2024

Alothman, S.; Pfister, H. & Bechthold, M: “Toolpath Design Calibration for Robotic Spatial Printing with Supervised Learning” in Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design (Rob|Arch), 2024. (forthcoming)

2023

Mhatre, S., Bechthold, M., & Sayegh, A. ” Deployable Kiriform Flexures “. Patent No. US20200231430, 2023 ( Link ) (Issued Patent)

2022

García del Castillo y López, Jose L.. 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. 2022.

Dueñas Gerritsen, Patricia, Emily Wissemann & Jose L. García del Castillo y López. 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. 2022.

Jung, Francisco, Sulaiman AlOthman, Hyeonji Claire Im, Jose L. García del Castillo y López & Martin Bechthold. 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. 2022.

García del Castillo y López, Jose L. 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. 2022, Vol. 1, pp. 37-46. http://papers.cumincad.org/cgi-bin/works/paper/ecaade2022_250

Kim, Dongyun, George Guida & Jose L. García del Castillo y López. PlaceMakingAI: Participatory Urban Design with Generative Adversarial Networks.” Proceedings of the 27th CAADRIA Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia. 2022. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.2.485

Zhou, Margaret Z., Shi Yu Chen & Jose L. García del Castillo y López. Elemental Motion in Spatial Interaction.” Proceedings of the 27th CAADRIA Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia. 2022. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.1.505

Perry, Gabriella & Jose L. García del Castillo y López. Droop: An Iterative Design Tool for Material Draping.” Proceedings of the 27th CAADRIA Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia. 2022. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.2.283

Dutto, A., Zanini, M., Jeoffroy, E., Tervoort, E., Mhatre, S. A., Seibold, Z. B., Bechthold, M., Studart, A. R., 3D Printing of Hierarchical Porous Ceramics for Thermal Insulation and Evaporative Cooling. Adv. Mater. Technol. 2022, 2201109. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202201109

Richter-Lunn, Katarina, and Ila Krishna Kumar. “Acu. ation: Real Time Acupoint Stimulation To Mediate The Urge To Smoke.” In CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts, pp. 1-7. 2022. (Paper)

Richter-Lunn, Katarina. “Sentient Spaces: Interpreting Biofeedback Into Environmental Systems To Mitigate Severity Of Physiological Symptoms In Anxiety Disorders”. In ConCave Ph.D. Symposium 2022: Divergence In Architectural Research. 2022. (Presentation)

Bechthold, M.†, Seibold, Z.† & Mhatre, S. ‘Post-tensioned ceramic structures: design, analysis and prototyping‘ Conference presentation at The International Conference on Structures and Architecture, ICSA 2022 . (Received the best paper award) (Paper)

Bechthold, M.†, Seibold, Z.† & Mhatre, S. Post-tensioned ceramic structures: design, analysis and prototyping. Archit. Struct. Constr. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44150-022-00025-0. (Paper)

Mhatre, S.†, Fernandes, M.†, Forte, A., Zhao, B., Mesa, O., Weaver, J.,Bechthold, M., and Bertoldi, K. ‘Surface Texture Modulation via Buckling in Porous Inclined Mechanical Metamaterials‘ in Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2021. (Paper)(Front Cover)

2021

Richter-Lunn, Katarina, and Jose L. García del Castillo y López. “Affective Prosthesis: Sensorial Interpretations of Covert Physiological Signals for Therapeutic Mediation”. In ACADIA 2021: Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, eds. 2021. (Paper) (Presentation) 

Mesa, Olga and Fash, Nathan “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., & Aizenberg, J. “Bioinspired design and optimization for thin film wearable and building cooling systems.” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. (Paper)

Mesa, Olga, and John O’Keefe. “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.(Paper). (Presentation)

Sun, Maoran, Pengcheng Sun, Yuebin Dong & Jose L. García del Castillo y López. “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. 2021.(Paper)

Lu, Yueheng, Runjia Tian, Ao Li, Xiaoshi Wang & Jose L. García del Castillo y López. “CubiGraph5K: Organizational Graph Generation for Structured Architectural Floorplan Dataset.” Proceedings of the 26th CAADRIA Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia. 2021.(Paper)

Kharbanda, Kritika, Aakrity Madhan, Adam Yarnell, Jakob Strømann-Andersen & Jose L. García del Castillo y López. “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.(Paper)

