Publications
2025
Grinham, J., Alvarenga, J., Lazovskis, P., Richter-Lunn, K., Ejarque, S., Bilbao, A., Bechthold, M., Aizenberg, J., Effective Indirect Evaporative Cooling Using Superhydrophobic Nano-Architectured Porous Ceramics. Applied Energy. 2025.
2024
Tish, D., Gan, A., Cabral, S., and Bechthold, M. 2024. “Toward a Digital Vernacular: Framework for Localized Biocomposite 3D-Printing with Natural Fibers.” Proceedings, ACADIA 2024. (see related post)
Kellersztein, I., Tish D., Dariao, C., Bechthold, M. 2024. “Multifunctional Biocomposite Materials from Chlorella vulgaris Microalgae.” Advanced Materials. 2024.
Guida, G., Richter-Lunn, K., and Bechthold, M. 2024. “Thermal-Material Priming: The Influence of Building Materials on Thermal Perception and Tolerance in Immersive Virtual Environments.” Building and Environment.
Cote, N., Tish, D., Koehle, M., Koga, Y., and Chitta, S. 2024. “Adaptive Robotic Construction of Wood Frames.” Construction Robotics 8 (2024): 8.
Alothman, S., Pfister, H., and Bechthold, M. 2024. “Toolpath Design Calibration for Robotic Spatial Printing with Supervised Learning.” Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design (Rob|Arch).
2023
Mhatre, S., Bechthold, M., and Sayegh, A. 2023. “Deployable Kiriform Flexures.” Patent No. US20200231430, 2023. (Issued Patent)
2022
García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 2022. “Artificial Intelligence for All: Perspectives and Outlooks on the Role of Machine Learning in Architectural Design.” Bringing Digitalization Home Symposium, Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University.
Gerritsen, P., Wissemann, E., and García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 2022. “Designer Agency in 3D Packing of Irregular Material Stock.” Hybrids & Haecceities, Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture.
Jung, F., AlOthman, S., Im, H., García del Castillo y López, Jose L., and Bechthold, M. “2022. “Responsive Spatial Print Trajectory: 3D Printing of Clay Lattices with Self-Corrective Recalibration.” Hybrids & Haecceities, Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture.
García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 2022. “The Digital Touch: Towards Novel Modeling Frameworks for Robotically-Enhanced Marble Sculpting.“ Proceedings of the 40th eCAADe Conference on Education and Research in Computer-Aided Architectural Design in Europe, Vol. 1, pp. 37-46.
Kim, D., Guida, G., and García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 2022. “PlaceMakingAI: Participatory Urban Design with Generative Adversarial Networks.” Proceedings of the 27th CAADRIA Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia.
Zhou, Margaret Z., Chen, S., and García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 2022. “Elemental Motion in Spatial Interaction.” Proceedings of the 27th CAADRIA Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia.
Perry, G., and García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 2022. “Droop: An Iterative Design Tool for Material Draping.” Proceedings of the 27th CAADRIA Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia.
Dutto, A., Zanini, M., Jeoffroy, E., Tervoort, E., Mhatre, S. A., Seibold, Z. B., Bechthold, M., Studart, A. R. 2022. “3D Printing of Hierarchical Porous Ceramics for Thermal Insulation and Evaporative Cooling.” Adv. Mater. Technol. 2022, 2201109.
Richter-Lunn, K., and Kumar, I. 2022. “Acu. ation: Real Time Acupoint Stimulation To Mediate The Urge To Smoke.” CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts, pp. 1-7.
Richter-Lunn, K. 2022. “Sentient Spaces: Interpreting Biofeedback Into Environmental Systems To Mitigate Severity Of Physiological Symptoms In Anxiety Disorders.” ConCave Ph.D. Symposium 2022: Divergence In Architectural Research.
Bechthold, M., Seibold, Z., and Mhatre, S. 2022. “Post-tensioned ceramic structures: design, analysis and prototyping.” Conference presentation at The International Conference on Structures and Architecture, ICSA 2022.
Bechthold, M., Seibold, Z. and Mhatre, S. 2022. “Post-tensioned ceramic structures: design, analysis and prototyping.” Archit. Struct. Constr.
