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70174 Stuttgart
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advanced computational wood building systems and associated robotic production systems and -processes
2022
- Menges, A., Amtsberg, F., Bucklin, O., Wagner, H. J., & Wood, D. (2022). Holzbau digital denken: Integratives computerbasiertes Planen und Bauen. In 26. Internationales Holzbau-Forum IHF 2022.
- Wagner, H. J. (2022). Digitale Fabrikation: Was bringt uns die Zukunft? In 2. Internationaler Kongress Holzbau: Technik+Wirtschaft (HTW) (pp. 91--102). FORUM HOLZBAU.
- Krtschil, A., Orozco, L., Bechert, S., Wagner, H. J., Amtsberg, F., Chen, T.-Y., Shah, A., Menges, A., & Knippers, J. (2022). Structural development of a novel punctually supported timber building system for multi-storey construction. Journal of Building Engineering, 58, 104972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.104972
- Skoury, L., Amtsberg, F., Yang, X., Wagner, H. J., Menges, A., & Wortmann, T. (2022). A Framework for Managing Data in Multi-actor Fabrication Processes (C. Gengnagel, O. Baverel, G. Betti, M. Popescu, M. R. Thomsen, & J. Wurm, Eds.).
- Abdelaal, M., Amtsberg, F., Becher, M., Duque Estrada, R., Kannenberg, F., Sousa Calepso, A., Wagner, H. J. J., Reina, G., Sedlmair, M., Menges, A., & Weiskopf, D. (2022). Visualization for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction: Shaping the Future of Our Built World. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 1–1. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2022.3149837
- Chai, H., Guo, Z., Wagner, H. J., Stark, T., Menges, A., & Yuan, P. F. (2022). In-Situ Robotic Fabrication of Spatial Glulam Structures. Proceedings of the 27th CAADRIA Conference, Sydney, 9-15 April 2022, 2, 41--50. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.2.041
- Chai, H., Wagner, H. J., Guo, Z., Qi, Y., Menges, A., & Yuan, P. F. (2022). Computational design and on-site mobile robotic construction of an adaptive reinforcement beam network for cross-laminated timber slab panels. Automation in Construction, 142(August), Article August. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104536
- Krtschil, A., Orozco, L., Wagner, H. J., Menges, A., & Knippers, J. (2022). Conceptual development and comparison of two punctually supported timber slab systems. Doktorandenkolloquium Holzbau Forschung + Praxis.
2021
- Qi, Y., Zhong, R., Kaiser, B., Tahouni, Y., Wagner, H. J., Verl, A., & Menges, A. (2021). Augmented Accuracy: A Human-Machine Integrated Adaptive Fabrication Workflow for Bamboo. In V. Stojakovic & B. Tepavcevic (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th eCAADe Conference (Vol. 1, pp. 345--354). Cumincad. http://papers.cumincad.org/cgi-bin/works/paper/ecaade2021_169
- Amtsberg, F., Yang, X., Skoury, L., Wagner, H.-J., & Menges, A. (2021). iHRC: An AR-based interface for intuitive, interactive and coordinated task sharing between humans and robots in building construction. In C. Feng, T. Linner, I. Brilakis, D. Castro, P.-H. Chen, Y. Cho, J. Du, S. Ergan, B. Garcia de Soto, J. Gaparík, F. Habbal, A. Hammad, K. Iturralde, T. Bock, S. Kwon, Z. Lafhaj, N. Li, C.-J. Liang, B. Mantha, … Z. Zhu (Eds.), Proceedings of the 38th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC) (pp. 25–32). International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC). https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2021/0006
- Orozco, L., Krtschil, A., Wagner, H. J., Bechert, S., Amtsberg, F., Skoury, L., Knippers, J., & Menges, A. (2021). Design Methods for Variable Density, Multi-Directional Composite Timber Slab Systems for Multi-Storey. In V. Stojakovic & B. Tepavcevic (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th eCAADe Conference (Vol. 1, pp. 303--312). Cumincad. http://papers.cumincad.org/cgi-bin/works/paper/ecaade2021_284
- Duque Estrada, R., Kannenberg, F., Wagner, H. J., Yablonina, M., & Menges, A. (2021). Integrative Design Methods for Spatial Winding. Advances in Architectural Geometry 2020, 286–305. https://thinkshell.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AAG2020_15_Duque.pdf
- Wagner, H. J., Garufi, D., Schwinn, T., Wood, D. M., & Menges, A. (2021). Three-Dimensional Fibre Placement in Wood for connections and reinforcements in timber structures. In S. A. Behnejad, G. A. R. Parke, & O. A. Samavati (Eds.), Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2020/21 and the 7th International Conference on Spatial Structures. IASS.
