seiichi suzuki

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Peer‑reviewed Conference Papers

  • Becker Q., Suzuki S., Pauly M., (2024). Interactive Design of C‑shells Using Reduced Parametric Families. Proceedings of the Annual Symposium of the International Association of Shells and Spatial Structures (IASS).
  • Chen T., Suzuki S., Pérez M., Guo Y., Knippers J. (2024). Integrative material and structural design methods for bamboo woven deployable structures: The BamX! Research Pavilion. Proceedings of the Annual Symposium of the International Association of Shells and Spatial Structures (IASS).
  • Bucklin O., Born L., Körner A., Suzuki S., Gresser G., Menges A., Knippers J. (2020). Embedded Sensing and Control: Concepts for an Adaptive, Responsive, Modular Architecture. Proceedings of the International Conference of the Association for Computer‑Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA): “Distributed Proximities”.
  • Maierhofer M., Soana V., Yablobina M., Suzuki S., Körner A., Knippers J., Menges A. (2019). Self‑Choreographing Network: Towards cyber‑physical design and operation processes of adaptive and interactive bending‑active systems. Proceedings of the International Conference of the Association for Computer‑Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA): “Ubiquity and Autonomy”.
  • Slabbinck E., Suzuki S., Mader A., Jonas F., Knippers J. (2019). Design, analysis and construction of a bending‑active tensile hybrid structure. Proceedings of the Annual Symposium of the International Association of Shells and Spatial Structures (IASS): “Form and Forces”.
  • Suzuki S. and Knippers J. (2018). Digital Vernacular Design: Form‑Finding at the Edge of Realities. Proceedings of the International Conference of the Association for Computer‑Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA): “Recalibration: on Imprecision and fidelity”.
  • Suzuki S., Körner A., Knippers J. (2018). IGUANA: Advances on the development of a robust computational framework for active‑geometric and ‑topologic modeling of lighweight structures. Proceedings of the Annual Symposium of the International Association of Shells and Spatial Structures (IASS): “Creativity in Structural Design”.
  • Aldinger L., Margariti G., Körner A., Suzuki S., Knippers J. (2018). Tailoring Self‑Formation: Fabrication and simulation of membrane‑actuated stiffness gradient composites. Proceedings of the Annual Symposium of the International Association of Shells and Spatial Structures (IASS): “Creativity in Structural Design”.
  • Suzuki S., Slabbinck E., Knippers J. (2017). A comparative overview of generative approaches for computational form‑finding of bending‑active tensile structures. Proceedings of the Annual Symposium of the International Association of Shells and Spatial Structures (IASS): “Interfaces, architecture, engineering and science”.
  • Slabbinck E., Suzuki S., Knippers J. (2017). Conceptual framework for analyzing and designing bending‑active tensile hybrid structures. Proceedings of the Annual Symposium of the International Association of Shells and Spatial Structures (IASS): “Interfaces, architecture, engineering and science”.
  • Suzuki S., Knippers J. (2017). Topology‑driven form‑finding: Implementation of an evolving network model for extending design spaces in dynamic relaxation. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference of the Association for Computer‑Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA): “Protocols, flows and glitches”.
  • Suzuki S. (2016). Real‑Time Material Computation in Architectural Design: Experiments on the development of interactive form finding tools. Proceedings of the International Conference on Urban Physics (FICUP).
  • Suzuki S. (2016). Extruded Architectures: Grading weight‑to‑strength ration of cement based materials through extrusion techniques. Proceedings of the 21st International Conference of the Association for Computer‑Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA): “Living systems and micro‑utopias: Towards continuous designing”.

Books and Book Chapters

  • Suzuki S., Martin A., Ren Y., Tzu‑Ying C., Pauly M., Parascho S. (2023). BAMX!: Rethinking deployability in architecture through weaving. Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Architectural Geometry
  • Kusupati U., Isvoranu F., Suzuki S. and Pauly M. (2023). RUM: Reconfigurable Umbrella Mesh. Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Architectural Geometry
  • Suzuki S. (2020). Topology‑Driven Form‑Finding. Forschungsberichte aus dem Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und konstruktives Entwerfen der Universität Stuttgart, 46.
  • Suzuki S., Slabbinck E., Knippers J. (2019). Computational Bamboo: Digital and Vernacular Design Principles for the Construction of a Temporary Bending‑Active Structure. In: Impact: Design With All Senses. Springer
  • Suzuki S., Knippers J. (2018). The Design Implications of Form‑Finding with Dynamic Topologies. In: Humanizing Digital Reality. Springer

Peer‑reviewed Journal Papers

  • Becker Q., Kusupati U., Suzuki S., Pauly M., (2024). Computational Design of a Kit of Parts for Bending‑Active Structures. ACM Trans. Graph.
  • Ren Y., Panetta J., Suzuki S., Kusupati U., Isvoranu F., Pauly M., (2024). Computational Homogenization for Inverse Design of Surface‑based Inflatables. ACM Trans. Graph.
  • Becker Q., Suzuki S., Ren Y., Pellis D., Panetta J., Pauly M., (2023). C‑shells: Deployable Gridshells with Curved Beams. ACM Trans. Graph.
  • Suzuki S. and Knippers, J. (2022). A Generic Particle Model with Topologic Modeling Capabilities for the Computational Form‑Finding of Elastic Structures. Computer‑Aided Design. Volume 145.
  • Körner A., Born L., Bucklin O., Suzuki S., Vasey L., Gresser G., Menges A., Knippers J. (2021). Integrative design and fabrication methodology for bio‑inspired folding mechanisms for architectural applications. Computer‑Aided Design. Volume 133.
  • Suzuki S. and Knippers J. (2017). ElasticSpace: A computational framework for interactive form‑finding of textile hybrid structures through evolving topology networks. International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems. 32:sup1. S4‑S14