Mhatre, S., Fernandes, M., Forte, A., Zhao, B., Mesa, O., Weaver, J.,Bechthold, M., and Bertoldi, K. 2022. “Surface Texture Modulation via Buckling in Porous Inclined Mechanical Metamaterials.” Extreme Mechanics Letters.
2021
Richter-Lunn, K., and García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 2021. “Affective Prosthesis: Sensorial Interpretations of Covert Physiological Signals for Therapeutic Mediation.” ACADIA 2021: Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, eds.
Mesa, O., and Fash, N. 2021. “Performance2: Responsive and adaptive building skins.” 16th Advanced Building Skins Conference & Expo.Bern, Switzerland. 21-22 October 2021.
Grinham, J., Hancock, M. J., Kumar, K., Bechthold, M., Ingber, D. E., and Aizenberg, J. 2021. “Bioinspired design and optimization for thin film wearable and building cooling systems.” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.
Mesa, O., and O’Keefe, J. 2021. “Modeling Inter-dimensional Narratives.” Proceedings of Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design (eCAADe): Towards a new, configurable architecture. Novi Sad, Sept 08-10, 2021. (Watch the presentation online)
Sun, M., Sun, P., Dong, Y., and García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 2021. “Mass Production: Towards Multidimensional, Real-time Feedback in Early Stages of Urban Design Processes.” Proceedings of the 26th CAADRIA Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia.
Lu, Y., Tian, R., Li, A., Wang, X., and García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 2021. “CubiGraph5K: Organizational Graph Generation for Structured Architectural Floorplan Dataset.” Proceedings of the 26th CAADRIA Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia.
Kharbanda, K., Madhan, A., Yarnell, A., Strømann-Andersen, J., and García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 2021. “Carbon Crunch: An Interactive Game to Interpret and Analyze the Carbon Footprint Cause by Building Materials.” Proceedings of the Public Play Space Symposium. Barcelona, 14-15 July, 2021.
Mei, Z., Pan, P., Cheng, J, and García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 2021. “City Generator: Computational Urban Design Tool Kit.” Proceedings of the 39th eCAADe Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe.
Mhatre, S., Boatti, E., Melancon, D., Zareei, A., Dupont, M., Bechthold, M., Bertoldi, K. 2021. “Deployable Structures Based on Buckling of Curved Beams Upon a Rotational Input.” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 2101144.
Interview with M. Bechthold In Lehmann, S., Eisenschmidt, A, and Bosselman, P. 2021. Trans-Atlantic Engagements. San Francisco: ORO Editions.
2020
Richter-Lunn, K., and Etcoff, N. 2020. “Architectural Subliminal Therapy: The Parallel of Architecture and Traditional Forms of Therapy to Propose New Accessible Treatments for Psychological Disorders.” ANFA 2020: Sensing Spaces, Perceiving Place. The Academy of Neuroscience and Architecture. (Watch the presentation online)
Richter-Lunn, K. 2020. “Mind and Machine: Interaction, Performance and Mental Expression through Robotics and Computation.” ANFA 2020: Sensing Spaces, Perceiving Place. The Academy of Neuroscience and Architecture. (Watch the presentation online)
Mesa, O. 2020. “Choreographed Matter.” Proceeding of 24rd SIGraDi Conference – Transformative Design. Medellín, Colombia, Nov 18- 20, 2020.
Ugarte, J.P, Mhatre, S., Norman, S., Bechthold, M. 2020. “Extruded Tessellations: A novel structural ceramic system at the intersection of industrial ceramic extrusion and CNC fabrication.” Proceeding of 24rd SIGraDi Conference – Transformative Design. Medellín, Colombia, Nov 18- 20, 2020. (Watch the presentation online)
Bae, H., Ortega-Welch, B., García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 2020. “Printing Error: Creating Uniqueness.” Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC). Sept 2020. Pg 382-385.
Kim, E., Rosenwasser, D., García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 2020. “Urban Emotion: The Interrogation of Social Media and its Implications within Urban Context.” Proceedings of the 38th eCAADe Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe. Sept 2020. Vol 2 , Pg 475-482.
