Tim Stark

Tim Stark is a Research Associate at the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) at the University of Stuttgart and a member of the Cluster of Excellence Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture (IntCDC). His research focuses on the integrative planning and development of robotic hardware for flexible timber fabrication, with a particular emphasis on end effector design, fabrication planning, and the integration of robotic prefabrication platforms. He studied architecture at the University of Applied Sciences in Augsburg (B.A.) and completed the international Master of Science program Integrative Technologies and Architectural Design Research (ITECH) at the University of Stuttgart, graduating with distinction. His master’s thesis, Joint Effort – Robot team enabled carbon fibre joining strategies for lightweight wood construction, developed together with Simon Lut and Lasath Siriwardena, explored the co-design of structural components, robotic tooling, and joining strategies for timber–composite hybrid systems. The project was awarded both the IntCDC Master’s Thesis Grant 2020 and the Dr.-Arthur-Fischer-Stiftung Prize, recognizing its innovative contribution to digital timber construction.