Yves Weinand
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Biographie
Biography
Architect and civil engineer, Prof. Dr. Yves Weinand is one of the most recognised researchers in the field of contemporary wood construction. Founder of the Bureau d'Etude Weinand, he has, since 1996, designed and worked on many emblematic wooden buildings, such as the Saint Loup Chapel, the new Vaudois Parliament or, more recently, the Timber Pavilion of Vidy in Lausanne. His fundamental research questions the technical and static possibilities of wooden materials. The interdisciplinary exploration carried out at the EPFL's Laboratory for Timber Constructions (Ibois), of which he is director, concerns wood in all its aspects, from round wood to manufactured wood. The recent research carried out at Ibois on free structures with wood-wood connections (without screw nor glue) has been the subject of several technological transfers, and stands as tangible proof of new possibilities for wood construction. Yves Weinand is currently working on a large-scale project for a hall for the head office of a joinery in Luxembourg, consisting of a succession of arches with spans of 22.5 to 53.7m, entirely assembled in wood ).
Through new innovative approaches, the ambition of his research is to develop a new generation of renewable and ecological wooden construction.
He is regularly invited to present his work at international symposia on timber construction.
Through new innovative approaches, the ambition of his research is to develop a new generation of renewable and ecological wooden construction.
He is regularly invited to present his work at international symposia on timber construction.
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Fields of expertise
Architectural design
Timber structures
Digital Fabrication
Robotic Assembly
Structural Wood mechanics
Integrally Attached Timber plate structures
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Distinctions
2012 Grand Prix d'Architecture de Wallonie
2014 Best Paper Award, Advances in Architectural Geometry conference. (IBOIS team)
2017 Medal for Research and Technique by the Academy of Architecture.
2018 Mention Régionale, Prix Lignum for the Timber Pavilion of Vidy-Lausanne
2018 Mention Régionale, Prix Lignum for the Timber Pavilion of Vidy-Lausanne
2019 "Disctinction Bois 2019" for the Nouveau Parlement vaudois.
2019 Grand Prix d'Architecture de Wallonie
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Selected publications
Les Cahiers de l'Ibois/ Ibois Notebooks 1, F. Fromonot, S. Berthier, Y. Rocher, publication directors: Y. Weinand et C. Catsaros, 2020 EPFL Press
Le Pavillon en bois du Théâtre de Vidy, under the direction of Yves Weinand; V. Baudriller, J. Gamerro, M. Jaccard, C. Robeller; 2017, PPUR
Advanced Timber Structures - Architectural Designs and Digital Dimensioning, Y. Weinand, 2017, Birkhaüser, publié en trois langues (french : Structures Innovantes en Bois (2016); german : Neue Holztragwerke - Architektonische Entwürfe und digitale Bemessung (2017)
Grubenmann Project / Projekt Grubenmann, Y. Weinand, 2016, Stiftung Grubenmann-Sammlung
Timber Project: Nouvelles formes d’architectures en bois, Y. Weinand, 2010, PPUR
Architexto, Y. Weinand and D. Darcis, 2009, Editions Fourre-Tout, Liège
Le bois soudé, B. Stamm and Y. Weinand, 2004, Architecture Bois & Dépendance
New Modeling - projeter ensemble, Y. Weinand, 2003, PPUR
Parcours professionnel
Publications
Publications Infoscience
Articles de journaux
2021
A framework to automate the design of digitally-fabricated timber plate structures
Computers & Structures. 2021-02-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.compstruc.2020.106456.An integrated design tool for timber plate structures to generate joints geometry, fabrication toolpath, and robot trajectories
Automation in Construction. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.autcon.2021.103875.2020
Macroscopic Model for Spatial Timber Plate Structures with Integral Mechanical Attachments
Journal of Structural Engineering. 2020-07-20. DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0002726.Out-of-plane (flatwise) behavior of through-tenon connections using the integral mechanical attachment technique
Construction and Building Materials. 2020-07-17. DOI : 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.120001.Experimental investigations on the load-carrying capacity of digitally produced wood-wood connections
