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Prof. Dr.
Walter
Kaufmann

Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann

Walter Kaufmann is the Chair of Structural Engineering at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Before he studied at the Department of Civil Engineering at ETH Zurich where he received his diploma in 1992. He got his doctorate in 1998 with a dissertation on the load-deformation behaviour of structural concrete subjected to in-plane shear and normal forces, which was awarded the ETH-Medal. From 1999 to 2002 he was a project manager and technical director with the bridge designer Prof. Juan José Arenas in Spain. After his return to Switzerland, he joined the engineering firm dsp Ingenieure & Planer, where he became a partner in 2005 and acted as CEO until his appointment at ETH Zurich in May 2014. Walter Kaufmann joined the NCCR Digital Fabrication as an associated investigator in 2016. Since 2018 he is one of the NCCR’s principal investigators.

Role in the NCCR Digital Fabrication

Principal Investigator, Steering Committee

Team members

Rebecca Ammann: Reinforcement strategies for digitally fabricated concrete
Dr. David López López
Fiorentina Ademi
Dr. Tobias Huber: Eggshell
Nathalie Reckinger: Mesh Mould Prefabrication
Seraina Buholzer
Dr. Marius Weber: NCCR Phase 2 (COMPAS); Mesh Mould Prefabrication
Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi: Focus Topic 2: Digital Concrete
Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón: Structural Integrity
Patrick Bischof: Rethinking Structural Concrete for DFAB
Dr. Minu Lee: Concrete Structures with Integrated Flexible Formworks
Dr. Lukas Gebhard: Reinforcement strategies for digitally fabricated concrete
Prof. Dr. Karel Thoma: n.n.

