Computer Graphics Researcher

Luigi Malomo

I work on algorithms and design tools that connect digital geometry with fabrication, materials, and structural form. My recent research includes statics-aware gridshells, segmented shells, mold design, flexible structures, and geometry processing methods for fabrication.

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I will be serving on the IPC of STAG 2026.

Focus

Research

Selected areas of my work in computer graphics and computational design.

Computational Fabrication

Algorithms and design tools for turning digital geometry into fabricable objects, molds, panels, shells, and printable structures.

Geometry Processing

Shape optimization, mesh processing, and geometric representations for robust modeling, simulation, and interaction.

Architectural Geometry

Statics-aware gridshells, segmented shells, glass shells, bending-active structures, and geometry for structural design.

Papers

Publications

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47 publications

2026

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2026 Computer-Aided Design

ArchiClip: Learning joint text–geometry representations for 3D architectural freeform surfaces

Andrea Favilli, Francesco Laccone, Luigi Malomo, Nicola Messina, Fabio Carrara, Paolo Cignoni, Daniela Giorgi

Volume 201, pages 104156

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2026 Structures

Automated design and fabrication framework to enhance steel reuse through structural optimization and metal 3D printing

Vittoria Laghi, Neira Babovic, Francesco Laccone, Luigi Malomo, Elisabetta Savino, Giada Gasparini

Volume 88, pages 111942

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2025

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2025 Computer Graphics Forum

Optimizing Free-Form Grid Shells with Reclaimed Elements under Inventory Constraints

Andrea Favilli, Francesco Laccone, Paolo Cignoni, Luigi Malomo, Daniela Giorgi

Eurographics 2025, May 2025

Presented at Eurographics 2025

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2024

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2024 Structures

Computational design of segmented concrete shells made of post-tensioned precast flat tiles

Francesco Laccone, Sandro Menicagli, Paolo Cignoni, Luigi Malomo

March 2024

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2024 IASS 2024 - Redefining the Art of Structural Design

Constrained shape optimization of grid shells based on deep learning

Andrea Favilli, Francesco Laccone, Paolo Cignoni, Luigi Malomo, Daniela Giorgi

August 26-30, 2024, Zurich, Switzerland

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2024 Computers and Graphics

Procedural generation of geometric patterns for thin shell fabrication

Elena Scandurra, Francesco Laccone, Luigi Malomo, Marco Callieri, Paolo Cignoni, Daniela Giorgi

June 2024

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2023

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2023 Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

A geometry-preserving shape optimization tool based on deep learning

Andrea Favilli, Francesco Laccone, Paolo Cignoni, Luigi Malomo, Daniela Giorgi

IWSS 2023, Turin, Italy

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2023 Computer Aided Design

Bending-reinforced grid shells for free-form architectural surfaces

Francesco Laccone, Nico Pietroni, Paolo Cignoni, Luigi Malomo

December 2023

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2023 Smart Tools and Applications in Graphics - Eurographics Italian Chapter Conference

Computational design of fabricable geometric patterns

Elena Scandurra, Francesco Laccone, Luigi Malomo, Marco Callieri, Paolo Cignoni, Daniela Giorgi

November 2023

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2023 Computers and Structures

Geometric deep learning for statics-aware grid shells

Andrea Favilli, Francesco Laccone, Paolo Cignoni, Luigi Malomo, Daniela Giorgi

December 2023

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2023 Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

Static- and fabrication-aware segmented concrete shells made of post-tensioned precast flat tiles

Francesco Laccone, Sandro Menicagli, Paolo Cignoni, Luigi Malomo

IWSS 2023, Turin, Italy

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2023 Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

Statics and stability of bending-optimized double-layer grid shell

Francesco Laccone, Nico Pietroni, Maurizio Froli, Paolo Cignoni, Luigi Malomo

IWSS 2023, Turin, Italy

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2022

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2022 Computers and Graphics

Automated generation of flat tileable patterns and 3D reduced model simulation

Iason Manolas, Francesco Laccone, Gianmarco Cherchi, Luigi Malomo, Paolo Cignoni

August 2022

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2022 Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

Design and Construction of a Bending-Active Plywood Structure: The Flexmaps Pavilion

Francesco Laccone, Luigi Malomo, Marco Callieri, Thomas Alderighi, Alessandro Muntoni, Federico Ponchio, Nico Pietroni, Paolo Cignoni

June 2022

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2022 Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2020/21 and the 7th International Conference on Spatial Structures

Exploratory study on a segmented shell made of recycled-HDPE plastic

Francesco Laccone, Iason Manolas, Luigi Malomo, Paolo Cignoni

Guildford, UK

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2022 Computer Graphics Forum

