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

Holzbaupreis RLP 2024
Collaboration with SOM for the COP28 Pavillion
Die Werkstatt fuer Hightech Ingenieure (PDF)
Forschungsdemonstrator am Augsburger Moritzplatz
IASS Tsuboi Award (Best Conference Paper 2021)
Jubilee Professors to strengthen and add edge in 2022
IASS Tsuboi Award (Best Journal Paper 2020)

Lectures, Workshops, Exhibitions

12.11.2024 - Houtdaag 2024, Apeldoorn
02.07.2024 - Holzbaupreis RLP 2024
18.04.2024 - BIM Salon, Bayerische Architektenkammer
14.03.2024 - Building Innovation Cluster Webinar
21.02.2024 - Lecture at MPDA Barcelonatech
28.11.2023 - BIM World Munich
27.11.2023 - Holzbau Kompakt, Augsburg
22.11.2023 - Digitalisierung Festival, Linz
15.11.2023 - Oslo International Timber Conference
16.03.2023 - FNR Statusseminar

Show more events

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
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

  • Present 2022

    Professor

    Digital Design and Production, University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering

  • 2022

    Jubilee Professor (visiting)

    Chalmers University of Technnology, Architecture and Civil Engineering

  • 2021 2017

    Junior Professor

    Digital Timber Construction DTC, TU Kaiserslautern, Faculty of Architecture

  • 2017 2015

    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication, EPFL Lausanne / ETH Zürich

  • 2015 2011

    PhD Researcher

    Timber Construction Laboratory IBOIS, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL Lausanne

  • 2010 2008

    Research Associate

    Institute for Computational Design ICD, University of Stuttgart

Education

  • Dr. sc. (PhD) 2015

    School of Architecture and Civil Engineering

    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL

  • Dipl. Arch. (Dis.)2008

    Professional Diploma in Architecture with Distinction (RIBA Part 2)

    London Metropolitan University

Honors, Awards and Grants

  • 2024
    Holzbaupreis RLP 2024 (Innovation/Research, Honorable Recognition)
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    Holzbaupreis Rheinland-Pfalz 2024, Category Innovation/Research, Honorable Recognition for the project "Castanea Sativa Cabin" in Annweiler am Trifels, RLP, Germany
  • 2022
    IASS Tsuboi Award (Best Conference Paper 2021)
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    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
  • 2022
    Chalmers Jubilee Professor
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    Nomination and Selection as visiting "Jubilee Professor" at Chalmers University of Technology. Link
  • 2021
    IASS Tsuboi Award (Best Journal Paper 2020)
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    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
  • 2014
    AAG 2014 Conference - Best Paper Award
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    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.
  • 2011
    Deutscher Holzbaupreis (Anerkennung)
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    Anerkennung "Komponenten/Konzepte" awarded to the ICD/ITKE Project Team, for the project "ICD/ITKE Research Pavillon 2010".
  • 2011
    DETAIL Preis, Sonderpreis Studenten
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    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".
  • 2008
    Graduation with Distinction
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    Graduation of the RIBA Part 2 accredited postgraduate course "Professional Diploma in Architecture" with Distinction.
  • 2008
    Smart Geometry Scholarship
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    Conference and Workshop Participation through the "SmartGeometry Scholarship"

Scientific Committees, Editorial and Societies