Hans Jakob Wagner

Wagner, H. J., Groenewolt, A., Alvarez, M., 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, Springer, 2020. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-020-00038-5)

Wagner, H. J., Alvarez, M., Bhiri, Z., Buck, M., Menges, A.: 2020, Flexible and transportable robotic timber construction platform – TIM, Automation in Construction, Volume 120, December 2020. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2020.103400)

Wagner, H. J., Garufi, D., Schwinn, T., Wood, D., Menges, A.,: 2021, Three-Dimensional Fibre Placement in Wood for connections and reinforcements in timber structures, Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2020/21 and the 7th International Conference on Spatial Structures.

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 (Poster), Workshop on Building Construction and Architecture Robotics, International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas (USA)

Wagner, H. J., Aicher, S., Balange, L., Basalla, U., Schwieger, V., Menges, A.: 2021, Qualities of the Unique: Accuracy- and Process-Controll in Project-based Robotic Timber Construction, in Proceedings of the World Conference in Timber Engineering, Santiago di Chile, Chile.

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 Construction, in Proceedings of the 39th eCAADe Conference 2021, Novi Sad.

Abdelaal, M., Amtsberg, F., Becher, M., Duque Estrada, R., Kannenberg, F., Sousa Calepso, A., Wagner, H. 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, 1716(c), 1–1. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2022.3149837

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. 2021 Proceedings of the 38th ISARC, Isarc, 25–32. https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2021/0006

Qi, Y., Zhong, R., Kaiser, B., Nguyen, L., Tahouni, Y., Wagner, H. J., Verl, A., Menges, A.: 2021, Augmented Accuracy-A human-machine integrated adaptive fabrication workflow for bamboo construction utilizing computer vision, in Proceedings of the 39th eCAADe Conference 2021, Novi Sad.

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: Yuan P.F., Yao J., Yan C., Wang X., Leach N. (eds) Proceedings of the 2020 DigitalFUTURES. CDRF 2020. Springer, Singapore. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4400-6_25)

Duque, R., Kannenberg F., Wagner, H. J., Yablonina, M., Menges, A.: 2020, Integrative Design Methods for Spatial Winding, Advances in Architectural Geometry Conference AAG 2020 (AAG), Paris.

Duque, R., Kannenberg F., Wagner, H. J., Yablonina, M., Menges, A.: 2020, Spatial Winding: Cooperative Heterogeneous Mulit-Robot System for Fibrous Structures, Construction Robotics, Springer 2020. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-020-00036-7)

Alvarez, M., Wagner, H. J., Groenewolt, A., Krieg, O. D., Kyjanek, O., Aldinger, L., Bechert, S., Sonntag, D., Menges, A., Knippers, J.: 2019, The buga wood pavilion – Integrative interdisciplinary advancements of digital timber architecture. in ACADIA – Ubiquity and Autonomy [Proceedings of the ACADIA Conference 2019]. The University of Texas, Austin, pp. 490-499. (ISBN 978-0-578-59179-7)

Garufi, D., Wagner, H. J., Schwinn, T., Wood, D., Bechert, S., Menges, A., Knippers, J.: 2019, Fibrous Joints for Lightweight Segmented Timber Shells, in Leopold, C., Robeller, C., Weber, U. (Eds.), Research Culture in Architecture, Birkhäuser, Basel, pp 53-64. (ISBN 978-3-035620-23-8) 

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. in Form and Force - Proceedings of IASS Annual Symposium 2019, Barcelona, pp. 1-8, (ISSN 2518-6582)

Menges, A., Knippers, J., Wagner, H. J., Zechmeister, C.: 2020, Pilotprojekte für ein Integratives Computerbasiertes Planen und Bauen, in Berichte der Fachtagung Bauplanung - Baupraxis 14, pp. 67-79. (ISBN 978-3-00-064639-3)

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. (ISBN 978-3-906226-29-3)

Garufi, D., Wagner, H.J., Bechert, S., Schwinn, T., Wood, D., Menges, A., Knippers, J.: 2018, Fibrous Timber Joints for Segmented Timber Shells, in Cornelie Leopold, Christopher Robeller and Ulrike Weber (eds.): RCA 2018. Research Culture in Architecture x International Conference on Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration, Kaiserslautern. (ISBN 978-3-95974-094-4)

Menges, A., Schwinn, T., Wagner, H. J.: 2018, Bionische segmentierte Holzplattenschalen: integrative agentenbasierte Modellierung und robotische Fertigung, in 24. Internationales Holzbau-Forum IHF 2018, Biel, pp. 239-249. (ISBN 978-3-906226-23-1)

Design Studios:

• Performative Morphology - SS 2020
• Performative Morphology - WS 2019/2020

ITECH MSc. Thesis Students:

• Controlled Anisotropy  - Tzu-Ying Chen, Lior Skoury, Simon Treml, 2021
• 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

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-certified Basic Robot Programming Workshop, biannual since 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 with a special focus on advanced computational wood building systems and associated robotic production systems and -processes. 

Hans Jakob received a B.Sc. in Architecture from Vienna University of Technology and subsequently completed the ITECH Master Program at University of Stuttgart with distinction in 2017. During his studies he worked for renowned architecture offices in Vienna and Paris and at the Vienna University of Technology and 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:

• ResearchGate
• Google Scholar
• LinkedIn

Research:

• Timber Construction 4.0
• Cluster of Excellence "IntCDC": RP3
• Cluster of Excellence "IntCDC": RP4
• Robotic Screw-Press Gluing

Projects:

• EXC Building Demonstrator LCRL (Architectural Research Integration, in progress) 
• ITECH Campus Lab, Vaihingen (in progress)
• FIT Ideas Factory, Freiburg (in progress)
• Spatial Glulam Demonstrator, Shanghai
• Discrete Continuity Pavilion, Shanghai
• Fancy Fence  - Fair Stand 
• BUGA Wood Pavilion 2019
• Fibrous Joints for Segmented Timber Shells
• ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2016-17

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

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

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