Grinham, J., Bechthold, M., Craig, S., and Ingber, D. 2020. “Radiant Cooling devices and methods of forming the same.” Patent No. 20200271395, 2020. (Issued Patent)
Grinham, J., Alvarenga, J., Bechthold, M., and Aizenberg, J. 2020. “Hydrophobic barrier layer for ceramic indirect evaporative cooling systems.” Patent No. WO2020072597, 2020. (Issued Patent)
Chee, G., Cobb, T., Richter-Lunn, K., Wicaksono, I., and Freedman, B. 2020. “Doze: hydrogel-based epidermal platform for personalized scent diffusion.” Adjunct Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (UbiComp-ISWC ’20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 17–20.
Mhatre, S., Bechthold, M., and Sayegh, A. 2020. “Deployable Kiriform Flexures.” Patent No. US20200231430, 2020. (Issued Patent)
Jensen, A. Norford, L., Grinham, J. 2020. “MASS(ive) Timber: examining the thermally massive behavior of mass timber construction.” Technology | Architecture + Design.
Grinham, J., Craig, S., Ingber, D., and Bechthold, M. 2020. “Origami Microfluidics for Radiant Cooling with Small Temperature Differences in Buildings.” Applied Energy.
Mesa, O., Mhatre, S., and Bechthold, M. 2020. “Woven Compliant Composites.” Proceedings of Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design (eCAADe): Anthropologic. T.U Berlin, Sept 16-17, 2020. (Watch the presentation online)
L. Tomholt, O. Geletina, J. Alvarenga, A.V. Shneidman, J.C. Weaver, M.C. Fernandes, S.A. Mota, M. Bechthold, and J. Aizenberg. 2020. “Tunable infrared transmission for energy-efficient pneumatic building façades.” Energy and Buildings, 226, 110377.
Mesa, O., Mhatre, S., and Aukes, D. 2020. “CREASE: Synchronous gait by minimizing actuation through folded geometry.“ International Journal of Architectural Computing (IJAC).
Tish, D., King, N., and Cote, N. 2020. “Highly accessible platform technologies for vision-guided, closed-loop robotic assembly of unitized enclosure systems.” Construction Robotics, 2020.
2019
“Design Research at Harvard GSD.” Goffi, F.: InterVIEWS. Abingdon: Routledge.
Mayer, M., and Bechthold, M. 2019. “Data granularity for life cycle modelling at an urban scale.” Architectural Science Review, 2019.
García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 2019. “Robot Ex Machina: A Framework for Real-Time Robot Programming and Control.” Proceedings: of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), 2019, Austin (TX).
Seibold, Z., Mhatre, S., Alhadidi, S., García del Castillo y López, Jose L., Bechthold, M. 2019. “Janus Printing: Co-extrusion based Multi-material Additive Manufacturing for Ceramics.” Proceedings: of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), 2019, Austin (TX).
García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 2019. “Machina.NET: A Library for Programming and Real-Time Control of Industrial Robots.” Journal of Open Research Software, 7(1), p.27.
García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 2019. “Enactive Robotics: An Action-State Model for Concurrent Machine Control.” D.Des diss., Harvard University.
Olga, M., Mhatre, S., Singh, M., and Aukes, D. 2019. “CREASE – Synchronized Gait Through Folded Geometry.” Proceedings of the 37th eCAADe and 23rd SIGraDi Conference (Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution) Volume 3, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 11-13 September 2019, pp. 197-206.
Mhatre, S., Bechthold, M., and Sayegh, A. 2019. “Deployable Kiriform Flexures.” Patent No. WO2019018546, 2019. (Issued Patent)
2018
Im, H. C., Alothman, S., García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 2018. “Responsive Spatial Print: Clay 3D printing of spatial lattices using real-time model recalibration.” Re/Calibration: On Imprecision and Infidelity: Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture, 2018.
Seibold, Z., Grinham, J., Geletina, O., Ahanotu, O., Sayegh, A., Weaver, J., and Bechthold, M. 2018. “Fluid Equilibrium: Material Computation in Ferrofluidic Castings.” Re/Calibration: On Imprecision and Infidelity: Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture, 2018.
Seibold, Z., Hinz, K., García del Castillo y López, Jose L., Alonso, N.M., Mhatre, S., and Bechthold, M. “Ceramic Morphologies: Precision and Control in Paste-Based Additive Manufacturing.” Proceedings of ACADIA Conference: Re/Calibration: On Imprecision and Infidelity,Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture, 2018.
Alothman, S., Im, H. C., Jung, F., and Bechthold, M. 2018. “Spatial Print Trajectory:Controlling Material Behavior with Print Speed, Feed Rate, and Complex Print Path.” Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design (Rob|Arch), 2018.