Engineering Structures. 2020-03-24. DOI : 10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.110576.A Calculation Method for Interconnected Timber Elements Using Wood-Wood Connections
Buildings. 2020-03-20. DOI : 10.3390/buildings10030061.Displacement Study of a Large-Scale Freeform Timber Plate Structure Using a Total Station and a Terrestrial Laser Scanner
Sensors. 2020-01-11. DOI : 10.3390/s20020413.2019
Design framework for the structural analysis of free-form timber plate structures using wood-wood connections
Automation in Construction. 2019-11-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.autcon.2019.102948.Experimental push-out investigation on the in-plane force-deformation behavior of integrally-attached timber Through-Tenon joints
Construction And Building Materials. 2019-08-10. DOI : 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.04.156.Performance assessment of through-tenon timber joints under tension loads
Construction and Building Materials. 2019-05-20. DOI : 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.02.112.A Comprehensive Drosophila melanogaster Transcription Factor Interactome
Cell Reports. 2019-04-16. DOI : 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.03.071.Numerical Simulation of the Semi-Rigid Behaviour of Integrally Attached Timber Folded Surface Structures
Buildings. 2019-02-01. DOI : 10.3390/buildings9020055.2018
Rotational mechanical behaviour of wood-wood connections with application to double-layered folded timber-plate structure
Construction and Building Materials. 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.12.178.Experimental investigation of the influence of integral mechanical attachments on structural behaviour of timber folded surface structures
Thin-Walled Structures. 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.tws.2017.10.001.2017
Double-layered timber plate shell. International Journal of Space Structures
International Journal of Space Structures. 2017-12-01. DOI : 10.1177/0266351117742853.Shear loaded friction-welded crosswise arranged timber boards
International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives. 2017-01-10. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2016.10.016.Théâtre Vidy Lausanne - A Double-Layered Timber Folded Plate Structure
Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures. 2017. DOI : 10.20898/j.iass.2017.194.864.Doppeltes Faltwerk - Standfest gefügt
TEC21. 2017.Papiers de conférences
2021
Robotically-Fabricated Nexorades from Whole Timber
2021-09-15. Conceptual Design of Structures 2021 International fib Symposium, Switzerland (online), September 16-18, 2021.Case-Study on the Creep Behavior of Interconnected Timber Elements using Wood-Wood Connections
2021-08-12. WCTE 2021 World Conference on Timber Engineering, Santiago, Chile, August 9-12, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-ibois-287997.Macro Modeling Technique for Integrally-Attached Timber Plates: Sensitivity Analysis
2021-08-12. WCTE 2021 World Conference on Timber Engineering, Santiago, Chile, August 9-12, 2021.2020
Joinery Solver for Whole Timber Structures
2020-11-30. WCTE 2020, Santiago, Chile, August 24-27, 2020.Laser Scanning with Industrial Robot Arm for Raw-wood Fabrication
2020-10-27. 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
2020-10-26. 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
2020-10-10. The International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE Symposium), Wrocław, Poland, October 7-9,2020.2019
Segmented Spiral Using Inter-Connected Timber Elements
2019-10-09. IASS Annual Symposium 2019 - Structural Membranes 2019 - Form and Force, Barcelona, Spain, Octobre 7-10, 2019.Performance Assessment of Double-Layered Timber Plate Shells using Alternative Structural Systems
2019-10-09. IASS Symposium 2019 & Structural Membranes 2019 - Form and Force, Barcelona, Spain, October 7-10, 2019. p. 2919-2926.A new macro modeling approach in structural analysis of integrally-attached timber plate structures
2019-06-17. CompWood 2019: ECCOMAS Thematic conference on Computational Methods in Wood Mechanics, June 17-19, 2019.Segmented Spiral Using Inter-Connected Timber Elements
2019-01-01. 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.Modelling Workflow for Segmented Timber Shells using Wood-wood Connections.
