This facility was used for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It is a multi-purpose arena with up to 11,000 seats, and the roof covers the large space of the auditorium and stadium column-free. In this paper, the structural design of the main arena i...

In this study, we propose a form-finding method for the free-formed reticulated shell structure, considering both structural performance and regularization of node connection patterns. The coordinates of the nodes of the reticulated shells are represented on t...

Spatial cable-truss structure without inner ring cables (SCSWIRC) is a new type of cable-truss tension structures (CTTS), and its anti-collapse ability is strong, but its construction forming is difficult. The main reason is that there are a lot of struts (or ...

The inner concave cable-arch structures with V-shape web struts were classified, and single-tensioning construction method and multiple-tensioning construction method for continuous cable-arch structures were described. The optimization of pretension for multi...

Pneumatic formwork is a kind of inflated fabric-polyurethane composite formwork formed by spraying polyurethane on the interior surface of the membrane. A numerical analysis model of composite pneumatic formwork considering the stiffness contribution of polyur...

Pavilion Bukit Jalil Mall is a new high-end commercial development located in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The main attraction of the mall is the piazza, an external event space covered by the Mega Canopy, a 115m span and 20 to 40m high freeform steel ...

The authors propose a new clamped joint system that can easily join wooden members together and a wooden spatial structure that utilizes this system. The proposed system can clamp wood members without the need for special joint machining. Two types of clamps h...

This paper reflects upon a sequence of seven research studios, taught within a six-year timespan in three different architecture schools, in which we developed approaches to casting thin-shell (monocoque) paper structures at full scale. Processes of material s...

The Mannheim Gridshell, Germany, is one of the world???s most important buildings of lightweight architecture. Its free-form shape and large span are impressive features of its filigree construction. With this extraordinary structure, Pritzker Prize winner Fre...

The growing of natural fibres ‐ such as wicker ‐ is deeply virtuous: it helps to diversify the forest cover, itrequires limited inputs ??? even in water, little maintenance, and its CO2 emissions are minimal. Their uses in basketry date back to the Neolithic p...

Can a generative model be trained to produce images from a specific domain, guided only by a text prompt, without seeing any image? In other words: can an image generator be trained "blindly"? Leveraging the semantic power of large scale Contrastive-Language-I...

Recently, numerous facial editing techniques have been proposed that leverage the generative power of a pretrained StyleGAN. To successfully edit an image this way, one must first project (or invert) the image into the pretrained generator’s domain. As it turn...