Presentations & Talks

2024

La realité augmenté au service de l’usinage de charpente

A. Settimi 

13e Forum International Bois Construction (FBC), Épinal, Nancy, April 3-5, 2024.

2023

Teaching Circular Architecture On-site

N. Rogeau; C. Fauvel 

Matters of Abstraction x Thinking/Making 2023 – Intermediating Objects, Ghent, Belgium, February 3, 2023.

2022

Robotic Timber Construction

N. Rogeau; P. Vestartas 

Swiss Robotics Day, Lausanne, 4-5/11/2022.

Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures: From computational design to robotic construction

N. Rogeau 

Future of Construction Symposium, Zurich, Switzerland, 22/06/2022.

Building timber structures with robots!

N. Rogeau 

Thementag Gymnasium Thun, Thun, Switzerland, Avril 4, 2022.

2021

Designing inside a point cloud

N. Rogeau 

Matters of Abstraction 2021, Leuven, Belgium, Mars 11, 2021.

2020

Table ronde: le bois, matériau d’un apprentissage du faire

Y. Weinand 

Rencontres Woodrise 2020, Bordeaux, France, October 3-9, 2020.

Les Cahiers de l’Ibois constituent un projet éditorial de radiographie sociétale, écologique, culturelle et politique de la construction en bois.

Y. Weinand; C. Catsaros 

Vernissage du 1er Cahier de l’Ibois, Lausanne, CH, September 29, 2020.

2019

Robotic Assembly of Timber Plate Structures

N. Rogeau 

Alumni 50th Homecoming, EPFL, 2019-10-09.

Advanced Timber Construction, using digital fabrication and robotic assemblies

Y. Weinand 

Graduates Seminar Talks, University of Southern California, USA, 14.10.19.

Segmented Spiral using Inter-Connected Timber Elements

P. Vestartas; M. Nakad; L. Pelletier; A. Rezaei Rad; Y. Weinand et al. 

IASS 60th Anniversary Symposium (IASS SYMPOSIUM 2019), Barcelona, Spain, October 8, 2019.

Performance Assessment of Double-Layered Timber Plate Shells using Alternative Structural Systems

A. C. Nguyen; B. Himmer; P. Vestartas; Y. Weinand 

IASS 60th Anniversary Symposium (IASS SYMPOSIUM 2019), Barcelona, Spain, October 8, 2019.

Modelling Workflow for Segmented Timber Shells using Wood-wood Connections.

P. Vestartas; N. Rogeau; J. Gamerro; Y. Weinand 

Design Modelling Symposium Berlin, Impact : Design with all Senses, Berlin, Germany, Septembre 24, 2019.

Holzbau heute und in Zukunft

Y. Weinand 

Holzbau heute und in Zukunft, Schilliger Volgeslsheim, France, 20.09.2019.

3D Finite Element Model for Shear Stiffness of Wood-Wood Connections for Engineered Timber Panels

A. C. Nguyen; J. Gamerro; J-F. Bocquet; Y. Weinand 

International Conference on Computational Methods in Wood Mechanics – from Material Properties to Timber Structures. ECCOMAS Thematic Conference., Växjö, Sweden, June 17-19, 2019.

Simplified calculation model for interconnected timber elements using wood-wood connections

J. Gamerro 

International Conference on Computational Methods in Wood Mechanics – from Material Properties to Timber Structures. ECCOMAS Thematic Conference., Växjö, Sweden, June 17-19, 2019.

COMPAS Finite Element (FE) Workshop

A. Rezaei Rad; A. Liew 

Zurich,

Is the timber industry sufficiently formed?

Y. Weinand 

Rencontres Woodrise 2019 – partenariat banque Pictet, Geneva, Switzerland, 01.02.2019.

Le Bois dans l’environnement

Y. Weinand; P. Bouchain; C. Dupraz 

Rencontres Woodrise 2019, Geneva, Switzerland, 01.02.2019.

La filière du bois est-elle suffisamment formée ?

Y. Weinand 

Rencontres Woodrise 2019, Geneva, Switzerland, 31.01.2019.