- Wagner, H. J., Aicher, S., Balangé, L., Basalla, U., Schwieger, V., & Menges, A. (2021). Qualities of the Unique: Accuracy and Process-Control Management in Project-based Robotic Timber Construction. World Conference on Timber Engineering 2021 - WCTE 2021.
- Wagner, H.-J., Aicher, S., Balangé, L., Basalla, U., Schwieger, V., & Menges, A. (2021). Qualities of the Unique: Accuracy and Process-Control Management in Project-based Robotic Timber Construction. World Conference on Timber Engineering, Santiago, Chile, 9.-12. August.
2020
- Wagner, H. J., Alvarez, M., Kyjanek, O., Bhiri, Z., Buck, M., & Menges, A. (2020). Flexible and transportable robotic timber construction platform – TIM. Automation in Construction, 120, Article 120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2020.103400
- Wagner, H. J., Alvarez, M., Groenewolt, A., & Menges, A. (2020). Towards digital automation flexibility in large-scale timber construction: integrative robotic prefabrication and co-design of the BUGA Wood Pavilion. Construction Robotics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-020-00038-5
- Duque Estrada Almeida Araujo, R., Kannenberg, F., Wagner, H.-J., Yablonina, M., & Menges, A. (2020). Spatial Winding : Cooperative Heterogeneous Mulit-Robot System for Fibrous Structures. Construction Robotics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-020-00036-7
- Wagner, H. J., Chai, H., Guo, Z., Menges, A., & Yuan, P. F. (2020). Towards an On-site Fabrication System for Bespoke , Unlimited and Monolithic Timber Slabs. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Las Vegas, NV, USA (Virtual) - Workshop on Construction and Architecture Robotics, 2020. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.14098.68802
- Qi, Y., Zhong, R., Kaiser, B., Nguyen, L., Wagner, H. J., Verl, A., & Menges, A. (2020). Working with Uncertainties: An Adaptive Fabrication Workflow for Bamboo Structures. In P. F. Yuan, J. Yao, C. Yan, X. Wang, & N. Leach (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2020 DigitalFUTURES. Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
- Duque Estrada, R., Kannenberg, F., Wagner, H. J., Yablonina, M., & Menges, A. (2020). Spatial Winding: Cooperative Heterogeneous Multi-Robot System for Fibrous Structures. Construction Robotics, 4(3–4), Article 3–4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-020-00036-7
- Menges, A., Knippers, J., Wagner, H. J., & Zechmeister, C. (2020). Pilotprojekte Für Ein Integratives Computerbasiertes Planen Und Bauen. In M. Bischoff, M. von Scheven, & B. Oesterle (Eds.), Baustatik - Baupraxis 14: Institut für Baustatik und Baudynamik (pp. 67--79). University of Stuttgart.
- Menges, A., Knippers, J., Wagner, H. J., & Zechmeister, C. (2020). Pilotprojekte für ein Integratives Computerbasiertes Planen und Bauen. In M. Bischoff, M. von Scheven, & B. Oesterle (Eds.), Baustatik – Baupraxis 14 (pp. 67--79). Institut für Baustatik und Baudynamik, Universität Stuttgart. http://dx.doi.org/10.18419/opus-10762
2019
- Sonntag, D., Aldinger, L., Bechert, S., Alvarez, M., Groenewolt, A., Krieg, O.-D., Wagner, H. J., Knippers, J., & Menges, A. (2019). Lightweight segmented timber shell for the Bundesgartenschau 2019 in Heilbronn. Form and Force: Proceedings of the International Association for Spactial Structures Annual Symposia 2019 Barcelona, October, Article October.
