Yves Weinand

Expertise Geometry processing, architectural design explorations, Computer-Aided Design (CAD)Computational methods for complex joinery 3D modeling and digital fabricationExperimental tests and mechanical characterization of timber connectionsComputer-Aided Engineering (CAE)Fundamental developments in structural mechanicsRobotic timber constructionAugmented reality and AI-informed craft Expertise Geometry processing, architectural design explorations, Computer-Aided Design (CAD)Computational methods for complex joinery 3D modeling and digital fabricationExperimental tests and mechanical characterization of timber connectionsComputer-Aided Engineering (CAE)Fundamental developments in structural mechanicsRobotic timber constructionAugmented 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. RechercheLivres Ibois Notebook 4, EPFL Press, to be publishedIbois Notebook 3, EPFL Press, 2022Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures, Routledge, 2021Ibois Notebook 2, EPFL Press, 2021Ibois Notebook 1, EPFL Press, 2020Le pavillon en bois du théâtre de Vidy, PPUR, 2017Structures Innovantes en bois, Birkhäuser, 2017Advanced Timber Structures, Birkhäuser, 2016Neue 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 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 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.