022 - IASS 2022 Session Co-Chair 20.09.2022 - IASS 2022 Paper Presentation 15.09.2022 - ProHolz BW Cluster Innovativ 27.05.2022 - Werkvorträge, Hochschule Kaiserslautern 07.04.2022 - Holzbau Digital, Hochschule Augsburg 30.03.2022 - Public Lecture, Chalmers 07.03.2022 - Masterclass, UPC Barcelonatech 13.12.2021 - Structure and Design, Uni Innsbruck 09.12.2021 - Circular Systems Symposium, TUe 12.11.2021 - Verbandstag Holzindustrie RLP, Neustadt 12.11.2021 - Verbandstag Zimmerer RLP, Frankenstein
Show more events
09.11.2021 - Nucleo Madeira Brazil, Online Lecture 03.11.2021 - proHolzBW Digitalisierung Forst und Holz 14.10.2021 - Zukunftstag Creaton, Stuttgart 08.10.2021 - Forum Intelligentes Bauen, Künzelsau 11.09.2021 - 16. Holzbaukongress Hessen, Kassel 25.08.2021 - Paper Presentation, IASS 2021, Surrey 18.08.2021 - Podcast Architekturgespräche, HS Mainz 09.04.2021 - Online Lecture, CITA, Copenhagen 25.03.2021 - Online Lecture, Yasar University, Izmir 24.03.2021 - Online Lecture, buildingSMART Germany 25.02.2021 - Online Lecture, KlimawandelCOACH 10.12.2020 - Circular Systems Symposium, TUe 30.11.2020 - Online Lecture, TU Innsbruck 25.11.2020 - Reihe Positionen, HTWK Leipzig 18.11.2020 - Online Lecture, GCD TU Wien 17.11.2020 - Online Lecture, UC Berkeley 04.11.2020 - Online Lecture, Chalmers postponed - Nucleo Madeira, São Paulo 19.09.2020 - eCAADe Session Chair, Berlin postponed - Future Timber Structures, UQ Brisbane 09.09.2020 - Holzbaunetzwerk Live Webinar 18.06.2020 - Performance Network Live Webinar postponed - Forum Wood Spain, Pamplona 31.10.2019 - Wood - Nature's Key, Tallinn 22.10.2019 - SWR Television, 18:15-18:45 25.09.2019 - Forum Wood Nordic, Helsinki 16.08.2019 - University of Sydney CPD 28.05.2019 - LIGNA.forum, Hannover 10.05.2019 - BarCamp Inno4wood, Kempten 09.05.2019 - ETH Zurich 05.04.2019 - SDMA at PBSA Dusseldorf 17.01.2019 - BAU 2019, Munich 06.12.2018 - Int. Forum Holzbau, Garmisch 12.11.2018 - Arch & Computation, Gothenburg 08.11.2018 - Innochain Conference, Copenhagen 29.08.2018 - Internationale Holzmesse Klagenfurt 23.07.2018 - Future Timber Structures, UQ Brisbane 19.07.2018 - SUTD EPD, Singapore 05.07.2018 - Indexlab Workshop, Politecnico Milano 14.06.2018 - ROBinWOOD Symposium, UFG Linz 28.05.2018 - Digital Fabrication Symposium, TUM 26.04.2018 - Karelia Symposium, UEF Kuopio 21.03.2018 - Interview JABS Journal, AIJ Kyoto 24.01.2018 - Laboratoire Navier, ENPC ParisTech 03.11.2017 - Interview at Digital Structures, MIT 02.11.2017 - ACADIA, MIT Cambridge 17.10.2017 - Chalmers, Gothenburg 29.09.2017 - Forum Wood Nordic, Trondheim 25.09.2017 - Oslo School of Architecture AHO 30.03.2017 - TU Kaiserslautern 01.03.2017 - D-BAUG, ETH Zurich 30.11.2016 - RWTH Aachen 18.10.2016 - S-WIN FBK Weinfelden 12.09.2016 - AAG 2016, ETH Zurich 24.08.2016 - WCTE 2016, TU Wien 22.06.2016 - FUTURE WOOD Innochain, KADK 06.04.2016 - S-WIN Industrielle Fertigung, EPFL 18.03.2016 - Rob|Arch 2016 Conference, Sydney
Academic Positions
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Present 2022
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2022
Jubilee Professor (visiting)
Chalmers University of Technnology, Architecture and Civil Engineering
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2022 2021
Professor
Digital Planning and Building, University of Applied Sciences Bremen, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering
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2021 2017
Junior Professor
Digital Timber Construction DTC, TU Kaiserslautern, Faculty of Architecture
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2017 2015
Postdoctoral Researcher
Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication, EPFL Lausanne / ETH Zürich
