Academic Positions

  • Present 2022

    Professor

    Digital Design and Production, University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering

  • 2022

    Jubilee Professor (visiting)

    Chalmers University of Technnology, Architecture and Civil Engineering

  • 2021 2017

    Junior Professor

    Digital Timber Construction DTC, TU Kaiserslautern, Faculty of Architecture

  • 2017 2015

    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication, EPFL Lausanne / ETH Zürich

  • 2015 2011

    PhD Researcher

    Timber Construction Laboratory IBOIS, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL Lausanne

  • 2010 2008

    Research Associate

    Institute for Computational Design ICD, University of Stuttgart

Education

  • Dr. sc. (PhD) 2015

    School of Architecture and Civil Engineering

    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL

  • Dipl. Arch. (Dis.)2008

    Professional Diploma in Architecture with Distinction (RIBA Part 2)

    London Metropolitan University

Honors, Awards and Grants

  • 2024
    Holzbaupreis RLP 2024 (Innovation/Research, Honorable Recognition)
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    Holzbaupreis Rheinland-Pfalz 2024, Category Innovation/Research, Honorable Recognition for the project "Castanea Sativa Cabin" in Annweiler am Trifels, RLP, Germany
  • 2022
    IASS Tsuboi Award (Best Conference Paper 2021)
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    IASS Yoshikatsu Tsuboi Award - Best Conference Paper in 2020 (Inspiring the Next Generation – IASS 2020/21 Annual Symposium and SURREY 7 International Conference on Spatial Structures), for the paper: "HexBox Canopy: a segmented timber plate shell with hardwood wedge joints”, awarded by the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures IASS Link
  • 2022
    Chalmers Jubilee Professor
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    Nomination and Selection as visiting "Jubilee Professor" at Chalmers University of Technology. Link
  • 2021
    IASS Tsuboi Award (Best Journal Paper 2020)
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    IASS Yoshikatsu Tsuboi Award - Best Journal Paper in 2020, for the paper: "Recycleshell: Wood-only Shell Structures Made From Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Production Waste", awarded by the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures IASS Link
  • 2014
    AAG 2014 Conference - Best Paper Award
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    Best Paper Award for "Robeller C., Stitic A., Mayencourt P. and Weinand, Y.: Interlocking Folded Plate - Integrated Mechanical Attachment for Timber Folded Plate Structures", at the "Advances in Architectural Geometry 2014 International Conference", UCL London, UK.
  • 2011
    Deutscher Holzbaupreis (Anerkennung)
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    Anerkennung "Komponenten/Konzepte" awarded to the ICD/ITKE Project Team, for the project "ICD/ITKE Research Pavillon 2010".
  • 2011
    DETAIL Preis, Sonderpreis Studenten
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    At the DETAIL prize 2011 awards at Schloss Nymphenburg in Munich, the "special price students" was awarded to the ICD/ITKE Project Team, for the project "ICD/ITKE Research Pavillon 2010".
  • 2008
    Graduation with Distinction
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    Graduation of the RIBA Part 2 accredited postgraduate course "Professional Diploma in Architecture" with Distinction.
  • 2008
    Smart Geometry Scholarship
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    Conference and Workshop Participation through the "SmartGeometry Scholarship"

Scientific Committees, Editorial and Societies