Architectural Geometry

Alignable lamella gridshells are 3D grid structures capable of collapsing into a planar strip. This feature significantly simplifies …

This paper addresses the design of surface shells as assemblies of tileable, flat geometric patterns with predictable performance in …

This paper introduces a novel method for shape optimization and form-finding of free-form, triangular grid shells, based on geometric …

We introduce a novel class of quadrilateral gridshell structures in axial force equilibrium where rods are aligned symmetrically with …

We introduce a new method for designing reinforcement for grid shells and improving their resistance to out-of-plane forces inducing …

A common benchmark, called FreeGrid, is proposed to the scientific and practitioners’ communities in order to test and compare different approaches to the design and optimization of steel gridshells on the bases of ad-hoc defined performance metrics.

We design a family of tileable and fabricable patterns represented as triangle meshes, which can be assembled for creating surface tessellations.

FreeGrid is meant to offer a common benchmark to test and compare different approaches to the design and optimization of steel gridshells.

We introduce the new concept of C-mesh to capture kinetic structures that can be deployed from a collapsed state. Quadrilateral …