Simon Bechert

Simon Bechert is a structural engineer whose work spans research and practice. He received his doctorate summa cum laude from the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) and the Cluster of Excellence IntCDC at the University of Stuttgart where his research addressed modular lightweight timber systems, with a particular emphasis on structurally efficient design principles and high resource efficiency. His dissertation investigated the structural development of segmented timber shell systems and led to several pioneering demonstrator projects, including the BUGA Wood Pavilion (2019), the Urbach Tower at the Remstal Gartenschau (2019), and the livMatS Biomimetic Shell in Freiburg.

Before joining ITKE in 2015, he worked as a project engineer on steel, timber, and concrete structures. Since 2023, Simon has been a managing partner and project engineer at the structural engineering office Bechert und Partner, where he holds executive responsibility for structural engineering and the integration of new lightweight systems in the IntCDC Building at the University of Stuttgart — an advanced research facility that translates the Cluster of Excellence’s scientific developments on innovative building systems into a full building-scale application.