Publications

2025

Augmented Carpentry: Computer Vision-assisted Framework for Manual Fabrication

A. Settimi; J. Gamerro; Y. Weinand 

2025

DiffCheck: a Scan-CAD Evaluation Tool for Digital Manufacturing and Assembly Processes in Timber Construction

A. Settimi; D. L. A. F. Gilliard; E. M. Skevaki; M. Kladeftira; J. Gamerro et al. 

2025

Source code for Augmented Carpentry Research

A. Settimi; H-B. Yang; N. Chutisilp; N. Richart 

2025.

2024

Augmented Carpentry Workshop at Future of Construction 2024 (Mendrisio)

A. Settimi; J. Gamerro; Y. Weinand 

The Future of Construction 2024 Symposium: Making the Past Productive, USI Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland, 2024-11-05.

Flexural behavior of digitally-fabricated Through-Tenon connections under bending moments

A. Rezaei Rad; A. Heidari; Y. Weinand 

Construction and Building Materials. 2024. Vol. 449, p. 138285. DOI : 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.138285.

Evaluation date as support material for diffCheck publication icsa 2025

A. Settimi; D. L. A. F. Gilliard; E. M. Skevaki; M. Kladeftira; J. Gamerro et al. 

2024.

Poster for Augmented Carpentry for ENAC Research Day 2024

A. Settimi 

2024.

TSLAM: a tag-based object-centered monocular navigation system for augmented manual woodworking.

S. Andrea; H-B. Yang; G. Julien; W. Yves 

Construction Robotics. 2024. Vol. 8, num. 4. DOI : 10.1007/s41693-024-00118-w.

TTool: A Supervised Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Visual Pose Detector for Tool Heads in Augmented Reality Woodworking

A. Settimi; Chutisilp Naravich; F. Aymanns; J. Gamerro; Y. Weinand 

applied sciences. 2024. Vol. 14, num. 3011, p. 1 – 27. DOI : 10.3390/app14073011.

La realité augmenté au service de l’usinage de charpente

A. Settimi 

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

Software of TTool: a supervised AI-assisted Visual Pose Detector for AR Wood-working

A. Settimi 

2024.

Supplementary material for “Augmented Carpentry: a Computer Vision-based Assistance for Manual Saw-cutting and Drilling in Timber Construction”

A. Settimi; J. Gamerro; Y. Weinand 

2024.

Les Cahiers de l’Ibois 4 / Ibois Notebooks 4

C. Catsaros; S. Nichols; Y. Weinand 

Lausanne: EPFL Press, 2024.

2023

Digital twins of wooden shingle envelopes

F. Eskandari; Y. Weinand 

2023. Integration of Design and Fabrication, Melbourne , Australia, July 10-14, 2023. p. 2344 – 2353. DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.8189243.

Projector-based augmented stacking framework for irregularly shaped objects

A. Settimi; Q. Wang; E. Andò; J. Gamerro; K. Beyer et al. 

Construction Robotics. 2023. DOI : 10.1007/s41693-023-00099-2.

Teaching Circular Architecture On-site

N. Rogeau; C. Fauvel 

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

Robotic Assembly of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures: From Computational Design to Automated Construction

N. H. P. L. Rogeau / Y. Weinand; P. Latteur (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

2022

augmented-stacking

A. Settimi; Q. Wang; D. Rebiffé; E. Andò; J. Gamerro et al. 

2022.

Robotic Timber Construction

N. Rogeau; P. Vestartas 

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

Design considerations for robotically assembled through-tenon timber joints

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

Construction Robotics. 2022. DOI : 10.1007/s41693-022-00080-5.

Les Cahiers de l’Ibois 3 / Ibois Notebook 3

S. Berthier; C. Catsaros; M. Rinke; P. Vestartas; S. Vuilleumier et al. 

Lausanne: EPFL PRESS, 2022.

