Timber post-formed gridshells as multi-purpose infrastructure for the design of urban public spaces
Author(s): |
Sergio Pone
Maria Pone |
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Medium: | conference paper |
Language(s): | English |
Conference: | Interfaces: Architecture, Engineering, Science, Annual Meeting of the International Association of Shell & Spatial Structures (IASS), Hamburg, 25-27 September 2017 |
Published in: | Interfaces: Architecture . Engineering . Science |
Year: | 2017 |
Abstract: | This paper discusses a new possible interpretation for some structures derived from active bending: the post-formed timber gridshells. This new interpretation concerns possible uses for this type of structure as forms of “soft infrastructure” in urban or natural environments. |