Mei, Zihan, Pam Pan, Jack Cheng & Jose L. García del Castillo y López. “City Generator: Computational Urban Design Tool Kit.” Proceedings of the 39th eCAADe Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe. 2021. (Paper)

Mhatre, S., Boatti, E., Melancon, D., Zareei, A., Dupont, M., Bechthold, M., Bertoldi, K., Deployable Structures Based on Buckling of Curved Beams Upon a Rotational Input. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 2101144. (Link) (Back Cover)

Interview with M. Bechthold in: Lehmann, S., Eisenschmidt, A, and Bosselman, P.: “Trans-Atlantic Engagements. San Francisco: ORO Editions. 2021.

2020

Richter-Lunn, Katarina, and Nancy Etcoff. “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. 2020. (Presentation

Richter-Lunn, Katarina. “Mind and Machine: Interaction, Performance and Mental Expression through Robotics and Computation”. ANFA 2020: Sensing Spaces, Perceiving Place. The Academy of Neuroscience and Architecture. 2020. (Presentation)

Mesa, O. “Choreographed Matter“. Proceeding of 24rd SIGraDi Conference – Transformative Design. Medellín, Colombia, Nov 18- 20, 2020 .(Paper)

Ugarte, J.P, Mhatre, S., Norman, S., Bechthold, M. “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 .(Paper)(Presentation)

Bae, H.,Ortega-Welch, B., García del Castillo y López, J.L. ‘Printing Error: Creating Uniqueness‘. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computational Creativity (ICCC).Sept 2020. Pg 382-385.(Link)

Kim, E., Rosenwasser, D., García del Castillo y López, J.L. ‘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 (Link)

Grinham, J., Bechthold, M., Craig, S. & Ingber, D. “Radiant Cooling devices and methods of forming the same“. Patent No. 20200271395, 2020 (Link)

Grinham, J., Alvarenga, J., Bechthold, M. & Aizenberg, J. “Hydrophobic barrier layer for ceramic indirect evaporative cooling systems“. Patent No. WO2020072597, 2020 (Link)

Grace Chee, Trevor Cobb, Katarina Richter-Lunn, Irmandy Wicaksono, and Benjamin R. Freedman. 2020. Doze: hydrogel-based epidermal platform for personalized scent diffusion. In 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. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3410530.3414407 (Link)

Mhatre, S., Bechthold, M., & Sayegh, A. “Deployable Kiriform Flexures“. Patent No. US20200231430, 2020 (Link )

Jensen, A. Norford, L., Grinham, J., “MASS(ive) Timber: examining the thermally massive behavior of mass timber construction, ” Technology | Architecture + Design, 2020.(Forthcoming)

Grinham, J., Craig, S., Ingber, D., Bechthold, M. “Origami Microfluidics for Radiant Cooling with Small Temperature Differences in Buildings” in Applied Energy, 2020.

Mesa, O., Mhatre, S., & Bechthold, M. “Woven Compliant Composites” in Proceedings of Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design (eCAADe): Anthropologic. T.U Berlin,Sept 16-17, 2020. ( Link ).(Presentation)

L. Tomholt, O. Geletina, J. Alvarenga, A.V. Shneidman, J.C. Weaver, M.C. Fernandes, S.A. Mota, M. Bechthold, J. Aizenberg (2020) “Tunable infrared transmission for energy-efficient pneumatic building façades”. in Energy and Buildings, 226, 110377. Link

Mesa, O., Mhatre, S., & Aukes, D. “CREASE: Synchronous gait by minimizing actuation through folded geometry“. in International Journal of Architectural Computing (IJAC).2020. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478077120948204

Tish, D., King, N., Cote, N.: “Highly accessible platform technologies for vision-guided, closed-loop robotic assembly of unitized enclosure systems.” Construction Robotics, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-020-00030-z

2019

Design Research at Harvard GSD. in: Goffi, F.: InterVIEWS. Abingdon: Routledge. 2019.