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

N. Rogeau 

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

A Collaborative Workflow to Automate the Design, Analysis, and Construction of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures

N. Rogeau; A. Rezaei Rad; P. Vestartas; P. Latteur; Y. Weinand 

2022. 27th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2022), Sydney, Australia, April 9-15, 2022. p. 151 – 160. DOI : 10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.2.151.

Augmented-reality-assisted timber drilling with smart retrofitted tools

A. Settimi; J. Gamerro; Y. Weinand 

Automation in Construction. 2022. Vol. 139, p. 104272. DOI : 10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104272.

Cockroach: an open-source tool for point cloud processing in cad

A. Settimi; P. Vestartas; J. Gamerro; Y. Weinand 

2022. CAADRIA 2022 POST-CARBON, Sydney, Australia, April 9-12, 2022. p. 325 – 334. DOI : 10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.2.325.

Building timber structures with robots!

N. Rogeau 

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

2021

Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures

Y. Weinand 

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London, 2022, 2021.

Robotically-Fabricated Nexorades from Whole Timber

P. Vestartas; A. Rezaei Rad; Y. Weinand 

2021. Conceptual Design of Structures 2021 International fib Symposium, Switzerland (online), September 16-18, 2021.

Macro Modeling Technique for Integrally-Attached Timber Plates: Sensitivity Analysis

A. Rezaei Rad; H. Burton; Y. Weinand 

2021. WCTE 2021 World Conference on Timber Engineering, Santiago, Chile, August 9-12, 2021.

Case-Study on the Creep Behavior of Interconnected Timber Elements using Wood-Wood Connections

J. Gamerro; M. T. Nakad; J-F. Bocquet; Y. Weinand 

2021. WCTE 2021 World Conference on Timber Engineering, Santiago, Chile, August 9-12, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-ibois-287997.

Designing inside a point cloud

N. Rogeau 

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

A framework to automate the design of digitally-fabricated timber plate structures

A. Rezaei Rad; H. Burton; N. Rogeau; P. Vestartas; Y. Weinand 

Computers & Structures. 2021. Vol. 244, p. 106456. DOI : 10.1016/j.compstruc.2020.106456.

An integrated design tool for timber plate structures to generate joints geometry, fabrication toolpath, and robot trajectories

N. Rogeau; P. Latteur; Y. Weinand 

Automation in Construction. 2021. Vol. 130, p. 103875. DOI : 10.1016/j.autcon.2021.103875.

Supplementary material for “AR-assisted timber drilling with smart retrofitted tools”

A. Settimi; J. Gamerro; Y. Weinand 

2021.

Structural design methodology in Integrally-Attached Timber Plate structures

A. Rezaei Rad; P. Vestartas 

Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures; London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Les Cahiers de l’Ibois 2 / Ibois Notebooks 2

I. Concheiro; A. Picon; C. Catsaros; Y. Weinand 

Lausanne: EPFL PRESS, 2021.

Design-to-Fabrication Workflow for Raw-Sawn-Timber using Joinery Solver

P. Vestartas / Y. Weinand (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

2020

Holz-Holz-Verbindungen für einen nachhaltigen modernen Holzbau

Y. Weinand 

Architektur fertigen Konstruktiver Holzelementbau; Zürich: Triest Verlag, 2020.

FE Numerical Models for COMPAS FEA1 using OpenSees

A. Rezaei Rad 

2020.

Joinery Solver for Whole Timber Structures

P. Vestartas; Y. Weinand 

2020. WCTE 2020, Santiago, Chile, August 24-27, 2020.

Laser Scanning with Industrial Robot Arm for Raw-wood Fabrication

P. Vestartas; Y. Weinand 

2020. ISARC2020, Kitakyushu, Japan, October 27-28, 2020. p. 773 – 780. DOI : 10.22260/ISARC2020/0107.

Robotic Insertion of Timber Joints using Visual Detection of Fiducial Markers

N. Rogeau; V. Tiberghien; P. Latteur; Y. Weinand 

2020. Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), Kitakyushu, Japan, October 27-28, 2020. p. 491 – 498. DOI : 10.22260/ISARC2020/0068.

