Contact
Brussels
Belgium
Subject
Research focuses on the application of robots in timber construction, as well as on the development of digitally assisted design processes for structurally informed timber constructions.
Krieg, O., Bechert, S., Groenewolt, A., Horn, R., Knippers, J., Menges, A.: 2018, Affordances of Complexity: Evaluation of a Robotic Production Process for Segmented Timber Shell Structures. World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul
Horn, R., Groenewolt, A., Krieg, O., Gantner, J.: 2018, Ökobilanzierung von Lebensende-Optionen, Szenarien im bauphysikalischen Kontext am Beispiel segmentierter Holzschalenkonstruktionen. Bauphysik, 5/2018, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin.
Bechert, S., Groenewolt, A., Krieg, O., Menges, A., Knippers, J.: 2018, Structural Performance of Construction Systems for Segmented Timber Shell Structures, in Creativity in Structural Design [Proceedings of the IASS Conference 2018], Boston.
Knippers, J., Menges, A., Dahy, H., Früh, N., Groenewolt, A., Körner, A., Rinderspacher, K., Saffarian, S., Slabbink, E., Solly, J., Vasey, L., Wood, D.: 2018, The ITECH approach: Building(s) to learn, in Creativity in Structural Design [Proceedings of the IASS Conference 2018], Boston.
Groenewolt, A., Schwinn, T., Nguyen, L., Menges, A.: 2017, An interactive agent-based framework for materialization-informed architectural design. Swarm Intelligence, Volume 11, Special Issue on Self-Organised Construction, Springer. (DOI: 10.1007_s11721-017-0151-8)
Groenewolt, A.: 2017, Stair Design Using Quantified Smoothness. CAAD Futures 2017, Istanbul
Hofer, J., Groenewolt, A., Jayathissa, P., Nagy, Z., Schlueter, A.: 2016, Parametric analysis and systems design of dynamic photovoltaic shading modules. Energy Science & Engineering, 4(2), 134-152.
Groenewolt, A., Bakker, J., Hofer, J., Nagy, Z., Schlüter, A.: 2016, Methods for modelling and analysis of bendable photovoltaic modules on irregularly curved surfaces. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 7(3), 261-271.
Abel Groenewolt studied architecture and building technology at Eindhoven University of Technology. After having received his MSc degree, he worked at K2S Architects and at Sarc Architects in Helsinki as well as in his own practice, completing projects in both Finland and the Netherlands.
He has employed computational methods in various design projects and developed multiple custom design tools. Through post-graduate studies at ETH Zurich, he further explored the potential of programming within the architect's repertoire of professional competences.
Before joining the Institute for Computational Design and Construction in 2015, Abel worked as a researcher at the chair of Architecture and Building Systems at ETH Zurich, developing and employing computational design tools to analyse and optimise various energy-related building systems. He also worked as a plugin developer for Design to Production.
Currently, his research focuses on the application of robots in timber construction, as well as on the development of digitally assisted design processes for structurally informed timber constructions.
Research:
Design and fabrication aspects of timber plate structures
Projects:
Wood R³ – Resource Effective, Regional, Robotically Fabricated
Teaching:
ITECH Masters Thesis, 2016-17
ITECH Masters Thesis, 2015-16
Workshops:
Robot-Assisted Assembly in Wood Construction
Lectures:
09.09.2019 University of Calgary
09.07.2019 DesignSTEM, Rotterdam
08.07.2019 DesignSTEM, Amsterdam
13.11.2018 Bouwkunde Bedrijvendagen, TU Eindhoven
16.07.2018 HMC Expo, Amsterdam
28.05.2018 DesignSTEM, Amsterdam
16.05.2018 BuGa Cafe, Heilbronn
23.11.2017 Houtdag, Baarn
29.08.2017 Waag Society HMC Summer School, Amsterdam
14.07.2017 CAAD Futures conference, Istanbul
09.06.2017 Future Flux Festival, Rotterdam
19.05.2017 DAI Forum, Heidelberg
13.12.2016 Institute for Architecture and Media, TU Graz
19.04.2013 Technical University, Tampere