Prof. Dr. sc. ETH Kathrin Dörfler
leads the scientific staff in the conception and execution of the research, and in questions of validation of the proposed methods. She is also responsible for the coordination of the cooperating research projects in the TRR 277. She is the Co-Spokesperson of the TRR 277.
Dörfler supports Kloft as contact person for the DFG, in general public relation matters and also in representing the TRR 277 externally. Internally, Dörfler assists Kloft in the coordination between the research projects, as well as in the decisions on the financing of research tasks in the TRR 277.
Project(s)
Earth Additive Manufacturing (EAM) – Material and Process Combinations for AM with Earth-based Materials
Principles of Mobile Robotics for Additive Manufacturing in Construction
Learning, Sustainability, Design: Gender-equitable introduction of AMC to the public
Central Tasks of the AMC
Publications
2025 | S. Dietrich, P. Schneider, C. Richter, Asl R. Najian, K. Dörfler, K-U. Bletzinger, P. D´Acunto: Multi-fidelity structural design for 3D concrete printing with selective paste intrusion Automation in Construction, 179, 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.106352
Data |Zenodo, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17910971
2025 |A. Keune, E. Manz, C.Y.J. Siry, J. Rowsell, K. Dörfler, K. Kumpulainen, K. Peppler, M. Schalk, N. Thompson, P. D´Acunto, S. Wilmes, S. Jurow: Design Future(s) Collective: New Directions for Educational Design Research 19th International Conference of the Learning Sciences—ICLS, 2025, https://doi.org/10.22318/icls2025.253440
2024 |E. Krakovska, D. Briels, A. Straßer, T. Kränkel, T. Auer, C. Gehlen, P. D´Acunto, K. Dörfler: Functionally Hybridised Lightweight Concrete Components: Monolithic Building Construction Using Selective Paste Intrusion Digital Concrete 2024, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70031-6_41
2024 | G. Dielemans, L. Lachmayer, N. Khader, N. Hack, A. Raatz, K. Dörfler: Robotic Repair: In-Place 3D Printing for Repair of Building Components Using a Mobile Robot Construction 3D Printing, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64269-2_20
2025 | K. Dörfler, G. Dielemans, S. Leutenegger, S.E. Jenny, J. Pankert, J. Sustarevas, L. Lachmayer, A. Raatz, D. Lowke: Advancing construction in existing contexts: Prospects and barriers of 3d printing with mobile robots for building maintenance and repair Cement and Concrete Research, 186, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2024.107656
2025 | A. Keune, Z. Simsic, H.Kloft, k. Dörfler: AMC Edu:Lab Design to Learn About Additive Manufacturing in Construction, Proceedings of the 24th Interaction Design and Children, 2025, . https://doi.org/10.1145/3713043.3728843
Data | Zenodo, 2026, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20719478
2024 |J. Fleckenstein, B. Knychalla, D. Briels, A. Baghdadi, G. Placzek, F. Herding, P. Schwerdtner, T. Auer, D. Lowke, H. Kloft, K. Dörfler, P. Ayres, M. Thomson , R. Sheil, M. Skavara: BREUER X AM: FUNCTIONAL HYBRIDISATION IN CONCRETE BUILDING ENVELOPE ELEMENTS THROUGH ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Fabricate 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures, 2024, https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.11374766.29
2024 |J. Fleckenstein, B. Knychalla, D. Briels, A. Baghdadi, G. Placzek, F. Herding, P. Schwerdtner, T. Auer, D. Lowke, H. Kloft, K. Dörfler, P. Ayres, M. R. Thomsen, B. Sheil, M. Skavara: BREUER X AM: Functional hybridisation in concrete building envelope elements through additive manufacturing, Fabricate 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures, UCL Press, 2024, 196–205, https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.11374766.29
2023 | G. Dielemans, L. Lachmayer, N. Kadher, N. Hack, A. Raatz, K. Dörfler: Robotic Repair: In-place 3D Printing for Repair of Building Components using a Mobile Robot. In: 4th International Conference on 3D Construction Printing (4th 3DcP), Singapore; Springer.
2023 | D. Briels, M. Renz, A. Nouman, A. Straßer, M. Hechtl, M. Dahlenburg, B. Knychalla, P. Sonnleitner, F. Herding, J. Fleckenstein, E. Krakovská, K. Dörfler, T. Auer: Monolithic AM Façade: Multi-Objective Parametric Design Optimization of Additively Manufactured Insulating Wall Elements. In: Frontiers in Built Environment ., vol. 9, 2023 doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2023.1286933
2022 | Dielemans, G.; Lachmayer, L.; Recker, T.; Atanasova, L.; Hechtl, M.; Matthäus, C.; Raatz, A.; Dörfler, K.: Mobile Additive Manufacturing: A Case Study of Clay Formwork for Bespoke in Situ Concrete Construction. In: Buswell, R., Blanco, A., Cavalaro, S., Kinnell, P. (eds) Third RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication. DC 2022. RILEM Bookseries, vol 37. Springer, Cham.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06116-5_3
2022 | Dörfler, K.; Dielemans, G.; Lachmayer, L.; Recker, T.; Raatz, A.; Lowke, D.; Gerke, M.: Additive Manufacturing using mobile robots: Opportunities and challenges for building construction. In: Cem. Concr. Res., vol. 158, Aug. 2022, doi: 10.1016/J.CEMCONRES.2022.106772.
2022 | Lachmayer, Recker, T.; Dielemans, G.; Dörfler, K.; Raatz, A.: Autonomous sensing and localization of a mobile robot for multi-step additive manufacturing in construction. In: 24th International society for photogrammetry and remote sensing, 2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B1-2022-453-2022
2021 | Borrmann, A.; Bruckmann, T.; Dörfler, K.; Hartmann, T.; Smarsly, K.: Towards realizing the information backbone of robotized construction – Computational methods and cyber-physical architectures for collaborative robotic fleets. In: Proc. of the CIB W78 Conference, 2021.
2021 | Dielemans, G., Briels, D., Jaugstetter, F., Henke, K., Dörfler, K.: Additive Manufacturing of Thermally Enhanced Lightweight Concrete Wall Elements with Closed Cellular Structures. In: Journal of Facade Design & Engineering, 9(1), 59–72. – DOI: https://doi.org/10.7480/jfde.2021.1.5418.
2021 | Dielemans, G., Dörfler, K.: Mobile Additive Manufacturing: a robotic system for cooperative on-site construction. In: IROS 2021 Workshop Robotic Fabrication: Sensing in Additive Construction, 2021.
2021 | Kloft, H., Gehlen, C., Dörfler, K., Hack, N., Henke, K., Lowke, D., Mainka, J. and Raatz, A. (2021), TRR 277: Additive Fertigung im Bauwesen. In: Bautechnik, 98: 222-231. – DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bate.202000113.
