Building construction has developed from the use of primitive tools to that of machinery, with
a tendency toward automation. Automation of processes and robotics can improve …

Reciprocity is a structural principle that has fascinated designers and builders throughout
the world since ancient times. Despite the topic's having been studied by various academics …

In structural terms reciprocal frame structures are'three dimensional assemblies of mutually
supporting beams'. But behind this definition lie some breathtakingly beautiful and complex …

The concept of adaptive and morphing structures has gained considerable attention in the
recent years in many fields of engineering. In civil engineering very few practical …

To decrease the impact of the construction sector on climate change, sufficiently economic
processes must urgently be developed to encourage the use of minorly transformed timber …

This chapter presents two broad themes. The first is the unique non-Euclidean
characteristics of spheres and second the objectives for the orderly distributing points on a …

This article proposes a new computational method for the form-finding of nexorades, also
called reciprocal frames in the literature. The method is based on the translations of …

We deal with a new kind of stone spherical vaults, bonded adapting Joseph Abeille's 1699
patent for flat vaults. After the presentation of a parametric design procedure, we put forward …

Abstract Systems that can transform two-dimensional (2D) sketches into 3D models while
performing structural analyses are necessary for architectural sketches. To address this …

In order to span longer distances than the length of the available timber beams the structural
principle of mutually supporting beams was used in vernacular buildings and in studies by …