Mayer, M., and Bechthold, M.: “Data granularity for life cycle modelling at an urban scale.” in: Architectural Science Review, 2019, DOI. 10.1080/00038628.2019.1689914. link

García del Castillo y López, J.L: “Robot Ex Machina: A Framework for Real-Time Robot Programming and Control” in 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, J.L; Bechthold, M: “Janus Printing: Co-extrusion based Multi-material Additive Manufacturing for Ceramics” in Proceedings: of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), 2019, Austin (TX).<<

García del Castillo y López, J.L., 2019. Machina.NET: A Library for Programming and Real-Time Control of Industrial Robots. Journal of Open Research Software, 7(1), p.27. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/jors.247

García del Castillo y López, J.L., 2019. Enactive Robotics: An Action-State Model for Concurrent Machine Control. D.Des diss., Harvard University. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:41021631

Mesa, Olga, Mhatre, Saurabh, Singh, Malika and Aukes, Dan: “CREASE – Synchronized Gait Through Folded Geometry” in 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., & Sayegh, A. ‘ Deployable Kiriform Flexures. Patent No. WO2019018546, 2019.

2018

Im, H. C. ; Alothman, S.; García del Castillo y López, J. L.: “Responsive Spatial Print: Clay 3D printing of spatial lattices using real-time model recalibration.”< in 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; Bechthold, M: “Fluid Equilibrium: Material Computation in Ferrofluidic Castings” in 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, J. L.; Alonso, N.M; Mhatre, S; Bechthold, M: “Ceramic Morphologies: Precision and Control in Paste-Based Additive Manufacturing” in 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.; Bechthold, M: “Spatial Print Trajectory:Controlling Material Behavior with Print Speed, Feed Rate, and Complex Print Path” in Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design (Rob|Arch), 2018.<

Seibold, Z., Mesa, O., Stavric, M., Bechthold, M.: Ceramic Tectonics: Tile Grid ShellProceeding of the IASS Symposium 2018, MIT Press Journals, Cambridge. 2018.

Trummer, A., Bechthold, M., Andreani, S., Raspall, F.: 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, 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. Development of policy metrics for circularity assessment in building assemblies Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment. 1-2/2017, pp. 57-84, DOI:10.3280/EFE2017-001005.

Boatti, E., Mhatre S., Dupont, M., Bechthold, M., Bertoldi K. 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.: Non-Linear Matters: Auxetic Surfacesin Proceedings of ACADIA, 2017, pp. 392 – 403

Craig, S., Grinham. J.: Breathing walls: The design of porous materials for heat exchange and decentralized ventilation.  in Energy and Buildings, Vol. 149 2017, pp. 246-259.

Mayer, M., Espuig, Blanca D. and Bechthold, M.: Energy Retrofit Tradeoffs in Residential Enclosures. in Journal of the National Institute of Building Sciences, Vol. 5 No. 1 2017, pp. 14-18.

Bechthold, M.: Real-Time Robotics. in: Mahesh, D., and Wit, A.: Towards a Robotic Architecture. 2017.

Bechthold, M., and Weaver, J.: Scales of Design: Material Science and Architecture. in: Nature Reviews Materials 2, 17082 (2017). 

2016

Bechthold, M.: Ceramic Prototypes – Design, Computation, and Digital Fabrication. in: Informes de la Construccion. 2016.

Bechthold, M., Adriaenssens, S., Michalatos, P., Oxman, N., and Trummer, A.: “Structural Delights: Computation, Matter, and the Imagination“. in: Peters, S, and Trummer, A (Ed.) GAM.12 2016, “Structural Affairs” – more

2015

Sayegh, A, and Bechthold, M.: “Hacking Science“. in: Menges, A. (Ed.) AD Fall 2015, “Material Synthesis: Fusing the Physical and the Computational” – more

Bechthold, M., Kane, A., and King N.: “Ceramic Material Systems” Basel: Birkhaeuser. October 2015. also: German edition “Keramische Bausysteme” August 2015. English Version, German Version

2014

Bechthold, M.: “The Quest for Innovation: Methods and Mindsets” in:  International Journal of Architecture and Planning, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 55-58, Konya, Turkey – more

Park, D., Kim, P. Alvarenga, J., Jin, K., Aizenberg, J., Bechthold, M.: “Dynamic daylight control system implementing thin cast arrays of polydimethylsiloxane-based millimeter-scale transparent louvers” in Building and Environment, 2014.

Andreani, S., and Bechthold, M.: “(Re)volving Brick: Geometry and Performance Innovation in Ceramic Building Systems Through Design Robotics.” in: Gramazio, K. et. al. (Eds.) Fabricate. gbt Verlag 2014.