- Menges, A., Knippers, J., Wagner, H. J., & Sonntag, D. (2019). BUGA Holzpavillon - Freiformfläche aus robotisch gefertigten Nulltoleranz- Segmenten. In Proceedings of the 25. Internationales Holzbau-Forum IHF 2019 (pp. 129--138).
- Menges, A., Knippers, J., Wagner, H. J., & Sonntag, D. (2019). BUGA Holzpavillon - Freiformfläche aus robotisch gefertigten Nulltoleranz- Segmenten. In 25. Internationales Holzbau-Forum IHF 2019 (pp. 129--138). FORUM HOLZBAU.
- Garufi, D., Wagner, H. J., Bechert, S., Schwinn, T., Wood, D. M., Menges, A., & Knippers, J. (2019). Fibrous Joints for Lightweight Segmented Timber Shells. In C. Leopold, C. Robeller, & U. Weber (Eds.), Research Culture in Architecture: Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration (pp. 53--64). De Gruyter / Birkhäuser. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035620238
- Alvarez, M., Wagner, H. J., Groenewolt, A., Krieg, O. D., Sonntag, D., Bechert, S., Aldinger, L., Menges, A., & Knippers, J. (2019). The BUGA Wood Pavilion - Integrative interdisciplinary advancements of digital timber architecture. In Ubiquity and Autonomy - 39th ACADIA Conference 2019 (pp. 490--499).
- Alvarez, M., Wagner, H. J., Groenewelt, A., Krieg, O., Kyjanek, O., Aldinger, L., Bechert, S., Sonntag, D., Menges, A., & Knippers, J. (2019). The buga wood pavilion - Integrative interdisciplinary advancements of digital timber architecture. ACADIA - Ubiquity and Autonomy Proceedings of the ACADIA Conference 2019, 490--499.
2018
- Menges, A., Wagner, H. J., & Schwinn, T. (2018). Bionische segmentierte Holzplattenschalen: integrative agentenbasierte Modellierung und robotische Fertigung. In 24. Internationales Holzbau-Forum IHF 2018 (pp. 239--249). FORUM HOLZBAU.
- Garufi, D., Wagner, H. J., Bechert, S., Schwinn, T., Wood, D. M., Menges, A., & Knippers, J. (2018). Fibrous Joints for Lightweight Segmented Timber Shells. Proceedings of Research Culture in Architecture Conference 2018 (RCA 2018).
Design Studios:
ITECH MSc. Thesis Students:
- Embraced Wood - Pelin Asa, Christelle El Faraghi, Christian Steixner, 2022
- IntCDC Thesis Grant 2022
- Studierendenpreis "Innovative Holzverwendung" - Landesbeirat Holz BW
- Green Product Award 2023 - Nomination
- Frame-Active Winding - Ayşe Esin Durmaz, Alexandra Pittiglio, Ailey Simpson, 2022
- Controlled Anisotropy - Tzu-Ying Chen, Lior Skoury, Simon Treml, 2021
- Diploma Prize of the Faculty of Architecture - Nomination
- Building Across Scales - Daniel Locatelli, Nils Opgenorth, 2021
- IntCDC Thesis Grant 2021
- Joint Effort - Simon Lut, Lasath Siriwardena, Tim Stark, 2020
- IntCDC Thesis Grant 2020
- Preis der Dr. Artur-Fischer Stiftung 2021
- Working with Uncertainties - Yue Qi, Ruquing Zhong, 2020
- IntCDC Thesis Grant 2020
- Spatial Winding - Rebeca Duque Estrada, Fabian Kannenberg, 2019
- Leichtbaupreis 2020
- Bent-Computational Tooth Construction - Miro Bannwart, 2019
- Exhibited at Grubenmann Museum, Zeughaus Teufen, CH
International Workshops Lead:
- Spatial Glulam Structures
DigitalFuturesWORLD 2021, Shanghai (Hybrid) - Dual-Additive Manufacturing
ACADIA 2020, Online + Global - Platform-based Robotic Timber Architecture
DigitalFuturesWORLD 2020, Shanghai (Hybrid) - Fibrous Timber Joints
Smart Geometry 2018, Toronto - KUKA Basic Robot Programming Workshop, 2019-*, w/ Tobias Schwinn
University of Stuttgart with KUKA College Gersthofen, Stuttgart & Augsburg
Hans Jakob Wagner is a research associate and doctoral candidate at the ICD where he leads the research group Computational Wood Architecture. His research focus lies on advanced computational wood building systems and associated robotic production systems and -processes.