2018

Construire en Bois et Innover

Y. Weinand 

Cycle des Leçons du Mardi, Ecole d’architecture de la ville & des territoires à Marne-la-Vallée, 11.12.2018.

Le Champs des Possibles

Y. Weinand 

Congress Center de Mons, Belgique, 06.12.2018.

Centre d’activités Gare Grand Chalet à Rossinière

Y. Weinand 

Rossinière, Pays d’Enhaut, Suisse, 30.11.2018.

Advanced Research in Timber Construction

Y. Weinand 

2018 Joint Convention: Society of Wood Science and Technology & The Japan Wood Research Society, Nagoya, Japon, November 5-9, 2018.

Talk at the Technical Council of SECO

Y. Weinand 

Technical Council of SECO, Bruxelles, Belgique, 02.11.2018.

Future challenges and need for research in timber engineering

J. Gamerro 

8th Workshop of COST Action FP1402, Basis of Structural Timber Design – from research to standards, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 2018-10-25.

Presentation of the Vidy Pavilion

Y. Weinand 

Vidy, Lausanne, 25.09.2018.

How will we plan and build in 25 years and how will this process be regulated?

J. Gamerro 

Workshop of COST Action FP1402, Oskar von Miller Forum, Munich, Germany, 2018-09-12.

Development of a Spring Model for the Structural Analysis of a Double-Layered Timber Plate Structure with Through-Tenon Joints

A. C. Nguyen 

World Conference of Timber Engineering 2018, Seoul, South Korea, August 20-23, 2018.

Mechanical Characterization of Timber Structural Elements

J. Gamerro; I. Lemaître 

World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, August 20-23, 2018.

Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne

Y. Weinand 

8e Forum International Bois Construction FBC, Dijon, France, 08-12.04.2018.

Structures Innovantes en Bois

Y. Weinand 

Conférence à l’Université catholique de Louvain, Tournai, 22.03.2018.

2016

Advanced Timber Structures: architectural design and digital dimensioning

Y. Weinand 

Symposium on Geometry and Computational Design (GCD), Vienne, Autriche, Novembre 18, 2016.

2015

Integral Mechanical Attachment for Timber Folded Plate Structures

C. Robeller 

Advancing Wood Architecture – New Computational Perspectives, Frankfurt, Germany, 27.3.2015.

2014

Constructions innovantes en bois

Y. Weinand 

Exposition Timber Project, EIAFR, Ecole d’Ingénieurs et d’architectes de Fribourg, 20 février 2014.

Le bois : Recherche & Développement et innovation

Y. Weinand 

Académie des savoir-faire : matinale 4 / Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Paris 1er, Auditorium de l’école du Louvre, Place du Carrousel, 5 avril 2014.

Interlocking Folded Plate – Integrated Mechanical Attachment for Structural Timber Panels

C. Robeller 

Advances in Architectural Geometry 2014, University College London, United Kingdom, September 18-19, 2014.

Robot-manufactured joints for a curved-folded thin-shell CLT structure

C. Robeller 

RobArch2014, International Conference on Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, May 17-18, 2014.

2013

Timber Project: Innovative Timber Construction / Exhibition’s inauguration lecture

Y. Weinand 

Exhibition Timber Project at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio, Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio, September 19, 2013.

structure versus form

Y. Weinand 

Prof. Leo Van Broeck’s invitation, Arenberg Castle, KUL Leuven, Belgium, November 28, 2013.

Construction bois : Entre l’architecture, l’ingénierie des structures et la construction.

Y. Weinand 

Rencontre Innotech. Bouygues Bâtiment International, St Quentin en Yvelines, France, June 27, 2013.

Subproject D: Scaling effects and evaluation of potential applications

B. Hahn 

Cost FP 0904 Workshop, Dresden, Germany, May 15, 2013.

Fortschritte in der Holzforschung

Y. Weinand 

Digitales Handwerk, Architekturforum Zurich, ETH, Zurich, May 16, 2013.

Friction welding of wood – A fast, adhesive-free bonding technology for prefabricated elements in timber construction

B. Hahn; F. Hatt 

ENAC Research Day 2013, Lausanne, April 2013.