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_46.2018
Mechanical Characterization of Timber Structural Elements Using Integral Mechanical Attachments
2018-08-20. World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, August 20-23, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-ibois-256646.Théâtre de Vidy-Lausanne
2018-04-12. 8e Forum International Bois Construction FBC, Dijon, France, 08-12.04.2018.Development of a Spring Model for the Structural Analysis of a Double-Layered Timber Plate Structure with Through-Tenon Joints
2018. World Conference of Timber Engineering 2018, Seoul, South Korea, August 20-23, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-ibois-256749.Livres
2020
Les Cahiers de l'Ibois 1 / Ibois Notebooks 1
Lausanne: EPFL PRESS.2017
Structures Innovantes En Bois: Conception Architecturale Et Dimensionnement Numérique
Bâle: Birkhäuser.Le pavillon en bois du Théâtre de Vidy
Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes (PPUR).2016
Neue Holztragwerke - Architektonische Entwürfe und digitale Bemessung
Birkhäuser.Advanced Timber Structures - Architectural Designs and Digital Dimensioning
Birkhäuser.Projekt Grubenmann / Grubenmann Project
Ed. Stiftung Grubenmann-Sammlung.Thèses
2021
Design-to-Fabrication Workflow for Raw-Sawn-Timber using Joinery Solver
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8928.2020
Optimum design of low environmental impact structures through component reuse
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8448.Development of Novel Standardized Structural Timber Elements Using Wood-Wood Connections
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8302.A Structural Design Methodology for Freeform Timber Plate Structures Using Wood-Wood Connections
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7847.Mechanical Characterization of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures: Experimental studies and macro modeling technique
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8111.2019
Perceptual effects of daylight patterns in architecture
Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9553.2017
Semi-Rigid Moment-Resisting Behavior of Multiple Tab-and-Slot Joint for Freeform Timber Plate Structures
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8236.Integrally attached timber folded surface structures
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8114.Ductility and strain rate-dependency of adhesively-bonded timber joints
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7838.Chapitres de livres
2021
Structural design methodology in Integrally-Attached Timber Plate structures
Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures; London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. p. 216.2020
Holz-Holz-Verbindungen für einen nachhaltigen modernen Holzbau
Architektur fertigen Konstruktiver Holzelementbau; Zürich: Triest Verlag, 2020-12-17. p. 208.2017
Robotic Integral Attachment
FABRICATE 2017; London: UCL Press, 2017. p. 92-97.Rapports techniques
2019
Semi-Rigidity of Through-Tenon Joints under Tension and Shear Loads and Perpendicular-to-Grain Compression
2019-05-152016
Initial experimental tests, setups, discussions and challenges for OSB connections
2016-10-01Posters
2019
Robotic Assembly of Timber Plate Structures
Alumni 50th Homecoming, EPFL, 2019-10-09.Présentations
2021
Designing inside a point cloud
Matters of Abstraction 2021, Leuven, Belgium, Mars 11, 2021.2020
Table ronde: le bois, matériau d’un apprentissage du faire
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.
Vernissage du 1er Cahier de l'Ibois, Lausanne, CH, September 29, 2020.2019
Advanced Timber Construction, using digital fabrication and robotic assemblies
Graduates Seminar Talks, University of Southern California, USA, 14.10.19.Segmented Spiral using Inter-Connected Timber Elements
IASS 60th Anniversary Symposium (IASS SYMPOSIUM 2019), Barcelona, Spain, October 8, 2019.Performance Assessment of Double-Layered Timber Plate Shells using Alternative Structural Systems
IASS 60th Anniversary Symposium (IASS SYMPOSIUM 2019), Barcelona, Spain, October 8, 2019.Modelling Workflow for Segmented Timber Shells using Wood-wood Connections.
