Role in the NCCR Digital Fabrication

Alumni: Associated Researcher

NCCR publications

• Environmental stress cracking of 3D-printed polymers exposed to concrete (2022)

  • Date: 01.10.2022
  • Authors: Mihail-Andrei Jipa, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Notes: Thermoplastic Selection for Formwork

• Assessing the fresh properties of printable cement-based materials: High potential tests for quality control (2022)

  • Date: 01.08.2022
  • Authors: Nicolas Roussel, Richard Buswell, Nicolas Ducoulombier, Irina Ivanova, Kolawole John Temitope, Dirk Lowke, Viktor Mechtcherine, Romain Mesnil, Arnaud Perrot, Ursula Pott, Dr. Lex Reiter, Dietmar Stephan, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Rob Wolfs, Wenqiang Zuo

• 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, Joris Burger, Francesco Ranaudo, Mihail-Andrei Jipa, 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

• Slow penetration for characterizing concrete for digital fabrication (2022)

  • Date: 01.07.2022
  • Authors: Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Nicolas Roussel, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt

• Blended calcium aluminate cements for digital fabrication with concrete (2022)

  • Date: 01.07.2022
  • Authors: Arnesh Das, Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Sara Mantellato, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
  • Event: 5th International Conference on Calcium Aluminates (2022)
  • Notes: Conference lecture held on July 18, 2022. Conference postponed due to Corona virus (COVID-19), rescheduled from June 1–3, 2020 to July 26–28, 2021, and again to July 18–20, 2022.

• A 3D Printing Platform for Reinforced Printed-Sprayed Concrete Composites (2022)

  • Date: 01.01.2022
  • Authors: Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Ana Anton, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
  • Event: 3rd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2022)

• Reinforcement lattices for 3DCP: A fabrication method based on ruled surfaces (2022)

  • Date: 01.01.2022
  • Authors: Dr. Ana Anton, Eleni Skevaki, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: 5th International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2022)

• Eco-Friendly, Set-on-Demand Digital Concrete (2022)

  • Date: 01.01.2022
  • Authors: Federica Boscaro, Elia Quadranti, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Dr. Sara Mantellato, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt

• Printable Cement-Based Materials: Fresh Properties Measurements and Control (2022)

  • Date: 01.01.2022
  • Authors: Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Nicolas Roussel, Arnaud Perrot, Mohammed Sonebi, Rob Wolfs, Freek Bos, Dirk Lowke, Niklas Freund, Dietmar Stephan, Ursula Pott, Dr. Lex Reiter, Steffen Grünewald, Wilson Ricardo Leal da Silva, Gert De Schutter

• 3D Printed Concrete Tectonics (2021)

  • Date: 01.11.2021
  • Authors: Aya Shaker, Noor Khader, Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Ana Anton
  • Event: 41st Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture: Realignments: Toward Critical Computation (ACADIA 2021)
  • Notes: Conference lecture held on November 5, 2021

• Fast Complexity: Additive Manufacturing for Bespoke Concrete Slabs (2021)

  • Date: 01.08.2021
  • Authors: Dr. Ana Anton, Mihail-Andrei Jipa, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: 40th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA 2020)

• Structural design, digital fabrication and construction of the cable-net and knitted formwork of the KnitCandela concrete shell (2021)

  • Date: 01.06.2021
  • Authors: Dr. Mariana Popescu, Dr. Matthias Rippmann, Dr. Andrew Liew, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Dr. Tom Van Mele, Prof. Dr. Philippe Block

• A 3D concrete printing prefabrication platform for bespoke columns (2021)

  • Date: 01.02.2021
  • Authors: Dr. Ana Anton, Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Valens Frangez, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger

• 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, Lukas Gebhard, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Dr. Sara Mantellato, Fabio Scotto, Joris Burger, Dr. Anna Szabó, Nicholas Ruffray, Dr. Lex Reiter, Federica Boscaro, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt

• Setting on demand for digital concrete – Principles, measurements, chemistry, validation (2020)

  • Date: 01.06.2020
  • Authors: Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Dr. Ana Anton, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt

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

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

• Concrete Choreography: Prefabrication of 3D-Printed Columns (2020)

  • Date: 06.04.2020
  • Authors: Dr. Ana Anton, Patrick Bedarf, Angela Yoo, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
  • Event: Fabricate 2020 (virtual)
  • Notes: Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the conference was conducted virtually.