2012

Holzbauunterricht am Ibois

Y. Weinand 

SAH-Dozententagung 2012, Zurich, September 5, 2012.

Innovative and sustainable constructions

Y. Weinand 

Symposium mc2012 Matérialités Contemporaines, conception, fabrication, perception du cadre bâti, Lyon, France, November 26-December 1, 2012.

Innovative and Sustainable Constructions

Y. Weinand 

National Wood Day 2012, Den Haag, Netherlands, November 28, 2012.

Welding for Wood, Subproject D

B. Hahn; Y. Weinand 

9th Sinergia Meeting at Ibois/EPFL, Lausanne, June 13, 2012.

Welding for Wood, Subproject D

B. Hahn; Y. Weinand 

8th Sinergia Meeting at EMPA, Dübendorf, January 25, 2012.

Innovative and sustainable constructions

Y. Weinand 

Inauguration de l’exposition Timber Project, nouvelles formes d’architecture en bois à l’Ensa VT, Marne-la-Vallée, France, October 25, 2012.

Travaux de l’Ibois

H. U. Buri 

Haute Ecole d’Art et de design, course “Wood structures, properties and uses”, Genève, Mey 1, 2012.

La tectonique de l’architecture en bois à l’ère digitale

H. U. Buri 

Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design, Atelier Christian Dupraz, Genève, April 25, 2012.

Constructions innovantes et durables

Y. Weinand 

Industrialisation de la filière bois, outils informatiques et création architecturale, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture, Versailles, France, May 16, 2012.

Curved Origami Beams

L. Humbert; Y. Weinand; H. U. Buri 

SAH Statusseminar 2012, Ittigen, April 24, 2012.

Ibois Research Highlights

Y. Weinand 

Seminar on Timber Roofs, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal, April 19, 2012.

Sustainable Constructions of Timber

Y. Weinand 

Presentation at the M-Museum, Leuven, Belgium, March 29, 2012.

Linear Friction Welding of Wood, “Scale effects and influence of vapour generation during friction welding of spruce boards”

B. Hahn; Y. Weinand 

COST FP0904 International Conference concerning Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Processing of Wood, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France, March 27, 2012.

Constructions en bois

Y. Weinand 

Lecture at the Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris, France, March 22, 2012.

Structures en bois tressé

Y. Weinand 

vernissage of the exhibition “Les nouvelles formes d’architecture en bois” , “Timber Project”, Dompierre-les-Ormes, France, March 15, 2012.

Timber Project

Y. Weinand 

Vernissage exhibition “notre bois – notre fierté” and “Timber Project”, Haute école du paysage, d’ingénierie et d’architecture de Genève, HEPIA, January 26, 2012.

2011

Acoustique des Constructions en Bois Projet pour la recherche concernant les rénovations, les transformations et les surélévations en construction en bois

B. Stamm 

Rencontre entreprises Isover, Fermacell, Pavatex, Knauf etLIGNUM , Ibois, EPFL, December 21, 2011.

Welding for Wood, Subproject D

B. Hahn 

7th Sinergia Meeting, Bern University for Applied Sciences, Bienne, Switzerland, October 18, 2011.

Welding for Wood, Subproject D

B. Hahn 

6th Sinergia Meeting at LERMAB/ENSTIB, Epinal, France, June 16, 2011.

Welding for Wood, Subproject D

B. Hahn 

5th Sinergia Meeting, LERMAB-ENSTIB, Epinal, France, March 18, 2011.

Timber Project

Y. Weinand 

Opening of Archizoom exhibition “Timber Project” , Luxembourg, Luxembourg, June 16, 2011.

Structural Timber Fabric

Y. Weinand 

First step SNF NRP66 project presentation, Bern, Switzerland, November 9, 2011.

Innovative Timber Constructions

Y. Weinand 

Talk at the Vienne University of Technology, Geometric Modeling and Industrial Geometry, Vienne, Austria, April 29, 2011.

Innovative Timber Constructions

Y. Weinand 

lecture at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), Osla, Norway, March 17, 2011.

Ibois Research Topics

Y. Weinand 

Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France, November 24, 2011.