Hans Jakob completed the ITECH Master Program at University of Stuttgart with distinction in 2017 and received a B.Sc. in Architecture from Vienna University of Technology. During his studies he worked for renowned architecture offices in Vienna and Paris, at the Vienna University of Technology and at the University of Stuttgart.
Currently he is working on his dissertation titled "Project-based Robotic Timber Construction: A framework for the integrative co-evolution of building- and automation systems in computational wood construction" and core projects within the DFG Cluster of Excellence IntCDC.
Contact:
Research:
- Timber Construction 4.0
- Cluster of Excellence "IntCDC": RP3
- Cluster of Excellence "IntCDC": RP4
- Robotic Screw-Press Gluing
Projects:
- EXC Building Demonstrator LCRL (in progress)
- ITECH Campus Lab, Vaihingen (in progress)
- livMats Biomimetic Shell @ FIT, Freiburg (in progress)
- Spatial Glulam Demonstrator, Shanghai
- Discrete Continuity Pavilion, Shanghai
- Fancy Fence - Fair Stand, Berlin
- BUGA Wood Pavilion 2019, Heilbronn
- Fibrous Joints for Polygonal Lattice Shells Demonstrator, Toronto
- Fibrous Joints for Segmented Timber Shells Demonstrator, Stuttgart
- ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2016-17, Stuttgart
Scientific Peer-Review:
- Construction Robotics Journal, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, CH
- Automation in Construction Journal, Elsevier B.V. Amsterdam, NL
- Project Funding Division II, Swiss National Science Foundation, CH
- ACADIA 2021 - "REALIGNMENTS", Scientific Committee, USA
- Cogent Engineering, Taylor & Francis
- Wood Material Science and Engineering, Taylor & Francis
- ACADIA 2022 - "Hybrids & Haecceities", Scientific Committee, USA
- Architectural Intelligence Journal, SpringerNature
- Nexus Network Journal - Architecture & Mathematics, SpringerNature / Birkhäuser
Awards:
- Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis, Special Award Digitalization / Architecture, BUGA Wood Pavilion Team
- Deutscher Holzbaupreis 2021, Honorable Mention , BUGA Wood Pavilion Team
- Holzbau Plus Award 2020, Winner in Category "Innovation", BUGA Wood Pavilion Team
- BIM Award, ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2016/17 Team
Presentations:
- "Towards Ubiquity: Computational Wood Architecture"
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US
Invited Online Lecture, 31.1.2023 - "Leichtbau mit Holz durch digitales Planen und Konstruieren"
Cross Cluster Innovativ - proHolzBW, Stuttgart, GER
Invited Online Lecture, 24.11.2022 - "Robotic Timber Construction - Future Potentials of Wood Architecture "
Forum Wood Building Baltic, Riga, LTV
Invited Lecture, 9.5.2022 - "Project-based Robotic Timber Construction"
eCAADe Conference 2021, Novi Sad, SRB
Keynote Presentation, 9.9.2021 - "Co-Design für Punktgestützte Flachdecken aus Holz"
State of More Lecture Series - OFB Projektentwicklung, Frankfurt, GER
Invited Online Lecture, 11.1.2023 - "Advancing Wood Architecture and Computational Timber Construction"
University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, GER
ITECH Expert Colloquium 2022, 9.11.2022 - "Advancing Wood Architecture through Computation and Robotic Fabrication"
White Arkitekter, Uppsala, SWE
Invited Online Lecture, 10.11.2022 - "Projektbezogener robotischer Holzbau"
Digitize Wood Network, Stuttgart, GER