Towards sustainable timber construction through the application of wood-wood connections

Y. Weinand 

2020. The International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE Symposium), Wrocław, Poland, October 7-9,2020.

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.

Les Cahiers de l’Ibois 1 / Ibois Notebooks 1

F. Fromonot; S. Berthier; Y. Rocher 

Lausanne: EPFL PRESS, 2020.

Macroscopic Model for Spatial Timber Plate Structures with Integral Mechanical Attachments

A. Rezaei Rad; H. V. Burton; Y. Weinand 

Journal of Structural Engineering. 2020. Vol. 146, num. 10, p. 04020200. DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0002726.

Out-of-plane (flatwise) behavior of through-tenon connections using the integral mechanical attachment technique

A. Rezaei Rad; H. V. Burton; Y. Weinand 

Construction and Building Materials. 2020. Vol. 262, p. 120001. DOI : 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.120001.

Dataset of the paper: “Experimental investigations on the load-carrying capacity of digitally produced wood-wood connections”.

J. Gamerro; J-F. Bocquet; Y. Weinand 

2020.

Experimental investigations on the load-carrying capacity of digitally produced wood-wood connections

J. Gamerro; J. F. Bocquet; Y. Weinand 

Engineering Structures. 2020. Vol. 213, p. 110576. DOI : 10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.110576.

A Calculation Method for Interconnected Timber Elements Using Wood-Wood Connections

J. Gamerro; J. F. Bocquet; Y. Weinand 

Buildings. 2020. Vol. 10, num. 3, p. 61. DOI : 10.3390/buildings10030061.

Displacement Study of a Large-Scale Freeform Timber Plate Structure Using a Total Station and a Terrestrial Laser Scanner

A. C. Nguyen; Y. Weinand 

Sensors. 2020. Vol. 20, num. 2, p. 413. DOI : 10.3390/s20020413.

Development of Novel Standardized Structural Timber Elements Using Wood-Wood Connections

J. Gamerro / Y. Weinand; J-F. Bocquet (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

Mechanical Characterization of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures: Experimental studies and macro modeling technique

A. Rezaei Rad / Y. Weinand; H. V. Burton (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

A Structural Design Methodology for Freeform Timber Plate Structures Using Wood-Wood Connections

A. C. Nguyen / Y. Weinand (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

2019

Vibration tests on interconnected timber elements using wood-wood connections

J. Gamerro; J-F. Bocquet; Y. Weinand 

2019.

Robotic Assembly of Timber Plate Structures

N. Rogeau 

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

Design framework for the structural analysis of free-form timber plate structures using wood-wood connections

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

Automation in Construction. 2019. Vol. 107, p. 102948. DOI : 10.1016/j.autcon.2019.102948.

Preliminary Prototype for Non-standard Robotic Assembly

N. Rogeau; Y. Weinand 

2019.

Advanced Timber Construction, using digital fabrication and robotic assemblies

Y. Weinand 

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

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.

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

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

2019. IASS Symposium 2019 & Structural Membranes 2019 – Form and Force, Barcelona, Spain, October 7-10, 2019. p. 2919 – 2926.

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.

Segmented Spiral Using Inter-Connected Timber Elements

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

2019. IASS Annual Symposium 2019 – Structural Membranes 2019 – Form and Force, Barcelona, Spain, Octobre 7-10, 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.

Experimental push-out investigation on the in-plane force-deformation behavior of integrally-attached timber Through-Tenon joints

H. Burton; A. Rezaei Rad; Y. Weinand 

Construction And Building Materials. 2019. Vol. 215, p. 925 – 940. DOI : 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.04.156.

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.

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.

