Philipp Rennen
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About
Philipp Rennen is a researcher at the forefront of computational design and digital fabrication in construction, with a particular focus on advancing concrete shell structures through robotic manufacturing and additive manufacturing technologies. His work addresses one of the construction industry's most pressing challenges: reducing the formwork intensity, labor demands, and environmental footprint of complex architectural structures. Rennen's most celebrated contribution is the Robotic Knitcrete pedestrian bridge (2023), which has garnered 17 citations and demonstrates an innovative fusion of 3D-knitted textile formwork with robotic shotcrete application, enabling the realization of geometrically complex concrete shells that would be prohibitively difficult using conventional methods. Building on this foundation, his research into Shotcrete 3D Printing for multi-storey structures explores functionally integrated, optimized building elements that directly respond to the dual imperatives of increased housing demand and emissions reduction. His investigations into robotic frame winding further expand the design space by developing prefabricated fiber structures that serve simultaneously as reinforcement and formwork for digitally fabricated concrete elements. Through these interconnected research threads, Rennen is helping redefine what is structurally and architecturally achievable within sustainable, digitally driven construction practice.
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