Finding Membrane Shells Subjected to Horizontal Body Forces with Radial Basis Functions

Membrane shells, which have minimized bending moments under certain load conditions, are regarded as ideal structural forms in terms of material efficiency. Most of the existing numerical form-finding methods are based on discretizing membranes into finite panels or funicular networks and focusing on gravitational loading only. In order to...

Intermodal Transfer Station for the City of Almere

A design for an intermodal transfer station for the City of Almere: studies in computationally advanced design techniques, digital fabrication methods, form-finding techniques, material systems, mass-customization, morphogenetic design strategies, parametric-associative design