Role in the NCCR Digital Fabrication

Principal Investigator

Team members

NCCR publications

• NCCR Demonstrator (2026)

  • Date: 20.05.2026
  • Authors: Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann, Prof. Dr. Karel Thoma, Dr. Lucia Licciardello, Rebecca Ammann, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Fabio Amicarelli, Elia Quadranti, Soroush Garivani, Lie Bormans, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Dr. Andrei Jipa, Victoria Roznowski, Dr. Matthias Leschok, Patrick Huber, Dr. Tobias Huber, David Dabic, Francesc Volgger, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Dr. Marco Hutter, Lorenzo Terenzi, Pol Eyschen
  • Event: Future of Construction 2026: Construction of Future/s

• Constructing with the Found: Digital Workflows for Hybrid Stone–Wood Structures (2026)

  • Date: 20.05.2026
  • Authors: David Jenny, Marina Edurne Morales Zuniga, Evgenia Spyridonos, Jana Sedláčková, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi
  • Event: Future of Construction 2026: Construction of Future/s

• Advancing Precision (2025)

  • Date: 01.01.2025
  • Authors: Fabio Amicarelli, Elia Quadranti, Christian Paglia, Eleni Vasiliki Alexi, Dr. Inés Ariza, Megi Sinani, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi
  • Event: 30th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2025)

• Digital fabrication with concrete beyond horizontal planar layers (2024)

  • Date: 01.12.2024
  • Authors: Dirk Lowke, Ana-Maria Anton, Richard Buswell, Dr. Selen Ercan Jenny, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Dr. Norman Hack, Inka Mai, Dr. Mariana Popescu, Harald Kloft

• Scaling up in Digital Casting of Concrete: Towards Industry Integration (2024)

  • Date: 01.01.2024
  • Authors: Seyma Gürel, Wei-Ting Chen, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
  • Event: 4th International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2024)

• Static Mixing for Set-on-Demand of Digital Concrete (2024)

  • Date: 01.01.2024
  • Authors: Yaxin Tao, Kim Van Tittelboom, A. V. Rahul, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Geert De Schutter
  • Event: 4th International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2024)
  • Notes: Conference Presentation held on September 5, 2024.

• Slipforming: From Manual to Robotic Slipforming (2024)

  • Date: 01.01.2024
  • Authors: Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Dr. Selen Ercan Jenny, Francesco Tucci
  • Event: 8th International Congress on Construction History (8ICCH)

• Light Distribution in 3D-Printed Thermoplastics (2023)

  • Date: 01.12.2023
  • Authors: Dr. Ina Cheibas, Dr. Valeria Piccioni, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Dr. Matthias Leschok, Prof. Dr. Arno Schlüter, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler

• Thermoplastic large-scale 3D printing of a light-distribution and fabrication-informed facade panel (2023)

  • Date: 01.10.2023
  • Authors: Dr. Ina Cheibas, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Dr. Valeria Piccioni, Dr. Matthias Leschok, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Prof. Dr. Arno Schlüter, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler
  • Event: 18th Advanced Building Skins Conference & Expo

• Eggshell Pavilion: a reinforced concrete structure fabricated using robotically 3D printed formwork (2023)

  • Date: 01.07.2023
  • Authors: Dr. Joris Burger, Dr. Petrus Aejmelaeus-Lindström, Seyma Gürel, Filip Niketić, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler

• Robotic on-site adaptive thin-layer printing: Challenges and workflow for design and fabrication of bespoke cementitious plasterwork at full architectural scale (2023)

  • Date: 01.06.2023
  • Authors: Dr. Selen Ercan Jenny, Daniela Mitterberger, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Dr. Lauren Vasey, Eliott Sounigo, Ping Tsai, Dr. Petrus Aejmelaeus-Lindström, David Jenny, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler

• Continuous Mobile Thin-Layer On-Site Printing (2023)

  • Date: 01.02.2023
  • Authors: Dr. Selen Ercan Jenny, Lukasz L. Pietrasik, Eliott Sounigo, Ping Tsai, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Dr. Marco Hutter

• Circular Formwork: Recycling of 3D Printed Thermoplastic Formwork for Concrete (2023)

  • Date: 01.01.2023
  • Authors: Dr. Joris Burger, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Marc Akermann, Daniel Schwendemann, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler

• 4D formwork for robotic concrete spraying (2023)

  • Date: 01.01.2023
  • Authors: Guillaume Jami, Dr. Selen Ercan Jenny, Chenguyan Wei, Hamilton Forsythe, Nicolas Feihl, Skylar Tibbits, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi
  • Event: Annual Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS 2023)

• Design and fabrication of optimised ribbed concrete floor slabs using large scale 3D printed formwork (2022)

  • Date: 01.12.2022
  • Authors: Dr. Joris Burger, Dr. Tobias Huber, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler

• Geometric Feedback System for Robotic Spraying (2022)

  • Date: 01.12.2022
  • Authors: Dr. Valens Frangez, Nizar Taha, Nicolas Feihl, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Andreas Wieser

• In-Crease: Less Concrete More Paper (2022)

  • Date: 06.07.2022
  • Authors: Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Joseph Choma, Fabio Scotto, Anna Szabo, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt

• Digitally fabricated ribbed concrete floor slabs: a sustainable solution for construction (2022)

  • Date: 06.07.2022
  • Authors: Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Patrick Bischof, Dr. Tobias Huber, Dr. Ana Anton, Dr. Joris Burger, Dr. Francesco Ranaudo, Dr. Andrei Jipa, Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Dr. Tom Van Mele, Prof. Dr. Philippe Block, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann

• Design, fabrication, and testing of an optimised reinforced concrete floor slab fabricated with robotically 3D printed formwork (2022)

  • Date: 01.07.2022
  • Authors: Dr. Joris Burger, Dr. Tobias Huber, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler
  • Event: 3rd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2022)
  • Notes: Poster presentation on June 28, 2022

• Additive Digital Casting: From Lab to Industry (2022)

  • Date: 02.05.2022
  • Authors: Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Elia Quadranti, Fabio Scotto, Lukas Fuhrimann, Dr. Thibault Demoulin, Sara Mantellato, Lukas Unteregger, Dr. Joris Burger, Rafael G. Pileggi, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt

• Robotic Plaster Spraying: Crafting Surfaces with Adaptive Thin-Layer Printing (2022)

  • Date: 09.01.2022
  • Authors: Dr. Selen Ercan Jenny, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, David Jenny, Eliott Sounigo, Ping Tsai, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, kohler

• Towards efficient concrete structures with ultra-thin 3D printed formwork: exploring reinforcement strategies and optimisation (2022)

  • Date: 01.01.2022
  • Authors: Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Dr. Joris Burger, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann

• Digital Fabrication with Cement-Based Materials: Process Classification and Case Studies (2022)

  • Date: 01.01.2022
  • Authors: Richard A. Buswell, Freek P. Bos, Wilson Ricardo Leal da Silva, Prof. Dr. Norman Hack, Harald Kloft, Dirk Lowke, Niklas Freund, Asko Fromm, Enrico Dini, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Roel Schipper, Viktor Mechtcherine, Arnaud Perrot, Ksenija Vasilic, Prof. Dr. Nicolas Roussel

• Depth-camera-based rebar detection and digital reconstruction for robotic concrete spraying (2021)

  • Date: 01.12.2021
  • Authors: Dr. Valens Frangez, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Nizar Taha, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Andreas Wieser

• Material-informed Formwork Geometry (2021)

  • Date: 01.09.2021
  • Authors: Dr. Joris Burger, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Yu-Hung Chiu, Chanon Techathuvanun, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi
  • Event: 39th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2021)
  • Notes: Conference lecture held on September 8, 2021

• Eggshell (2021)

  • Date: 01.01.2021
  • Authors: Dr. Joris Burger, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler

• Crafting plaster through continuous mobile robotic fabrication on‑site (2020)

  • Date: 01.12.2020
  • Authors: Selen Ercan, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler

• From Smart Dynamic Casting to a growing family of Digital Casting Systems (2020)

  • Date: 01.08.2020
  • Authors: Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Sara Mantellato, Fabio Scotto, Dr. Joris Burger, Anna Szabo, Nicholas Ruffray, Dr. Lex Reiter, Federica Boscaro, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt

• Mastering yield stress evolution and formwork friction for smart dynamic casting (2020)

  • Date: 01.05.2020
  • Authors: Anna Szabo, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt

• DFAB House: A comprehensive demonstrator of digital fabrication in architecture (2020)

  • Date: 06.04.2020
  • Authors: Dr. Konrad Graser, Marco Baur, Dr. Aleksandra Anna Apolinarska, Prof. Dr. Kathrin Dörfler, Prof. Dr. Norman Hack, Dr. Andrei Jipa, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Dr. Timothy Sandy, Daniel Sanz-Pont, Prof. Dr. Daniel Hall, Prof. Matthias Kohler
  • Event: Fabricate 2020 (virtual)
  • Notes: Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the conference was conducted virtually.