Park, D., Bechthold, M.: Designing Biologically Inspired Smart Building Systems: Processes and Guidelines” in International Journal of Architectural Computing, Vol. 11, No. 4, 2014, pp. 437 – 467.

King, N., Bechthold, M., Kane, A., and Michalatos, P.: Robotic tile placement: Tools, techniques and feasibility” in International Journal of Automation in Construction, Vol. 39, 2014, pp 161 – 166.

Bechthold, M.: Design Robotics: A New Paradigm in Process-Based Design” in: Oxman, R. Theories of the Digital in Architecture. Abingdon: Routledge/Taylor & Francis. 2014.

2013

Bechthold, M.: Product and Process Approaches” in: Piroozfar, P., and Piller, F. (Ed.): Mass Customisation and Personalisation in Architecture and Construction. Abingdon: Routledge/Taylor & Francis. 2013.

Park, D., Bechthold Designing Biologically Inspired Smart Building Systems: Processes and Guidelines” in International Journal of Architectural Computing, Vol. 11, No. 4, 2013, pp. 437 – 467.

Bechthold, M.: Design Robotics: New Strategies for Material System Research. in: Peters, B. and Peters, T.: Inside Smart Geometry. London: John Wiley & Sons. 2013. pp  254-267.

2012

Loyola, M., and Keagy, J.: 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, J. L.,  King, N., and Bechthold, M.: 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.,: Tectonic Tessellations: A Digital Approach to Ceramic Structural Surfaces. in: Proceedings Acadia 2012, San Francisco, USA. 2012.

King, N., Bechthold, M., Kane, A., and Michalatos, P.: Robotic Tile Placement: Tools, Techniques and Feasibility. in: Proceedings ISARC 2012, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Andreani, S., García del Castillo y López, J. L., Jyoti, A. Jyoti, King, N., and Bechthold, M.: Flowing matter: Robotic fabrication of complex ceramic systems. in: Proceedings ISARC 2012, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

2011

Bechthold, M.: Performalism or Performance-Based Design. Book Chapter in: Grobman, Y., and Neumann, E.: Performalism: Performalism: Form and Performance in Digital Architecture. Abingdon, Routledge. 2011.

Payne, A.: A Five-Axis Robotic Motion Controller for Designers. in: Proceedings ACADIA 2011. Calgary, Canada.

Bechthold, M., King, J., Kane, A., Niemasz, J. and Reinhart, C.: Integrated Environmental Design and Robotic Fabrication Workflow for Ceramic Shading Systems. in: Proceedings of the 28th  International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction. Seoul, Korea. [download the full paper]

2010

Bechthold, M.: The Return of the Future. in Oxman, R. (Ed): “New Structuralism: Design, Engineering and Architectural Technologies”. AD 04/2010

Bechthold, M.: A Continuous Challenge in Custom Construction. in: Girmscheid, G., Scheublin, F. (Ed.): New Perspective in Industrialization in Construction – A State-of-the-Art Report. pp. 53 – 66. ETH Zurich. 2010

Mayer M, Bechthold M, Ibanez M.: Fabrication of Free-Form Sandwich Panels Using A Multi-Axis Water Jet Cutter, in: Ravichandran G (Ed.), Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Sandwich Structures, California Institute of Technology, 2010

Related Publications:

Bechthold, M.: More Bang for the Bucks. in GAM 06, pp. 128 – 139. No. 06. 2009.

Schodek, D., Bechthold, M., Griggs, K., Kao, K., and Steinberg, M.: Digital Design and Manufacturing: Applications in Architecture and Design. 2008. Hoboken: Wiley

Bechthold, Martin, and Griggs, Kimo: Coffee, Cake, CAD/CAM: Reinventing the Urban Diner (Cambridge – Harvard Design School: Technology Report Series 2003-3)

Bechthold, Griggs, Schodek and Steinberg: New Technologies in Design I: Digital Design and Manfuacturing Techniques II & III (Cambridge – Harvard Design School: Technology Report Series 2003-2)

Bechthold, Griggs, Schodek and Steinberg: New Technologies in Design I: Digital Design and Manfuacturing Techniques (Cambridge – Harvard Design School: Technology Report Series 2001-1)