• Fast Complexity: Additive Manufacturing for Prefabricated Concrete Slabs (2020)

  • Date: 01.01.2020
  • Authors: Dr. Ana Anton, Mihail-Andrei Jipa, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: 2nd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2020) (virtual)
  • Notes: Due to the Corona virus (COVID-19) the conference was conducted virtually.

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

  • Date: 01.01.2020
  • Authors: Dr. Anna Szabó, 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: Lukas Gebhard, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Dr. Ana Anton, 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: Dr. Anna Szabó, 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)

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

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

• Revisiting Folded Forms with Digital Fabrication (2019)

  • Date: 01.09.2019
  • Authors: Dr. Anna Szabó, 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)

• Vertical Modulations (2019)

  • Date: 01.01.2019
  • Authors: Dr. Ana Anton, Angela Yoo, Patrick Bedarf, Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
  • Event: 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture: Ubiquity and Autonomy (ACADIA 2019)
  • Notes: Conference lecture on October 26, 2019.

• Hydration control of ternary cements for digital fabrication with concrete (2019)

  • Date: 01.01.2019
  • Authors: Arnesh Das, Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Timothy Wangler, 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 held on September 11, 2019

• The role of early age structural build-up in digital fabrication with concrete (2018)

  • Date: 01.10.2018
  • Authors: Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Nicolas Roussel, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt

• Continuous characterisation method for structural buildup (2018)

  • Date: 10.09.2018
  • Authors: Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Nicolas Roussel, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
  • Event: 1st International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (DigitalConcrete 2018)
  • Notes: Poster presented on 10 September 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, 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)

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

  • Date: 01.09.2018
  • Authors: Dr. Anna Szabó, 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)

• Building in Concrete with an Ultra-lightweight Knitted Stay-in-place Formwork: Prototype of a Concrete Shell Bridge (2018)

  • Date: 01.06.2018
  • Authors: Dr. Mariana Popescu, Dr. Lex Reiter, Dr. Andrew Liew, Dr. Tom Van Mele, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Prof. Dr. Philippe Block

• Mesh Mould: An On Site, Robotically Fabricated, Functional Formwork (2017)

  • Date: 01.03.2017
  • Authors: Prof. Dr. Norman Hack, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. Kathrin Dörfler, Dr. Nitish Kumar, Alex Walzer, Konrad Graser, Dr. Lex Reiter, Heinz Richner, Prof. Dr. Jonas Buchli, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler
  • Event: Second Concrete Innovation Conference (2nd CIC)
  • Notes: Presented on March 7, 2017. Conference paper only available online.

• Digital Concrete: Opportunities and Challenges (2017)

  • Date: 01.01.2017
  • Authors: Dr. Timothy Wangler, Ena Lloret, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Dr. Norman Hack, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Mathias Bernhard, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Prof. Dr. Jonas Buchli, Nicolas Roussel, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt

• 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)

• Feedback control of Smart Dynamic Casting through formwork friction measurements (2016)

  • Date: 01.01.2016
  • Authors: Marc Schultheiss, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Dr. Lex Reiter, Nicolas Roussel, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
  • Event: 8th International RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Concrete, SCC 2016

• Putting concrete to sleep and waking it up with chemical admixtures (2015)

  • Date: 01.01.2015
  • Authors: Dr. Lex Reiter, Marta Palacios, Timothy P. Wangler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt
  • Event: 11th International Conference on Superplasticizers and Other Chemical Admixtures in Concrete

Media impressions

• Komplexe Sparsamkeit
• 'fast complexity' project employs 3D printing to make concrete use more efficient