State of the Art in Computational Mould Design

Thomas Alderighi, Luigi Malomo, Thomas Auzinger, Bernd Bickel, Paolo Cignoni, Nico Pietroni

September 2022

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2022 Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Vorogrid: A static-aware variable-density Voronoi mesh to design the tube structure tessellation of tall buildings

Francesco Laccone, Domenico Gaudioso, Luigi Malomo, Paolo Cignoni, Maurizio Froli

September 2022

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2021

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2021 Smart Tools and Apps for Graphics - Eurographics Italian Chapter Conference

A High Quality 3D Controller for Mobile and Desktop Web Applications

Daniele Fornari, Luigi Malomo, Paolo Cignoni

October 2021

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2021 Computers and Graphics

Computational design, fabrication and evaluation of rubber protein models

Thomas Alderighi, Daniela Giorgi, Luigi Malomo, Paolo Cignoni, Monica Zoppè

August 2021

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2021 Structures

Integrated computational framework for the design and fabrication of bending-active structures made from flat sheet material

Francesco Laccone, Luigi Malomo, Nico Pietroni, Paolo Cignoni, Tim Schork

December 2021

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2021 ACM Transactions on Graphics

Volume decomposition for two-piece rigid casting

Thomas Alderighi, Luigi Malomo, Bernd Bickel, Paolo Cignoni, Nico Pietroni

SIGGRAPH Asia 2021, December 2021

Presented at SIGGRAPH Asia 2021

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2020

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2020 SN Applied Sciences

A bending-active twisted-arch plywood structure: computational design and fabrication of the FlexMaps Pavilion

Francesco Laccone, Luigi Malomo, Jesús Pérez, Nico Pietroni, Federico Ponchio, Bernd Bickel, Paolo Cignoni

August 2020

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2020 Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings

Automated design and analysis of reinforced and post-tensioned glass shells

Francesco Laccone, Luigi Malomo, Nico Pietroni, Maurizio Froli, Paolo Cignoni

September 2020

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2020 Computer Graphics Forum

Optimizing Object Decomposition to Reduce Visual Artifacts in 3D Printing

Irene Filoscia, Thomas Alderighi, Daniela Giorgi, Luigi Malomo, Marco Callieri, Paolo Cignoni

May 2020

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2019

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2019 Computer Graphics Forum

Automatic Design of Cable-Tensioned Glass Shells

Francesco Laccone, Luigi Malomo, Maurizio Froli, Paolo Cignoni, Nico Pietroni

July 2019

Presented at Pacific Graphics 2019

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2019 Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2019 - Structural Membranes 2019

Concept and cable-tensioning optimization of post-tensioned shells made of structural glass

Francesco Laccone, Luigi Malomo, Maurizio Froli, Paolo Cignoni, Nico Pietroni

October 2019

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2019 Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2019 - Structural Membranes 2019

FlexMaps Pavilion: a twisted arc made of mesostructured flat flexible panels

Francesco Laccone, Luigi Malomo, Jesús Pérez, Nico Pietroni, Federico Ponchio, Bernd Bickel, Paolo Cignoni

October 2019

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2019 Computers and Graphics

Mill and fold: Shape simplification for fabrication

Alessandro Muntoni, Stefano Nuvoli, Andreas Scalas, Alessandro Tola, Luigi Malomo, Riccardo Scateni

May 2019

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2019 SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Courses

State of the Art on Stylized Fabrication

Nico Pietroni, Bernd Bickel, Luigi Malomo, Paolo Cignoni

Article 118, Brisbane, Australia

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2019 ACM Transactions on Graphics

Volume-Aware Design of Composite Molds

Thomas Alderighi, Luigi Malomo, Daniela Giorgi, Bernd Bickel, Paolo Cignoni, Nico Pietroni

SIGGRAPH 2019, July 2019

Presented at SIGGRAPH 2019

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2018

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2018 ACM Transactions on Graphics

FlexMaps: Computational Design of Flat Flexible Shells for Shaping 3D Objects

Luigi Malomo, Jesús Pérez, Emmanuel Iarussi, Nico Pietroni, Eder Miguel, Paolo Cignoni, Bernd Bickel

SIGGRAPH Asia 2018, November 2018

Presented at SIGGRAPH Asia 2018

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2018 ACM Transactions on Graphics

Metamolds: Computational Design of Silicone Molds

Thomas Alderighi, Luigi Malomo, Daniela Giorgi, Nico Pietroni, Bernd Bickel, Paolo Cignoni

SIGGRAPH 2018, August 2018

Presented at SIGGRAPH 2018

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2018 2018 International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ)

Reconstructing Power Lines from Images

Fabio Ganovelli, Luigi Malomo, Roberto Scopigno

November 2018

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2018 Computer Graphics Forum