Invited Online Lecture, 25.4.2022 - "Integrative Computational Design and Construction"
Weitzmann School of Architecture - UPenn, Philadelphia, USA
Invited Online Lecture, 22.10.2021 - "Co-Design for Timber Architecture"
Digital Futures, Inside ICD Presentation Series, Tongji University Shanghai, CH
Online Presentation, 12.2.2022 - "Digitale Fabrikation: Was bringt uns die Zukunft"
Forum Holzbau - Technik und Wirtschaft, Memmingen, GER
Invited Lecture, 1.6.2022 - "Integrativer Holzbau nach biologischem Vorbild"
IBK2, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, GER
Invited Online Lecture, 29.11.2021 - "Hybrid Wood Structures"
Symposium Zukunft Bauen, Ludwigsburg, GER
Invited Lecture, 28.9.2021 - "Experiment Digital"
Stiftung Baukultur Thüringen, Weimar, GER
Invited Lecture, 10.9.2021 - "Three-Dimensional Fibre Placement in Wood for connections and reinforcements of timber structures"
IASS Annual Symposium 2020/21, Surrey, GB
Paper Presentation, 26.8.2021 - "Qualities of the Unique"
World Conference on Timber Engineering 2021, Santiago de Chile, CHL
Paper Presentation + Roundtable Discussion, 9.8.2021 - "Robotische Fabrikation im Bauwesen"
Brandenburg University of Technology
Invited Online Lecture, 15.6.2021 - "Integrated Planning Cultures in the Co-Design and Fabrication of the BUGA Wood Pavilion"
DGA Bau, Max Planck Society
Invited Presentation at Working Group 6 Meeting, 9.3.2021 - "BUGA Wood Pavilion: Digital Knowledge Transfer Strategies"
Fachinformationsdienst BAUdigital
Kickoff Event Presentation, 3.3.2021 - "Computational Design and Construction in Wood Architecture"
Wood Week Chile 2020,
Invited Online Presentation, 3.9.2020 - "Zukunftspotenziale robotischer Fabrikation im Holzbau"
bauinformation.com
Invited Online Lecture, 15.7.2020 - “Konstruktiver Holzbau im Zeitalter des Digitalen"
University of Greifswald, Germany
Lecture at 'Kolloquiumsreihe Planet Erde 3.0', 19.11.2019 - “Parametrisches Entwerfen und bionisches Design”
BDLA Entwerfertage 2019 Berlin, Germany
Invited Lecture, 8.11.2019 - “The BUGA Wood Pavilion”
ACADIA Conference 2019, Austin TX, USA
Paper Presentation, 24.10.2019 - “The BUGA Wood Pavilion”
Trekonstruksjonsdagen, Oslo, Norway
Invited Lecture, 3.9.2019 - “Computational Lightweight Construction”
Bauen Digital – DETAIL Lecture Series, Köln, Germany
Invited Lecture, 9.5.2019 - “Robotic Fabrication Processes for the BUGA Wood Pavilion 2019”
Robouwtics – Robotics in Architecture Symposium, TU Delft, Netherlands
Invited Presentation, 28.2.2019 - “Additive and Subtractive Robotic Fabrication for the BUGA Timber Shell 2019”
Symposium der Studiengemeinschaft Holzleimbau, Blaustein, Germany,
Invited Presentation, 7.11.2018 - “Fibrous Joints for Segmented Timber Shells”
RCA Conference 2018, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany,
Paper Presentation, 25.9.2018 - “Digital Timber Architecture”
Lecture-Series “Holz: Material für die Zukunft”, com:bau, Dornbirn, Austria
Invited Presentation, 9.3.2018
Mentorship and Consulting:
Jury Panels:
- Timber Skyscraper Annual International Architecture Competition, 2023
- Timber Pavilion Annual International Architecture Competition, 2022
- Rethinking the Future: Global Architecture & Design Awards 2022
- Architecture & Design Collection Awards, 2022
- Iceland Movie Pavilion International Architecture Competition, 2022