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2015 2011
PhD Researcher
Timber Construction Laboratory IBOIS, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL Lausanne
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2010 2008
Research Associate
Institute for Computational Design ICD, University of Stuttgart
Education
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Dr. sc. (PhD) 2015
School of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL
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Dipl. Arch. (Dis.)2008
Professional Diploma in Architecture with Distinction (RIBA Part 2)
London Metropolitan University
Honors, Awards and Grants
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2022IASS Tsuboi Award (Best Conference Paper 2021)
IASS Yoshikatsu Tsuboi Award - Best Conference Paper in 2020 (Inspiring the Next Generation – IASS 2020/21 Annual Symposium and SURREY 7 International Conference on Spatial Structures), for the paper: "HexBox Canopy: a segmented timber plate shell with hardwood wedge joints”, awarded by the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures IASS Link -
2022Chalmers Jubilee Professor
Nomination and Selection as visiting "Jubilee Professor" at Chalmers University of Technology. Link -
2021IASS Tsuboi Award (Best Journal Paper 2020)
IASS Yoshikatsu Tsuboi Award - Best Journal Paper in 2020, for the paper: "Recycleshell: Wood-only Shell Structures Made From Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Production Waste", awarded by the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures IASS Link
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2014AAG 2014 Conference - Best Paper Award
Best Paper Award for "Robeller C., Stitic A., Mayencourt P. and Weinand, Y.: Interlocking Folded Plate - Integrated Mechanical Attachment for Timber Folded Plate Structures", at the "Advances in Architectural Geometry 2014 International Conference", UCL London, UK. -
2011Deutscher Holzbaupreis (Anerkennung)
Anerkennung "Komponenten/Konzepte" awarded to the ICD/ITKE Project Team, for the project "ICD/ITKE Research Pavillon 2010". -
2011DETAIL Preis, Sonderpreis Studenten
At the DETAIL prize 2011 awards at Schloss Nymphenburg in Munich, the "special price students" was awarded to the ICD/ITKE Project Team, for the project "ICD/ITKE Research Pavillon 2010". -
2008Graduation with Distinction
Graduation of the RIBA Part 2 accredited postgraduate course "Professional Diploma in Architecture" with Distinction. -
2008Smart Geometry Scholarship
Conference and Workshop Participation through the "SmartGeometry Scholarship"
Scientific Committees, Editorial and Societies
- Reviewer for the Advances in Architectural Geometry 2023
- Reviewer for the eCAADe 2023
- Reviewer for the TAD Journal - Technology|Architecture + Design
- Referee for the European Research Council
- Session Chair at eCAADe 2020
- Reviewer for the Advances in Architectural Geometry 2020
- Reviewer for the Academy of Finland
- Reviewer for the FABRICATE Conference 2020
- Reviewer for the Swiss National Science Foundation
- Reviewer for the IASS Conference 2018
- Reviewer for the International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics
- Reviewer for the Automation in Construction Journal
- Reviewer for the DWD 2018 Book
- Reviewer for the Advances in Architectural Geometry 2018
- Reviewer for the Rob|Arch Conference 2018
- Reviewer for the FABRICATE Conference 2017
- Reviewer for the Advances in Architectural Geometry 2016
- Reviewer for the Journal of Space Structures IJSS
- Reviewer for the Journal of the IASS
- Reviewer for the Journal of Construction Robotics
- Reviewer for the Journal of Building Engineering