State of the Art on Stylized Fabrication

Bernd Bickel, Paolo Cignoni, Luigi Malomo, Nico Pietroni

September 2018

Presented at Eurographics 2018

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2018 Workshop on Cultural Informatics Research and Applications, CIRA@EuroMed 2018

The EMOTIVE Project - Emotive virtual cultural experiences through personalized storytelling

Akrivi Katifori, Maria Roussou, Sara Perry, Paolo Cignoni, Luigi Malomo, Gianpaolo Palma, George Dretakis, Sebastien Vizcay

November 2018

2017

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2017 Università di Pisa

Enhancing Digital Fabrication with Advanced Modeling Techniques

Luigi Malomo

Ph.D. Thesis, April 2017

2016

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2016 ACM Transactions on Graphics

FlexMolds: Automatic Design of Flexible Shells for Molding

Luigi Malomo, Nico Pietroni, Bernd Bickel, Paolo Cignoni

SIGGRAPH Asia 2016, December 2016

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2016 Proceedings of the Conference on Smart Tools and Applications in Computer Graphics

Generalized Trackball for Surfing Over Surfaces

Luigi Malomo, Paolo Cignoni, Roberto Scopigno

pages 89-97

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2015

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2015 Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Compression and Querying of Arbitrary Geodesic Distances

Rosario Aiello, Francesco Banterle, Nico Pietroni, Luigi Malomo, Paolo Cignoni, Roberto Scopigno

August 2015

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2015 1st International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology

Digitizing and navigating unaccessible archaeological sites on mobile devices

Luigi Malomo, Francesco Banterle, Paolo Pingi, Marco Callieri, Matteo Dellepiane, Roberto Scopigno

pages 43-48

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2015 ACM Transactions on Graphics

Elastic Textures for Additive Fabrication

Julian Panetta, Qingnan Zhou, Luigi Malomo, Nico Pietroni, Paolo Cignoni, Denis Zorin

SIGGRAPH 2015, August 2015

Presented at SIGGRAPH 2015

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2015 Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage - DiPP2015

LecceAR: An Augmented Reality App

Francesco Banterle, Franco Alberto Cardillo, Luigi Malomo, Paolo Pingi, Francesco Gabellone, Giuseppe Amato

September 2015

Best Paper Award

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2015 ERCIM News

LecceAR: An Augmented Reality App for Cultural Heritage

Francesco Banterle, Franco Alberto Cardillo, Luigi Malomo

October 2015

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2015 ERCIM News

Mesh Joinery: A Method for Building Fabricable Structures

Paolo Cignoni, Nico Pietroni, Luigi Malomo, Roberto Scopigno

April 2015

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2015 2015 Digital Heritage International Congress

VirtualTour: A System for Exploring Cultural Heritage Sites in an Immersive Way

Luigi Malomo, Francesco Banterle, Paolo Pingi, Francesco Gabellone, Roberto Scopigno

September 2015

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2014

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2014 ACM Transactions on Graphics

Field-aligned mesh joinery

Paolo Cignoni, Nico Pietroni, Luigi Malomo, Roberto Scopigno

Article 11, presented at SIGGRAPH Asia 2014

Presented at SIGGRAPH Asia 2014

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2014 Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Web and Mobile Visualization for Cultural Heritage

Marco Di Benedetto, Federico Ponchio, Luigi Malomo, Marco Callieri, Matteo Dellepiane, Paolo Cignoni, Roberto Scopigno

Volume 8355, pages 18-35

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Projects

Software

vclib

Developer and architect of the open-source modern C++ library for geometry processing, including data structures and algorithms for mesh manipulation, simplification, and analysis.

MeshLab

Developer of the open-source system for processing and editing 3D triangular meshes, including tools for cleaning, inspecting, rendering, texturing, converting, and preparing models for 3D printing.

VCGlib

Developer of the open-source C++ template library for geometry processing, including data structures and algorithms for mesh manipulation, simplification, and analysis.

MeshLab for iOS Discontinued

Main developer of the mobile MeshLab application for visualizing and inspecting 3D models on iOS devices.

Academic

Education

2017

Ph.D. in Computer Science

Università di Pisa, Computer Science Department

2012

MSc in Information Technologies

Università di Pisa, 110/110 Magna Cum Laude

2007

BSc in Computer Science

Università di Pisa, 110/110 Magna Cum Laude

Contact

Luigi Malomo, Ph.D.

Office

Via G. Moruzzi, 1 - 56124 Pisa, Italy

Building B, Entrance 8, 1st Floor, Room C24

Phone: +39 050 315 2980

Fax: +39 050 315 2040