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Yves Weinand

yves.weinand@epfl.ch +41 21 693 23 90 http://ibois.epfl.ch

Nationalité: Suisse

EPFL ENAC IIC IBOIS
GC H2 711 (Bâtiment GC)
Station 18
1015 Lausanne

Expertise

  • Geometry processing, architectural design explorations, Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
  • Computational methods for complex joinery 3D modeling and digital fabrication
  • Experimental tests and mechanical characterization of timber connections
  • Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE)
  • Fundamental developments in structural mechanics
  • Robotic timber construction
  • Augmented reality and AI-informed craft

Expertise

  • Geometry processing, architectural design explorations, Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
  • Computational methods for complex joinery 3D modeling and digital fabrication
  • Experimental tests and mechanical characterization of timber connections
  • Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE)
  • Fundamental developments in structural mechanics
  • Robotic timber construction
  • Augmented reality and AI-informed craft

Bibliographie

Yves Weinand is Professor of Timber Construction at the école Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, where he is the Director of the Laboratory of Timber Construction, IBOIS. As a transdisciplinary ENAC laboratory, IBOIS is active in both the Institute of architecture IA and the Institute of Civil and Environmental Engineering (IIC). Weinand received his M.SC in Architecture from the University of Liège in 1986, his M.SC in Civil Engineering from EPFL in 1994 and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University RWTH Aachen in 1998. In 2001, he joined the Technical University of Graz as Professor and Director of the Institute for Structural Design in Architecture. At EPFL, Yves Weinand and his collaborators are involved in the teaching of about ten courses ranging from Bachelor to Postgraduate level. This notably includes: two interdisciplinary courses (Enac Week Land of Thousand Dances and UE ENAC Ludic Streets), a design studio (3rd year bachelor and 1st year master), the elective course Introduction to Computational Architecture, a Massive Open Online Course Design of Integrally attached Timber plate Structures launched in 2023 and a 4-day lifelong learning course about digital timber construction (since 2023).
On his part time appointment at EPFL, Yves Weinand was granted permission to continue his practice as director of the Bureau d'Etudes Weinand, ingénierie et architecture in Liège, Belgium. His office is active in the conceptual design of structures at the intersection of structural engineering and architecture. In 2017 he received from the Académie française d'architecture the Médaille technique for exceptional technical achievements in architecture. Yves Weinand won numerous first prizes in architectural competitions such as the Cultural Center of Soignies, the Brussels Sportstower or the 2025 Phänomena exhibition in Zurich.

Technology Transfer Contracts TTO/EPFL

Several private projects acquired by Yves Weinand as an architect are also subject of technology transfer contracts between IBOIS/EPFL and those partners.
  • The Annen Project allows the transfer of an EPFL developed code applied to the specific vault structure of this project and its technical implementation at the company's facilities Annen SA in Luxembourg.
  • The Rossinière Centre d'activité Gare Grand Chalet has been prepared by Technology transfer contracts with the Vaud State concerning the economic boosting of small timber companies of the pays d'Enhaut, the digital implementation of new parametric tools within those companies and the parametrization of a hexagonal timber vaults using local irregular timber.
  • The Brussels Sportstower aims to integrate small irregular timber trunks from the Brussels Forest into the competition design by applying an integral design workflow developed at IBOIS.Those TTO transfer contracts allow for the implementation of additional innovative technologies developed at EPFL on top of the existing competition design.

Prix et distinctions

for the Vidy theater

2019

for the Vaud Parliament building

2019

for the Vidy theater

2018

Académie d'architecture de France

2017

for the public project "Victor Java"

2012

for the pedestrian bridge Burg Reuland

2012

2018

2017

Publications représentatives

Design considerations for robotically assembled through-tenon timber joints

Rogeau, Nicolas; Gamerro, Julien; Latteur, Pierre; Weinand, Yves
Published in Construction Robotics in

Augmented-reality-assisted timber drilling with smart retrofitted tools

Settimi, Andrea ; Gamerro, Julien ; Weinand, Yves
Published in Automation in Construction in

