{"id":21002,"date":"2018-06-05T10:53:17","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T08:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navier-lab.fr\/equipe\/oval-robin\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T11:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:14:57","slug":"oval-robin","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/navier-lab.fr\/en\/equipe\/oval-robin\/","title":{"rendered":"Oval Robin"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-417581 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-719942 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\n<section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-664381 kc_row\">\n<div class=\"kc-row-container kc-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-423980 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-626662 kc-title-wrap \">\n<h2 class=\"kc_title\">Biography<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-506103 kc_text_block\">\n<p>Robin is a structural engineer and researcher working on the topology of structures. His doctoral and postdoctoral research journey through Ecole des Ponts, ETH Zurich, University of Cambridge, Princeton University, and TU Delft led him to develop holistic digital design &amp; construction processes, including generative design, constrained optimization, robotic fabrication, and augmented craft, with applications focusing on spanning structures, like gridshells, shells, vaults, and floors. As a researcher at Ecole des Ponts, Robin is exploring generative design methods and digital construction technologies aiming to make complex topology accessible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-67317 kc-title-wrap \">\n<h2 class=\"kc_title\">Keywords<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-276887 kc_text_block\">\n<ul>\n<li>Structural design<\/li>\n<li>Topological exploration<\/li>\n<li>Generative design<\/li>\n<li>Structural optimization<\/li>\n<li>Automated construction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-764914 kc-title-wrap \">\n<h2 class=\"kc_title\">Teaching<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-469415 kc_text_block\">\n<ul>\n<li>Academic coordinator | <strong>Department of Civil Engineering and Construction<\/strong> | ENPC<\/li>\n<li>Lecturer |<strong> Advanced Structural Design<\/strong> | ENPC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-111599 kc-title-wrap \">\n<h2 class=\"kc_title\">Academic Track<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-69222 kc_text_block\">\n<ul>\n<li>Since 2025 | <strong>Ecole Nationale des Ponts &amp; Chauss\u00e9es<\/strong> | Academic coordinator and researcher<\/li>\n<li>2023 \u2013 2025 | <strong>TU Delft<\/strong> | Assistant professor<\/li>\n<li>2022 \u2013 2023 | <strong>Princeton University<\/strong>| Postdoctoral research associate<\/li>\n<li>2019 \u2013 2022 | <strong>University of Cambridge<\/strong> | Postdoctoral research associate<\/li>\n<li>2016 \u2013 2019 | <strong>Ecole Nationale des Ponts &amp; Chauss\u00e9es and ETH Zurich<\/strong> | Joint doctoral researcher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-35193 kc-title-wrap \">\n<h2 class=\"kc_title\">Selected Articles<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-542782 kc_text_block\">\n<ul>\n<li>Oval, Robin, Matthias Rippmann, Romain Mesnil, Tom Van Mele, Olivier Baverel, and Philippe Block. &#8220;Feature-based topology finding of patterns for shell structures.\" Automation in Construction. 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Oval, Robin, Romain Mesnil, Tom Van Mele, Olivier Baverel, and Philippe Block. &#8220;Similarity-driven topology finding of surface patterns for structural design.\" Computer-Aided Design. 2024.<\/li>\n<li>Oval, Robin, Mishael Nuh, Eduardo Costa, Omar Abo Madyan, John Orr, and Paul Shepherd. &#8220;A prototype low-carbon segmented concrete shell building floor system.\" Structures. 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Nuh, Mishael, Robin Oval, John Orr, and Paul Shepherd. &#8220;Digital fabrication of ribbed concrete shells using automated robotic concrete spraying.\" Additive Manufacturing. 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Oval, Robin, John Orr, and Paul Shepherd. &#8220;Structural design and fabrication of concrete reinforcement with layout optimisation and robotic filament winding.\" Automation in Construction. 2025.<\/li>\n<li>Oval, Robin, Rafael Pastrana, Edvard PG Bruun, Vittorio Paris, Salvador Gomis Avi\u00f1o, Sigrid Adriaenssens, and Wesam Al Asali. &#8220;An integrated digital design and construction approach for falsework-minimal masonry vaults.\" Structures. 2024.<\/li>\n<li>Nourian, Pirouz, Shervin Azadi, and Robin Oval. &#8220;Generative design in architecture: From mathematical optimization to grammatical customization.\" In Computational design and digital manufacturing. 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","team_cats":[],"class_list":["post-21002","team","type-team","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/navier-lab.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/21002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/navier-lab.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/navier-lab.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/navier-lab.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"team_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navier-lab.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_cats?post=21002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}