selected publications

• academic article

  • Concurrent, computational design and modelling of structural, coreless-wound building components.  Automation in Construction.  151:104889-104889. 2023
  • Computational Segmentation Methods for the Material Efficient Co-Design of Point-Supported, Grid-Independent Floor Slabs in Timber Architecture.  Social Science Research Network.  2023
  • Integrative structural design and engineering methods for segmented timber shells - BUGA Wood Pavilion.  Structures.  34:4814-4833. 2021
  • Semi-automated braiding of complex, spatially branched FRP-structures.  Composite Structures.  276:114551-114551. 2021
  • Urbach Tower: Integrative structural design of a lightweight structure made of self-shaped curved cross-laminated timber.  Structures.  33:3667-3681. 2021
  • Material Monitoring of a Composite Dome Pavilion Made by Robotic Coreless Filament Winding.  Materials.  14:5509-5509. 2021
  • Integrative computational design and construction: Rethinking architecture digitally.  Civil engineering design.  3:123-135. 2021
  • Learning from plant movements triggered by bulliform cells: the biomimetic cellular actuator.  Journal of the Royal Society Interface.  17:20200358-20200358. 2020
  • Hindwings of insects as concept generator for hingeless foldable shading systems.  Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.  13:016012-016012. 2017
  • The Limits of Simulation: Towards a New Culture of Architectural Engineering.  Technology architecture + design.  1:155-162. 2017
  • Design, manufacturing and testing of shear-cone connectors between CFRP stay-in-place formwork and concrete.  Composite Structures.  129:47-54. 2015
  • A methodology for transferring principles of plant movements to elastic systems in architecture.  Computer-Aided Design.  60:105-117. 2015
  • A Novel Hybrid Composite Construction for Complex Concrete Shells in Architecture.  .  2015
  • Design and construction principles in nature and architecture.  Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.  7:015002-015002. 2012
  • Bridges with Glass Fibre–Reinforced Polymer Decks: The Road Bridge in Friedberg, Germany.  Structural Engineering International.  20:400-404. 2010
  • Ganzglastreppe mit transparenten SGP-Klebeverbindungen – Konstruktion und statische Berechnung.  Stahlbau.  76:151-156. 2007

• blog posting

  • Embraced Wood: Circular Construction Method for Composite Long-Span Beams from Unprocessed Reclaimed Timber, Fibers and Clay.  . 2023

• chapter

  • Bio-based plastics for building facades.  Elsevier eBooks. 329-346. 2016
  • Compliant Mechanisms in Plants and Architecture.  Biologically-inspired systems. 2016
  • The Skeleton of the Sand Dollar as a Biological Role Model for Segmented Shells in Building Construction: A Research Review.  Biologically-inspired systems. 217-242. 2016
  • Core-Less Filament Winding.  Springer eBooks. 275-289. 2014

• conference paper

  • Abstraction of bio-inspired curved-line folding patterns for elastic foils and membranes in architecture.  Ecology and the Environment. 2010
  • Elastic architecture: nature inspired pliable structures.  Ecology and the Environment. 2010
  • Application of 'abstract formal patterns' for translating natural principles into the design of new deployable structures in architecture.  Ecology and the Environment. 2008

• proceedings

  • Multi-Machine Fabrication: An Integrative Design Process Utilising an Autonomous UAV and Industrial Robots for the Fabrication of Long Span Composite Structures.  Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2017