Philipp Eversmann

University of Kassel · Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture (ASL)

Both natural materials such as timber and low-grade or recycled materials are extremely variable in quality and geometry in unprocessed state. Additive digital fabrication processes in robotics in combination with sensor feedback techniques offer large design freedom, high precision and material efficiency and enable a highly customized fabrication...

Additive manufacturing (AM), as resource-efficient fabrication processes, could also be used in the dimensions of the construction industry, as a variety of experimental projects using concrete and steel demonstrate. In timber construction, currently few additive technologies have been developed having the potential to be used in large scale. Curre...

Winding processes are known from fiber composite technology for highly resistance lightweight components for aviation. These fiber-based processes work predominantly with synthetic composites made of carbon or glass fibers. For the construction industry, these additive processes are very promising and resource-efficient building processes, but they...

The demand for building materials has been constantly increasing, which leads to excessive energy consumption for their provision. The looming environmental consequences have triggered the search for sustainable alternatives. Mycelium, as a rapidly renewable, low-carbon natural material that can withstand compressive forces and has inherent acousti...

There is a constant increase in demand for new construction worldwide, which is one of the main contributors of worldwide CO2 emissions. Over the last decades, such increase led to scarcity of raw materials. Although design methods have been developed to increase material efficiency, this has not yet led to a widespread reduction in material consum...

Timber is increasingly considered as an alternative to other structural mate-rials, such as steel and concrete, allowing to reduce the environmental im-pact of the construction industry. However, it often becomes waste at the end of its service life because it is challenging to recover from buildings due to the use of non-reversible connection syst...

Additive manufacturing is a promising and resource-efficient construction method, applying material only where needed. Demand for these processes in construction is growing, but research into their use in timber construction is limited. The 3DWoodWind project explores additive application methods using thin wood veneer strips. Robotic winding proce...

As one of the largest CO2 emitting industries, construction is still far from being sustainable. The main strategies for this challenge focus on reducing waste generation and maximizing the components’ service life. One solution, therefore, could be to increase the use of fully bio-based building materials and reduce the amount of CO2 emitted durin...

Emerging from research in computational design and digital fabrication, the use of robot arms in architecture is now making its way in the practice of construction. However, their increasing diffusion has not yet corresponded to the development of shared approaches covering both digital (programming and simulation) and physical (end-effector design...

Available building materials are scarcer than ever before. The shortage of materials influences also timber construction, which has been experiencing a revival in the last decades, due to the material’s excellent reputation as a sustainable resource. The rising motivation to build more sustainably demands large material quantities that the market c...

Winding processes are known from the fiber composite industry for strength and weight optimized lightweight components. To achieve high resistance and low weight, mainly synthetic materials are used such as carbon or glass fibers, bonded with petrochemical matrices. For the construction industry, these additive processes present a very promising an...

Office and retail interior fittings have a relatively short service life of 5-7 years. In this context, composite materials are often used, hindering possibilities of reuse or recycling. This research explores novel bio-composite materials and subsequently a construction method for CO 2 -neutral, circular interior fittings for office spaces. Based...

ABSTRACT. Current commercial additive manufacturing (AM) methods with wood filaments are based on extrusion of thermoplastics that are mixed with ground timber (approx. 40% content). Therefore, these filaments do not have the inherent structural and mechanical properties of timber with its continuous fibers. The mechanical strength of the thermopl...

Today’s challenges in Architecture and Engineering arise from ever more complex networks of boundary conditions, which often address contradicting environmental, social and economic aspects. Within this context, finding a single best solution for a construction type or planning method to solve these challenges, is often not possible. In pursuit of...

Advances in Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques have expanded the possibilities to fabricate unique shapes, offering various advantages over traditional manufacturing techniques concerning material efficiency, product customisation and process control. AM using organic materials such as wood has been introduced by the combination with polymers t...

Our project is an investigation of the design, shaping, simulation, manufacture, and construction of lightweight load-bearing structural components made of wood-based continuous-fiber textiles. Our aim is to innovatively adapt established concepts in wood construction, such as panelized construction and wood framing, to textile construction. We are...

Short Summary Our project is an investigation of the design, shaping, simulation, manufacture, and construction of lightweight load-bearing structural components made of wood-based continuous-fiber textiles. Our aim is to innovatively adapt established concepts in wood construction, such as panelized construction and wood framing, to textile constr...

Advances in Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques have expanded the possibilities to fabricate unique shapes, offering various advantages over traditional manufacturing techniques concerning material efficiency, product customisation and process control. AM using organic materials such as wood has been introduced by the combination with polymers t...

The ease of access to sophisticated computational technologies normally used for engineering purposes have thoroughly transformed the way architects can design and generate structures. In a first step of digitalization, traditional timber joining methods have been adapted for CNC-fabrication and manual assembly, enabling intricate joinery methods....

From wood to textile - The solid-wood monofilament - Microsaws and microplanes: Shaping the monofilament - Microjoinery - Drawn wood and wood thread: A look back at history - Wood-based textiles for today’s technical applications - Automated production of wood-textile structural components - Parametric monofilament simulation of wood-based textiles...

Conceptual and environmental challenges, coupled with a heightened systemic and contextual awareness in architectural research and design, have initiated new ways of thinking about wood and wooden architecture, shifting the focus on adaptability, scalability, and material efficiency. This book brings together a collection of recently built examples...

3D printing enables fabricating objects at an extremely fine resolution, enabling specific programmable behaviour through material dosage and application (Khoo 2015). Organic materials such as wood can also be used in combination with polymers to produce 3d printing filaments (Wimmer 2015). Since therefore wood needs to be grounded, these filaments...

One of the most complex points of the application of glass is the use of efficient and appropriate connection details. The article examines a modular glass system about its architectural possibilities with a special focus on the connection methodology. We constructed a 2 x 2 x 1m prototype of specially laminated glass sheets with integrated connect...

Despite modern timber construction being on the forefront of digital technology in construction, subtractive CNC—fabrication technologies are still predominantly used in the industry. An important break in the digital chain occurs when prefabricated small building parts have to be assembled manually into functional modules. This can result in a los...

Many studies have been conducted on the geometric definition and simulation of curved-folded elements using a wide range of computational techniques. Robotic fabrication technologies have already been applied to single-panel folding processes. However, few large-scale applications have been realized. Structural joining techniques remain a challengi...

The realization of doubly curved façades often requires large investments in fabrication equipment and produces additional waste through subtractive fabrication processes and non-reusable molds. In glass construction, elastic bending techniques can be used for small curvatures. This paper continues previous research of the authors on bending rectan...

The fabrication of projects with complex geometries often implies a significant waste of material, since custom molds need to be created and irregular shapes need to be cut out of larger sized elements. For low curvatures, cold elastic bending processes can be applied. However, elastic bending techniques have mainly been utilized to create simple c...

This paper presents a novel method for integrated topology optimization and fabrication of advanced timber space-frame structures. The method, developed in research collaboration between ETH Zürich, Aarhus School of Architecture and Israel Institute of Technology, entails the coupling of truss-based topology optimization with digital procedures for...

The following paper explores the application of hybrid timber-glass elements on semi-continuous architectural structures. The use of glass as a structural material opens multiple fields of investigations. Beyond structural matters and safety issues, architectural questions as functionality and spatiality are briefly addressed, since they are paired...