Seibold, Z., Mesa, O., Stavric, M., and Bechthold, M. 2018. “Ceramic Tectonics: Tile Grid Shell.” Proceeding of the IASS Symposium 2018, MIT Press Journals, Cambridge.
Trummer, A., Bechthold, M., Andreani, S., and Raspall, F. 2018. “Novel Tectonics: Ceramic-Concrete Composite Structure.” Proceeding of the IASS Symposium 2018, MIT Press Journals, Cambridge. 2018. pp. 392 – 403.
K. Hinz, J. Alvarenga, P. Kim, D. Park, J. Aizenberg, M. Bechthold. 2018. “Pneumatically adaptive light modulation system (PALMS) for buildings.” Materials & Design, Volume 152, 2018, Pages 156-167, ISSN 0264-1275.
2017
Mayer, M., and Bechthold, M. 2017. “Development of policy metrics for circularity assessment in building assemblies.” Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment. 1-2/2017, pp. 57-84.
Boatti, E., Mhatre S., Dupont, M., Bechthold, M., and Bertoldi K. 2017. “Harnessing buckling of curved beams to design transformable architectures.” Proceeding of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Tampa, FL, November 3-9, 2017.
Mesa, O., Mhatre, S., Grinham. J., Norman, S., Stavric, M., Sayegh, A., and Bechthold, M. 2017. “Non-Linear Matters: Auxetic Surfaces.” Proceedings of ACADIA, 2017, pp. 392 – 403.
Craig, S., Grinham. J. 2017. “Breathing walls: The design of porous materials for heat exchange and decentralized ventilation.” Energy and Buildings, Vol. 149 2017, pp. 246-259.
Mayer, M., Espuig, Blanca D. and Bechthold, M. 2017. “Energy Retrofit Tradeoffs in Residential Enclosures.” Journal of the National Institute of Building Sciences, Vol. 5 No. 1 2017, pp. 14-18.
Bechthold, M. 2017. “Real-Time Robotics.” In Towards a Robotic Architecture, edited by Mahesh, D. and Wit, A.
Bechthold, M., and Weaver, J. 2017. “Scales of Design: Material Science and Architecture.” Nature Reviews Materials 2, 17082 (2017).
2016
Bechthold, M. 2016. “Ceramic Prototypes – Design, Computation, and Digital Fabrication.” Informes de la Construccion.
Bechthold, M., Adriaenssens, S., Michalatos, P., Oxman, N., and Trummer, A. 2016. “Structural Delights: Computation, Matter, and the Imagination.” In Structural Affairs, edited by Peters, S. and Trummer, A., GAM 12 (2016).
2015
Sayegh, A, and Bechthold, M. 2015. “Hacking Science.” In Material Synthesis: Fusing the Physical and the Computational, edited by Menges, A., AD, Fall 2015.
Bechthold, M., Kane, A., and King N. 2015. Ceramic Material Systems. Basel: Birkhaeuser, October 2015. Also published in German as Keramische Bausysteme, August 2015. (English Version) (German Version)
2014
Bechthold, M. 2014. “The Quest for Innovation: Methods and Mindsets.” International Journal of Architecture and Planning, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 55-58, Konya, Turkey.
Park, D., Kim, P. Alvarenga, J., Jin, K., Aizenberg, J., and Bechthold, M. 2014. “Dynamic daylight control system implementing thin cast arrays of polydimethylsiloxane-based millimeter-scale transparent louvers.” Building and Environment, 2014.
Andreani, S., and Bechthold, M. 2014. “(Re)volving Brick: Geometry and Performance Innovation.” In Fabricate, edited by Gramazio, K. et al. Stuttgart: gbt Verlag.
Park, D. and Bechthold, M. 2014. “Designing Biologically Inspired Smart Building Systems: Processes and Guidelines.” International Journal of Architectural Computing, Vol. 11, No. 4, 2014, pp. 437 – 467.
King, N., Bechthold, M., Kane, A., and Michalatos, P. 2014. “Robotic tile placement: Tools, techniques and feasibility.” International Journal of Automation in Construction, Vol. 39, 2014, pp 161 – 166.
