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Fabian Kannenberg is a computational design and digital fabrication researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotic construction, fibrous architecture, and sustainable building systems. His research has made significant contributions to the field of coreless filament winding (CFW), an innovative fabrication technique that eliminates traditional formwork by allowing fiber-composite materials to span freely in space between anchor points. Kannenberg's most influential work, "Spatial Winding" (2020, 30 citations), pioneered cooperative heterogeneous multi-robot fabrication systems, demonstrating how a six-axis robotic arm and a custom CNC gantry can collaborate to produce complex fibrous structures. This was followed by "Computational Co-Design of Fibrous Architecture" (2022, 27 citations), which established frameworks for integrating structural performance, material efficiency, and spatial expression into unified design workflows. His applied research extended these principles to real-world construction through projects like *Maison Fibre* (2021), a multi-story hybrid FRP-timber system showcasing adaptive material placement at architectural scale. More recently, Kannenberg has turned toward natural fiber and timber hybrid systems, reflecting a growing commitment to low-carbon construction. Collectively, his work advances a vision of architecture where computational intelligence, robotic precision, and material sustainability are inseparably linked.