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(For more see the link, Prof. Jan Knippers)
Institute for Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE), Faculty for Architecture and Urban Design, University of Stuttgart and Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering
Summary:
Jan Knippers completed his academic studies of structural engineering at the Technische Universität Berlin in 1992 with the award of a PhD. After that he worked for a few years in an internationally recognized engineering firm. Since 2000 he has been head of the Institute for Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the Faculty for Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Stuttgart. In 2001 he co-founded together with Thorsten Helbig in Stuttgart a consulting firm, Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering. Since then they opened offices in Berlin and New York City. Jan Knippers focuses on efficient structural design for international and architecturally demanding construction projects involving solid, timber, steel and glass constructions. He specializes in the design of complex shaped and highly efficient roof and façade structures, as well as in research and development on the use of fibre based materials and biomimetic structures in architecture. A particular focus here is on fiber composite materials and textiles as well as the development of simulation and production techniques for these materials that are adapted to the specific requirements of the construction industry. The institute is involved in numerous application-oriented research projects in collaboration with small and medium-sized industrial partners and has particular expertise in the planning and production of demonstrators and prototypes. For this purpose, it has access to the test facilities and workshops of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning. From 2014 to 2019 Jan Knippers was the lead coordinator of the DFG collaborative research centre TRR141, Biological Design and Integrative Structures, a collaboration between the Universities of Stuttgart, Tübingen and Freiburg. Since 2019 he has been Vice Rector for Research at the University of Stuttgart and Deputy Director of the Cluster of Excellence, Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture.
Selected Publications:
Books:
Philippe Block, Jan Knippers, Niloy J. Mitra and Wenping Wang (Editors), Advances in Architectural Geometry. Springer, 2014, 385 pages
Jan Knippers, Klaus G. Nickel and Thomas Speck (Editors), Biomimetic Research for Architecture and Building Construction, Biological Design and Integrative Structures, Springer, 2016, 408 pages
Journal Articles, etc.:
Bulenda Th., Knippers J., ‘Stability of Grid Shells’, Computer and Structures, 79, 2001, pp 1161-1174.
Knippers Jan., and Gabler. Markus. 2007. New Design Concepts for Advanced Composite Bridges- The Friedberg Bridge in Germany.
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