Bechthold, M. 2014. “Design Robotics: A New Paradigm in Process-Based Design.” In Theories of the Digital in Architecture, edited by Oxman, R. Abingdon: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
2013
Bechthold, M. 2013. “Product and Process Approaches.” In Mass Customisation and Personalisation in Architecture and Construction, edited by Piroozfar, P. and Piller, F. Abingdon: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
Park, D., Bechthold, M. 2013. “Designing Biologically Inspired Smart Building Systems: Processes and Guidelines.” International Journal of Architectural Computing, Vol. 11, No. 4, 2013, pp. 437 – 467.
Bechthold, M. 2013. “Design Robotics: New Strategies for Material System Research.” In Inside Smart Geometry, edited by Peters, B. and Peters, T., 254–267. London: John Wiley & Sons.
2012
Loyola, M., and Keagy, J. 2012. “Uso de Sistemas Robóticos en la Producción de Componentes Constructivos con Complejidad Geométrica.” XVI Congreso de la Sociedad Iberoamericana de Gráfica Digital (SiGraDi) (2012), Fortaleza (Brazil), 13-16 de Noviembre 2012.
Jyoti, A., Andreani, S., García del Castillo y López, Jose L., King, N., and Bechthold, M. 2012. “Flowing Matter: Robotic Fabrication of Ceramic Systems.” Explorations in Geometry and Material Behavior. Project presentation at Acadia 2012, San Francisco, USA. 2012.
Imbern, M., Raspall, F., and Su, Q. 2012. “Tectonic Tessellations: A Digital Approach to Ceramic Structural Surfaces.” Proceedings Acadia 2012, San Francisco, USA.
King, N., Bechthold, M., Kane, A., and Michalatos, P. 2012. “Robotic Tile Placement: Tools, Techniques and Feasibility.” Proceedings ISARC 2012, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Andreani, S., García del Castillo y López, Jose L., Jyoti, A. Jyoti, King, N., and Bechthold, M. 2012. “Flowing matter: Robotic fabrication of complex ceramic systems.” Proceedings ISARC 2012, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
2011
Bechthold, M. 2011. “Performalism or Performance-Based Design.” In Performalism: Form and Performance in Digital Architecture, edited by Grobman, Y. and Neumann, E. Abingdon: Routledge.
Payne, A. 2011. “A Five-Axis Robotic Motion Controller for Designers.” Proceedings ACADIA 2011. Calgary, Canada.
Bechthold, M., King, J., Kane, A., Niemasz, J. and Reinhart, C. 2011. “Integrated Environmental Design and Robotic Fabrication Workflow for Ceramic Shading Systems.” Proceedings of the 28th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction. Seoul, Korea.
2010
Bechthold, M. 2010. “The Return of the Future.” In New Structuralism: Design, Engineering and Architectural Technologies, edited by Oxman, R., AD 04/2010.
Bechthold, M. 2010. “A Continuous Challenge in Custom Construction.” In New Perspective in Industrialization in Construction: A State-of-the-Art Report, edited by Girmscheid, G. and Scheublin, F., 53–66. Zurich: ETH Zurich.
Mayer M, Bechthold M, Ibanez M. 2010. “Fabrication of Free-Form Sandwich Panels Using A Multi-Axis Water Jet Cutter.” Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Sandwich Structures, California Institute of Technology, 2010.
Related Publications
Bechthold, M. 2009. “More Bang for the Bucks.” GAM 06, pp. 128 – 139. No. 06.
Schodek, D., Bechthold, M., Griggs, K., Kao, K., and Steinberg, M. 2008. “Digital Design and Manufacturing: Applications in Architecture and Design.” Hoboken: Wiley.
Bechthold, M. and Griggs, K. 2003. “Coffee, Cake, CAD/CAM: Reinventing the Urban Diner.” Cambridge, Harvard Design School: Technology Report Series 2003-3.
Bechthold, M., Griggs, K., Schodek, D., and Steinberg, M. 2003. “New Technologies in Design I: Digital Design and Manfuacturing Techniques II & III.” Cambridge, Harvard Design School: Technology Report Series 2003-2.
Bechthold, M., Griggs, K., Schodek, D., and Steinberg, M. 2003. “New Technologies in Design I: Digital Design and Manfuacturing Techniques.” Cambridge, Harvard Design School: Technology Report Series 2003-1.