• Eggshell: Ultra-Thin Three-Dimensional Printed Formwork for Concrete Structures (2020)

  • Date: 01.04.2020
  • Authors: Dr. Joris Burger, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Fabio Scotto, Dr. Thibault Demoulin, Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt

• Residence Time Distributions in Continuous Processing of Concrete (2020)

  • Date: 01.01.2020
  • Authors: Dr. Timothy Wangler, Fabio Scotto, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
  • Event: 2nd International RILEM Conference on Rheology and Processing of Construction Materials (RheoCon2 2019) and 9th International RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC9 2019)
  • Notes: Conference lecture on September 10, 2019.

• Mastering Yield Stress Evolution and Formwork Friction for Smart Dynamic Casting (2020)

  • Date: 01.01.2020
  • Authors: Anna Szabo, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt

• ACDC: The Admixture Controlled Digital Casting and its Application to Thin Folded Concrete Structures (2020)

  • Date: 01.01.2020
  • Authors: Anna Szabo, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt

• Aligned Interlayer Fibre Reinforcement and Post-tensioning as a Reinforcement Strategy for Digital Fabrication (2020)

  • Date: 01.01.2020
  • Authors: Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Dr. Ana Anton, Dr. Joris Burger, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
  • Event: 2nd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2020) (virtual)

• Processing of Set on Demand Solutions for Digital Fabrication in Architecture (2020)

  • Date: 01.01.2020
  • Authors: Anna Szabo, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
  • Event: 2nd International RILEM Conference on Rheology and Processing of Construction Materials (RheoCon2 2019) and 9th International RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC9 2019)

• Design and Fabrication of a Non-standard, Structural Concrete Column Using Eggshell: Ultra-Thin, 3D Printed Formwork (2020)

  • Date: 01.01.2020
  • Authors: Dr. Joris Burger, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Nizar Taha, Fabio Scotto, Dr. Thibault Demoulin, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
  • Event: 2nd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2020) (virtual)

• Revisiting Folded Forms with Digital Fabrication (2019)

  • Date: 01.09.2019
  • Authors: Anna Szabo, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
  • Event: 37th and 23rd Annual Conferences Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe: Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution (eCAADe / SIGraDi 2019)

• Robotic AeroCrete – A novel robotic spraying and surface treatment technology for the production of slender reinforced concrete elements (2019)

  • Date: 01.01.2019
  • Authors: Nizar Taha, Dr. Alex Walzer, Jetana Ruangjun, Theophil Bürgin, Prof. Dr. Kathrin Dörfler, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler
  • Event: 37th eCAADe + SIGraDi Conference: Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution (2019)

• Adapting Smart Dynamic Casting to Thin Folded Geometries (2018)

  • Date: 01.09.2018
  • Authors: Anna Szabo, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
  • Event: 1st RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2018)

• Challenges of Real-Scale Production with Smart Dynamic Casting (2018)

  • Date: 01.09.2018
  • Authors: Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Fabio Scotto, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Dr. Konrad Graser, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón
  • Event: 1st RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2018)

• Smart Dynamic Casting (2017)

  • Date: 01.01.2017
  • Authors: Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
  • Event: HPC/CIC Tromsø 2017. Eleventh High Performance Concrete (11th HPC) and the Second Concrete Innovation Conference (2nd CIC)

External URL(s)

• Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret Fritschi
• Smart Dynamic Casting , ETH Zürich , 2012-2015 Robotic Fabrication of Complex Concrete Structures
• Prefabrication with Smart Dynamic Casting , ETH Zurich, 2016-2018
• Eggshell, ETH Zurich, 2017-2022
• FutureTree, Esslingen, 2017-2019
• Design and Fabrication of Thin Folded Concrete Members, ETH Zurich, 2016-2019
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