A framework to automate the design of digitally-fabricated timber plate structures

Rezaei Rad, Aryan; Burton, Henry; Rogeau, Nicolas; Vestartas, Petras; Weinand, Yves
Published in Computers & Structures in

An integrated design tool for timber plate structures to generate joints geometry, fabrication toolpath, and robot trajectories

Rogeau, Nicolas; Latteur, Pierre; Weinand, Yves
Published in Automation in Construction in

Projector-based augmented stacking framework for irregularly shaped objects

Settimi, Andrea; Wang, Qianqing; Andò, Edward; Gamerro, Julien; Beyer, Katrin; Weinand, Yves
Published in Construction Robotics in

The influence of wood surface treatments with different biomolecules on dry and wet strength of linear friction welded joints

Stucki, Sandro; Lange, Heiko; Dreimol, Christopher H.; Weinand, Yves; Burgert, Ingo
Published in Journal Of Adhesion Science And Technology in

Recherche

Livres

  • Ibois Notebook 4, EPFL Press, to be published
  • Ibois Notebook 3, EPFL Press, 2022
  • Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures, Routledge, 2021
  • Ibois Notebook 2, EPFL Press, 2021
  • Ibois Notebook 1, EPFL Press, 2020
  • Le pavillon en bois du théâtre de Vidy, PPUR, 2017
  • Structures Innovantes en bois, Birkhäuser, 2017
  • Advanced Timber Structures, Birkhäuser, 2016
  • Neue Holztragwerke, Birkhäuser, 2016

Enseignement et PhD

Doctorant·es actuel·les

Damien Lambert Alain Félicien Gilliard

A dirigé les thèses EPFL de

Johannes Natterer, Hans Ulrich Buri, Ivo Stotz, Gilles Gouaty, François Marie Alain Demoures, Markus Hudert, Benjamin Hahn, Seyed Sina Nabaei, Christopher Robeller, Stéphane Nicolas Roche, Andrea Stitic, Anh Chi Nguyen, Julien Gamerro, Aryan Rezaei Rad, Petras Vestartas, Nicolas Rogeau, Andrea Settimi

Cours

Introduction to computational architecture

AR-327

Ce cours reprend les bases de la modélisation 3D pour établir les fondements de la programmation appliqué au design architectural. L'objectif principal est de développer une pensée structurante computationnelle afin de maximiser l'utilisation d'outils numériques efficace

The land of a thousand dances

PENS-222

Considérons l'acte d'entretenir comme un potentiel de projet : observons les usages et les usures qui en découlent pour développer et réaliser des interventions permettant de conforter, adapter, supprimer, augmenter les dynamiques relevées. Cette cinquième itération se déroule sur le campus EPFL.

Théorie et critique du projet BA5 (Weinand)

AR-301(h)

Le studio Weinand adopte une approche de conception axée sur l'expérimentation des matériaux et le prototypage, en se concentrant sur le bois, les herbes et la terre. À l'IBOIS, une riche expérience guide l'exploration de prototypes reliant concepts architecturaux et réalité construite.

Théorie et critique du projet BA6 (Weinand)

AR-302(h)

Le studio Weinand adopte une approche de conception axée sur l'expérimentation des matériaux et le prototypage, en se concentrant sur le bois, les herbes et la terre. À l'IBOIS, une riche expérience guide l'exploration de prototypes reliant concepts architecturaux et réalité construite.

Théorie et critique du projet MA1 (Weinand)

AR-401(h)

Le studio Weinand adopte une approche de conception axée sur l'expérimentation des matériaux et le prototypage, en se concentrant sur le bois, les herbes et la terre. À l'IBOIS, une riche expérience guide l'exploration de prototypes reliant concepts architecturaux et réalité construite.

Théorie et critique du projet MA2 (Weinand)

AR-402(h)

Le studio Weinand adopte une approche de conception axée sur l'expérimentation des matériaux et le prototypage, en se concentrant sur le bois, les herbes et la terre. À l'IBOIS, une riche expérience guide l'exploration de prototypes reliant concepts architecturaux et réalité construite.