Innovative load-bearing structures often emerge from a fine balance between creative forms and engineering principles. While preference-based topology optimization methods have advanced structural design by considering designers’ geometric preferences, they st...

Origami models are often idealized by discrete folding of zero-thickness sheets; however, the sheet thickness and the elastic limit of the material cannot be ignored in engineering practice. One solution for realizing thickness is the compliant hinge, which re...

Inflated membranes are flexible structures and very sensitive to wind load. Wrinkling deformation of the enveloping membrane can further intensify the trend of wind-induced damage. This paper aims at studying the effect of wrinkling deformation on the bearing ...

Development of new timber construction techniques has mainly focused on the hybridization of wood with other materials to improve the bearing capacity through integration with steel plates and fasteners. The advantages of embodied carbon in wood constructions ...

Several structural systems rely on a specific hierarchy between their constitutive elements, which results in topological constraints on the feasible patterns that can describe them. Folded, corrugated, or creased surface structures require this bipartition, a...

Robotic coreless filament winding with natural fibres and bio-based resin systems offers potential solutions to address productivity and sustainability challenges in the construction sector. Their use in modular, prefabricated structures enables efficient, con...

While the hanging model and physical prototyping are reliable methods for form-finding continuous lightweight shell structures, they cannot explore various design possibilities and consider multiple criteria in the design. This research aims to employ metaheur...

Deployable structures made of elastic materials connected by rotational pivots that transform from a flat state to a curved surface have advantages such as being lightweight and construction efficiency. In particular, the geodesic grid shell, in which flat mem...

The cable-net formwork method has attracted attention as a low-cost and environmentally friendly way to realize free-form concrete shells. In this method, the doubly-curved surface of the membrane is controlled through wire end position and tension; Block Rese...

This paper describes the pioneering original design and construction of the 1960s historic concrete shell structure of the Smithfield Poultry Market Roof in London, and the sophisticated and innovative method used to breathe new life into this unique structure...