CONTENTS
List of illustrations, vii
Preface, xv Acknowledgements, xvii Foreword, xix
Axel Kilian
Advancing wood architecture: an introduction, 1
Achim Menges, Tobias Schwinn, Oliver David Krieg
PART ONE
Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Chapter 1 New paradigms of the automatic: robotic timber construction in architecture, 13
San Willmann, Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler
Chapter 2 Additive robotic fabrication of complex timber structures, 29 Volker Helm, Michael Knauss, Thomas Kohlhammer, Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler
Chapter 3 The Sequential Roof, 45
Aleksandra Anna Apolinarska, Michael Knauss, Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler
PART TWO
IBOIS Laboratory for Timber Construction, EPFL, Switzerland
Chapter 4 Timber fabric structures: innovative wood construction, 61
Yves Weinand
Chapter 5 Integral joints for timber folded plate structures, 73
Christopher Robeller, Yves Weinand
Chapter 6 A hybrid simulation workflow for timber fabric structures, 85
Sina Nabaei, Olivier Baverel, Yves Weinand
PART THREE
Institute for Computational Design, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Chapter 7 Integrative design computation for advancing wood architecture, 97
Achim Menges
Chapter 8 Landesgartenschau Exhibition Hall, 111
Tobias Schwinn
Chapter 9 HygroSkin - Meteorosensitive Pavilion, 125
Oliver David Krieg
PART FOUR
Design & Make Hooke Park, Architectural Association, England
Chapter 10 Hooke Park: applications for timber in its natural form, 141
Martin Self
Chapter 11 The Timber Seasoning Shelter at Hooke Park, 155
Glen Stellmacher
Chapter 12 Hooke Park Biomass Boiler House, 169
Yingzi Wang
PART FIVE
Perspectives
Chapter 13 Manufacturing perspectives, 185
Tobias Schwinn in conversation with Holzbau Amann and Mullerblaustein
Chapter 14 Engineering perspectives, 199
Oliver David Krieg in conversation with Manfred Grohmann and Jan Knippers
Chapter 15 Architectural perspectives, 211
Axel Kilian
Contributors, 219
Index, 225