Focus Topics

FT2 Digital Concrete

NCCR publications

Tor Alva: A 3D Concrete Printed Tower (2024)
- Date: 04.04.2024
- Authors: Dr. Ana Anton, Che Wei Lin, Eleni Skevaki, Ming-Yang Wang, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Dr. Alejandro Giraldo Soto, Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann, Michael Hansmeyer, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger
- Event: Fabricate 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures
Thin‐walled concrete beams with stay‐in‐place flexible formworks and integrated textile shear reinforcement (2023)
- Date: 01.08.2023
- Authors: Dr. Minu Lee, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Dr. Mariana Popescu, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
Structural design and testing of material optimized ribbed RC slabs with 3D printed formwork (2023)
- Date: 01.04.2023
- Authors: Dr. Tobias Huber, Dr. Joris Burger, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
Digitally fabricated weak interfaces to reduce minimum reinforcement in concrete structures (2023)
- Date: 01.04.2023
- Authors: Patrick Bischof, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Rebecca Ammann, Andreas Näsbom, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
Structural behaviour of post-installed reinforcement for 3D concrete printed shells – A case study on water tanks (2023)
- Date: 22.02.2023
- Authors: Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Arsalan Iqbal, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
Extending the design space of concrete structures using stay-in-place flexible formworks with integrated textile reinforcement (2023)
- Date: 01.01.2023
- Authors: Dr. Minu Lee, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
- Event: fib International Symposium on Conceptual Design of Concrete Structure 2023
Shear strength of concrete beams using stay-in-place flexible formworks with integrated transverse textile reinforcement (2022)
- Date: 15.11.2022
- Authors: Dr. Minu Lee, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
Fostering innovative and sustainable mass-market construction using digital fabrication with concrete (2022)
- Date: 01.11.2022
- Authors: Patrick Bischof, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
Influence of short glass fibres and spatial features on the mechanical behaviour of weft-knitted textile reinforced concrete elements in bending (2022)
- Date: 15.08.2022
- Authors: Dr. Minu Lee, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
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, 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
Analysis of the tension chord in the flexural response of concrete elements: Methodology and application to weft-knitted textile reinforcement (2022)
- Date: 15.06.2022
- Authors: Dr. Minu Lee, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
Mesh Mould Prefabrication (2022)
- Date: 01.01.2022
- Authors: Dr. Ammar Mirjan, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Carsten Rieger, Janin Herkrath, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler
- Event: 3rd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2022)
Digitally Fabricated Keyed Concrete Connections (2022)
- Date: 01.01.2022
- Authors: Patrick Bischof, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Dr. Joris Burger, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
- Event: 3rd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2022)
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
Pre-installed Reinforcement for 3D Concrete Printing (2022)
- Date: 01.01.2022
- Authors: Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Patrick Bischof, Dr. Ana Anton, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
- Event: 3rd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2022)
- Notes: Conference lecture held on June 28, 2022
Load-deformation behaviour of weft-knitted textile reinforced concrete in uniaxial tension (2021)
- Date: 04.11.2021
- Authors: Dr. Minu Lee, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
Structural behaviour of 3D printed concrete beams with various reinforcement strategies (2021)
- Date: 01.08.2021
- Authors: Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Dr. Ana Anton, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
Identifying Levers for Mass Market Penetration of Digital Fabrication (2021)
- Date: 15.06.2021
- Authors: Patrick Bischof, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
- Event: 18th Concrete Structures: New trends for Eco-Efficiency and Performance (fib Symposium 2021)
- Notes: Conference lecture held on June 15, 2021
Aligned Interlayer Fibre Reinforcement for Digital Fabrication with Concrete (2020)
- Date: 01.12.2020
- Authors: Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Tomislav Markic, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
- Event: RILEM-fib X International Symposium on Fibre Reinforced Concrete (BEFIB 2020) (virtual)
- Notes: Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the conference was conducted virtually.
From Smart Dynamic Casting to a growing family of Digital Casting Systems (2020)
- Date: 01.08.2020
- Authors: Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Fabio Scotto, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Dr. Sara Mantellato, Dr. 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
Experimental investigation of reinforcement strategies for concrete extrusion 3D printed beams (2020)
- Date: 01.08.2020
- Authors: Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Dr. Ana Anton, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
- Event: 13th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering (2020)
- Notes: Conference lecture held on August 26, 2020. Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the conference was conducted virtually. Awarded with the Best Paper Award in the category Innovation in Materials and Structures.
Load-deformation behaviour of concrete tension ties with weft-knitted textile reinforcement (2020)
- Date: 01.08.2020
- Authors: Dr. Minu Lee, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
- Event: 13th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering (2020) (online)
- Notes: Conference lecture held on August 26, 2020. Awarded with the award for best paper in Innovative Technology granted by École frainçaise du Béton.
Opportunities and challenges for structural engineering of digitally fabricated concrete (2020)
- Date: 01.07.2020
- Authors: Costantino Menna, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Freek P. Bos, Gieljan Vantyghem, Liberato Ferrara, Domenico Asprone, Theo Salet, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
Structural stay-in-place formwork for robotic in situ fabrication of non-standard concrete structures: A real scale architectural demonstrator (2020)
- Date: 01.07.2020
- Authors: Prof. Dr. Norman Hack, Prof. Dr. Kathrin Dörfler, Alex Walzer, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Dr. Nitish Kumar, Prof. Dr. Jonas Buchli, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler
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)
Potential Approaches for Reinforcing Complex Concrete Structures with Integrated Flexible Formwork (2020)
- Date: 01.01.2020
- Authors: Dr. Minu Lee, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Dr. Mariana Popescu, Prof. Dr. Philippe Block, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
- Event: 2nd RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2020) (virtual)
Compression Field Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Based on Cracked Membrane Model (2019)
- Date: 01.09.2019
- Authors: Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Ali Amin
Rethinking reinforcement for digital fabrication with concrete (2018)
- Date: 01.10.2018
- Authors: Domenico Asprone, Costantino Menna, Freek Bos, Theo A.M. Salet, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
Exploiting the Potential of Digital Fabrication for Sustainable and Economic Concrete Structures (2018)
- Date: 01.09.2018
- Authors: Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Patrick Bischof, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
- Event: 1st RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2018)
Potentials of Steel Fibres for Mesh Mould Elements (2018)
- Date: 01.09.2018
- Authors: Patrick Pfändler, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. Robert Flatt, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
- Event: 1st RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (Digital Concrete 2018)
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, Dr. 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.

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