A new macro modeling approach in structural analysis of integrally-attached timber plate structures

A. Rezaei Rad; H. V. Burton; Y. Weinand 

2019. CompWood 2019: ECCOMAS Thematic conference on Computational Methods in Wood Mechanics, June 17-19, 2019.

Performance assessment of through-tenon timber joints under tension loads

A. Rezaei Rad; H. Burton; Y. Weinand 

Construction and Building Materials. 2019. Vol. 207, p. 706 – 721. DOI : 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.02.112.

Semi-Rigidity of Through-Tenon Joints under Tension and Shear Loads and Perpendicular-to-Grain Compression

A. C. Nguyen; A. Rezaei Rad; Y. Weinand 

2019

Seismic collapse performance of Los Angeles soft, weak, and open-front wall line woodframe structures retrofitted using different procedures

H. Burton; Z. Yi; D. Gutierrez; K. Ojuri; A. Rezaei Rad 

Bulletin Of Earthquake Engineering. 2019. Vol. 17, num. 4, p. 2059 – 2091. DOI : 10.1007/s10518-018-00524-w.

COMPAS Finite Element (FE) Workshop

A. Rezaei Rad; A. Liew 

Is the timber industry sufficiently formed?

Y. Weinand 

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

La filière du bois est-elle suffisamment formée ?

Y. Weinand 

Rencontres Woodrise 2019, Geneva, Switzerland, 31.01.2019.

Le Bois dans l’environnement

Y. Weinand; P. Bouchain; C. Dupraz 

Rencontres Woodrise 2019, Geneva, Switzerland, 01.02.2019.

Numerical Simulation of the Semi-Rigid Behaviour of Integrally Attached Timber Folded Surface Structures

A. Stitic; A. C. Nguyen; A. Rezaei Rad; Y. Weinand 

Buildings. 2019. Vol. 9, num. 2, p. 55. DOI : 10.3390/buildings9020055.

Parametric Workshop

N. Rogeau; P. Vestartas; Y. Weinand 

2019.

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

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

2019. Design Modelling Symposium Berlin 2019. Impact: Design with all Senses, Berlin, Germany, September 23-25, 2019. p. 596 – 607. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-29829-6_46.

Segmented Spiral Using Inter-Connected Timber Elements

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

2019. 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International-Association-for-Shell-and-Spatial-Structures (IASS SYMPOSIUM) / 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures (STRUCTURAL MEMBRANES), Barcelona, SPAIN, Oct 07-10, 2019. p. 2927 – 2934.

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 

Centre d’activités Gare Grand Chalet à Rossinière

Y. Weinand 

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 

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.

Probabilistic Risk-Based Performance Evaluation of Seismically Base-Isolated Steel Structures Subjected to Far-Field Earthquakes

A. R. Rad; M. Banazadeh 

Buildings. 2018. Vol. 8, num. 9, p. 128. DOI : 10.3390/buildings8090128.

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.

Mechanical Characterization of Timber Structural Elements Using Integral Mechanical Attachments

J. Gamerro; I. Lemaître; Y. Weinand 

2018. World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, August 20-23, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-ibois-256646.

Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne

Y. Weinand 

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

Théâtre de Vidy-Lausanne

Y. Weinand 

2018. 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.

Seismic Fragility Assessment of Asymmetric Structures Supported on TCFP Bearings Subjected to Near-field Earthquakes

H. Tajammolian; F. Khoshnoudian; V. Loghman; A. Rezaei Rad 

STRUCTURES. 2018. Vol. 13, p. 66 – 78. DOI : 10.1016/j.istruc.2017.11.004.

Experimental investigation of the influence of integral mechanical attachments on structural behaviour of timber folded surface structures

A. Stitic; C. Robeller; Y. Weinand 

Thin-Walled Structures. 2018. Vol. 122, p. 314 – 328. DOI : 10.1016/j.tws.2017.10.001.

Rotational mechanical behaviour of wood-wood connections with application to double-layered folded timber-plate structure

J. Gamerro; C. Robeller; Y. Weinand 

Construction and Building Materials. 2018. Vol. 165, p. 434 – 442. DOI : 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.12.178.