Innovative Holzkonstruktionen in Lehre, Forschung und Praxis

Y. Weinand 

Universität Siegen, Siegen, Allemagne, January 26, 2011.

Structural Timber Fabric

M. Hudert 

invited talk at the Institute for Technology in Architecture, ETHZ, Zurich,

Überlegungen zu gebogenen Trägern

Y. Weinand 

Generalversammlung Schweiz, Fachgemeinschaft Holzleimbau, Bremgarten, November 3, 2011.

Innovative Holzkonstruktionen

Y. Weinand 

Symposium et vernissage “Kooperation. Zur Zusammenarbeit von Ingenieur und Architekt”, ETH Zürich, November 12, 2011.

Thin Timber Bloc Panels

Y. Weinand 

presentation at Finnforest, Helsinki, Finland, October 21, 2011.

Studio Weinand: Students Work

Y. Weinand 

lecture series “Wood in Construction and Architecture” at Aalto University, Helsinki Aalto University, Finlande, October 21, 2011.

Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Wood Behaviourand Processing

B. Stamm; Y. Weinand; B. Hahn; G. L. Rossmair 

Friction Welding of Wood, COST Action FP0904, Bienne, February 15, 2011.

Constructions innovantes en bois

Y. Weinand 

Conférence de l’Association Luxembourgeoise des ingénieurs, architectes et industriels dans le cadre de l’année internationale des forêts, Luxembourg, February 15, 2011.

Le bois: technologie et perspectives

Y. Weinand 

Forum Fedre “EcoEnergie”, Geneva, February 3, 2011.

2010

Timber Project

Y. Weinand 

Archizoom Exhibition, EPFL, February 25, 2010.

Innovative Timber Constructions

Y. Weinand 

Conference of the Estonian Forest Industries Association, Tallinn, Estonia, 25.11.2010.

Nouvelles architectures en bois: Pour des solutions constructives, innovatrices, écologiques et économiquement viables

Y. Weinand 

Sustainable Environmental Solutions for Emerging Countries, SESEC IX Symposium, Olympic Museum, Lausanne, 10.11.2010.

Timberfabric: Applying Textiles Principles on a Building Scale

M. Hudert; Y. Weinand 

Joint Session of the UNECE Timber Committee and the Society of Wood Science and Technology “Innovative Wood Products are the future”, Geneva, 14.10.2010.

Structural Timber Fabric: Applying Textile Principles on Building Scale

M. Hudert; M. Sistaninia; Y. Weinand 

ENAC Research Day, EPFL, 2010.

Introduction to Geometric Mechanics and AVI

F. Demoures; T. Ratiu; Y. Weinand 

Presentation at the Aeronautics & Astronautics Laboratory, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, May 13, 2010.

AVI as a mechanical tool for studying thin-shells based on Kirchhoff-Love constraints

F. Demoures; J. Nembrini; T. Ratiu; Y. Weinand 

6th Annual Structured Integrators Workshop, University of California, San Diego, USA, April 26-27, 2010.

2009

Geometrie von Faltwerken – die Kapelle von St. Loup

H. U. Buri; Y. Weinand 

SAH-Statusseminar , St-Loup, April 22, 2009.

Tragendes Holzgewebe: Die Anwendung textiler Prinzipien im baulichen Massstab

M. Hudert; Y. Weinand 

SAH-Statusseminar, St-Loup, April 22, 2009.

An iterative surface model for timber constructions

G. Gouaty; I. Stotz; E. Tosan; Y. Weinand 

SAH-Statusseminar, St-Loup, April 22, 2009.

Asynchronous variational integrators as a mechanical tool for dimensioning thin-shell structures

F. Demoures; T. Ratiu; Y. Weinand; J. s. Nembrini 

The Fifth Annual Structured Integrators Workshop California Institute of Technology, Control and Dynamical Systems, Pasadena, USA, May 5-15, 2009.

2008

Iterative Geometric Design for Architecture

I. Stotz; G. Gouaty; Y. Weinand; E. Tosan 

Advances in Architectural Geometry, Vienna, September 13-16, 2008.