Design Modelling Symposium Berlin, Impact : Design with all Senses, Berlin, Germany, Septembre 24, 2019.Holzbau heute und in Zukunft
Holzbau heute und in Zukunft, Schilliger Volgeslsheim, France, 20.09.2019.3D Finite Element Model for Shear Stiffness of Wood-Wood Connections for Engineered Timber Panels
International Conference on Computational Methods in Wood Mechanics – from Material Properties to Timber Structures. ECCOMAS Thematic Conference., Växjö, Sweden, June 17-19, 2019.Simplified calculation model for interconnected timber elements using wood-wood connections
International Conference on Computational Methods in Wood Mechanics – from Material Properties to Timber Structures. ECCOMAS Thematic Conference., Växjö, Sweden, June 17-19, 2019.COMPAS Finite Element (FE) Workshop
Zurich.Is the timber industry sufficiently formed?
Rencontres Woodrise 2019 - partenariat banque Pictet, Geneva, Switzerland, 01.02.2019.Le Bois dans l'environnement
Rencontres Woodrise 2019, Geneva, Switzerland, 01.02.2019.La filière du bois est-elle suffisamment formée ?
Rencontres Woodrise 2019, Geneva, Switzerland, 31.01.2019.2018
Construire en Bois et Innover
Cycle des Leçons du Mardi, Ecole d'architecture de la ville & des territoires à Marne-la-Vallée, 11.12.2018.Le Champs des Possibles
Congress Center de Mons, Belgique, 06.12.2018.Centre d'activités Gare Grand Chalet à Rossinière
Rossinière, Pays d'Enhaut, Suisse, 30.11.2018.Advanced Research in Timber Construction
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
Technical Council of SECO, Bruxelles, Belgique, 02.11.2018.Future challenges and need for research in timber engineering
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
Vidy, Lausanne, 25.09.2018.How will we plan and build in 25 years and how will this process be regulated?
Workshop of COST Action FP1402, Oskar von Miller Forum, Munich, Germany, 2018-09-12.Development of a Spring Model for the Structural Analysis of a Double-Layered Timber Plate Structure with Through-Tenon Joints
World Conference of Timber Engineering 2018, Seoul, South Korea, August 20-23, 2018.Mechanical Characterization of Timber Structural Elements
World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, August 20-23, 2018.Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne
8e Forum International Bois Construction FBC, Dijon, France, 08-12.04.2018.Structures Innovantes en Bois
Conférence à l'Université catholique de Louvain, Tournai, 22.03.2018.2016
Advanced Timber Structures: architectural design and digital dimensioning
Symposium on Geometry and Computational Design (GCD), Vienne, Autriche, Novembre 18, 2016.Projets d'étudiants
2021
Design and automated fabrication scenario for a wood shingle-based envelope system
2021-09-21Construction en bois rond pour un habitat collectif dans la forêt de St-George
20212020
Hébergements temporaires pour les festivaliers
2020"Lakou". Réinterprétation d'un patrimoine vernaculaire architectural haïtien
2020"Les Sureaux", une rencontre intergénérationnelle au coeur d'Arbaz (VS)
2020Logements en construction composite en bois dans la région des Apennins
20202019
Numerical Model of a Timber Tab-and- Slot Joint
20192018
"Velella Velella". Une île itinérante pour la musique acoustique
2018Densification du quartier de Sévelin par la construction de logements collectifs en bois (Lausanne, VD)
2018"De Salix ædificatoria". Une architecture vivante pour un hébergement à Château d’Oex (VD)
2018Entre ciel et roche, une structure artistique aux Rochers-de-Naye
20182017
Mechanical characterization of a prefabricated orthotropic slab made out of OSB Panels using wood-wood connections
2017“RiNo Motel”, Denver CO
20172016
Connexions pour les structures plissées en bois
2016Documents d'enseignement
2019
Parametric Workshop
2019-02-01.Echantillons de données
2021
Supplementary material for "AR-assisted timber drilling with smart retrofitted tools"
2021.2020
Dataset of the paper: "Experimental investigations on the load-carrying capacity of digitally produced wood-wood connections".
2020-04-09.2019
Vibration tests on interconnected timber elements using wood-wood connections
2019-12-19.Physical Objects
2019
Preliminary Prototype for Non-standard Robotic Assembly
2019-11-01.Enseignement & Phd
Enseignement
Architecture
Génie civil