Publications

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Stereodome I : design , fabrication and installation of a Styrofoam masonry vault

Published in Proceedings of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) Annual Symposium 2019, 2019

This paper summarises the design, fabrication and installation of a Styrofoam pavillion in São Paulo.

Recommended citation: R. Maia Avelino et al., “Stereodome I : design , fabrication and installation of a Styrofoam masonry vault,” in Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2017. Form and Force, October 2019, Barcelona, Spain, 2019. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335977528_Stereodome_I_design_fabrication_and_installation_of_a_Styrofoam_masonry_vault

Design strategies for gridshells with singularities

Published in Journal of the International Association for Shells and Spatial Structures, 2019

This paper presents strategies to design gridshells with singularities.

Recommended citation: R. Maia Avelino, O. Baverel, and A. Lebée, “Design strategies for gridshells with singularities,” J. Int. Assoc. Shell Spat. Struct., vol. 60, no. 3, 2019, doi: 10.20898/j.iass.2019.201.023. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336236721_Design_Strategies_for_Gridshells_with_Singularities

Optimising the load path of compression-only thrust networks through independent sets

Published in Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 60 (1), 231-244, 2019

This paper presents network load-path optimisation for the weight minimisation of compression-only thrust networks, allowing for the design of material efficient surface structures.

Recommended citation: Liew A., Maia Avelino R., Moosavi V., Van Mele T. and Block P. Optimising the load path of compression-only thrust networks through independent sets, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 60: 231-244,2019 https://www.block.arch.ethz.ch/brg/publications/871

Efficient flat-slab post-tensioning layouts guided by Topology Optimization

Published in Proceedings of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) Annual Symposium 2018, 2018

This paper investigates efficient strategies to apply post-tensioning to flat slabs.’

Recommended citation: R. Maia Avelino, D. Shook, A. Beghini, E. Long, and M. Sarkisian, “Efficient flat-slab post-tensioning layouts guided by Topology Optimization,” Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2017. Creativity in Structural Design, no. July 2018, Boston, USA, pp. 0–8, 2018. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326439046_Efficient_flat-slab_post-tensioning_layouts_guided_by_Topology_Optimization

Structural analysis of gridshells designed from singularities

Published in Proceedings of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) Annual Symposium 2017, 2017

This paper investigates strategies to design gridshells from singularities.

Recommended citation: R. Maia Avelino and O. Baverel, “Structural analysis of gridshells designed from singularities,” Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2017. Interfaces: Architecture, Engineering,, no. September 2017, Hamburg, Germany, pp. 1–10, 2017. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326439023_Structural_analysis_of_gridshells_designed_from_singularities