Online sessions

M1.1 - June 25th, 2020 - First Morning Session (see also the playlist on YouTube)

• M. Majowiecki, Upgrading the spoke wheel stadium roof concept (Keynote)
• E. Ossola, E. Sunada, J.P. Borgonia, M. Hendry, E. Brusa, R. Sesana, Geodesic Domes for Planetary Exploration
• F. Laccone, L. Malomo, D. Voorderhake, N. Gonsalves, L. Wang, N. Pietroni, P. Cignoni, T. Schork, FlexMaps 2.0: a bending active structure with optimized spiral mesostructures
• M. Dragoljevic, S. Viscuso, A. Zanelli, Data-driven design of deployable structures: Literature review and multi-criteria optimization approach
• G. Mirra, A. Pugnale, Testing Generative Models (VAEs) for the design of shell structures

M1.2 - June 25th, 2020 - Second Morning Session (see also the playlist on YouTube)

• M. Brocato, Stereoplexy (Keynote)
• A. Pizzigoni, V. Paris, The flat vault
• F. Riberi, A. Manuello, Designed of pierced vaults through from-finding and digital fabrication
• M. Alforno, C. Calderini, A. Monaco, F. Venuti, Analysis of masonry vaults through simplified micro-models
• R. Spagnuolo, Out-of-plane local mechanism analysis with finite element method
• R. Ceravolo, E. Lenticchia, V. Oliva, Design schemes and observed structural behaviors: experiences learned from testing on a pre-stressed concrete pavilion designed by Morandi
• D. Abruzzese, A. Tiero, A. Micheletti, Permanent monitoring of thin structures

A1.1 - June 25th, 2020 - First Afternoon Session (see also the playlist on YouTube)

• S. Adriaenssens, A different perspective on shells (Keynote)
• P. D’Acunto, M. Konstantatoub, 3D Graphic Statics: Polyhedron-Based and Vector-Based Approaches
• M. S. V. Souza, R. M. O. Pauletti, Fast shape finding procedures combining the natural force density method and parametric programming
• M. Bruggi, A tool for form finding using a constrained forced density method
• X. Tellier, R. Boutillier, C. Douthe, Patterns for gridshells without geometrical torsion at nodes
• G. R. Argento, S. Gabriele, F. Marmo, V. Varano, Exploring the use of R-Funicularity in shells’ shape optimization
• F. Marmo, V. Perricone, G. Pontillo, C. Langella, L. Rosati, Learning from nature: the echinoid strategy to design a lightweight and resistant shell structure

A1.2 - June 25th, 2020 - Second Afternoon Session (see also the playlist on YouTube)

• N. Lagaros, Topology optimization driven conceptual design of structures (Keynote)
• F. Tornabene, R. Dimitri, Higher-order mechanical modelling of laminated and latticed composite shells with a complex material and geometry
• U. Eroglu, G. Ruta, Non-trivial fundamental paths and buckling of damaged parabolic arches
• G. Senatore, Y. Wang, Extended Integrated Force Method for the analysis of prestress-stable statically and kinematically indeterminate structures
• J. A. Schultz, B. Dichone, B. Cope, Analytical Model for 5-ply Cross-Laminated Timber
• M. S. O. Soto, R. M. O. Pauletti, L. C. Meneghetti, Experiments on flexible surface formworks for thin shells
• R. Pastrana, E. Bruun, A new roof over the Engineering Courtyard: studies on pattern and form
• R. Roithmayr, R. Blum, Design of lightweight membrane structures
• F. Di Trapani, M. Malavisi, G. C. Marano, A. P. Sberna, Genetic algorithm-based optimization of RC frame structures retrofitting with steel jacketing

M2.1 - June 26th, 2020 - First Morning session (see also the playlist on YouTube)

• T. Iori, Engineers of their time: what history teaches us in times of emergency (Keynote)
• E. Lenticchia, R. Ceravolo, A. Manuello, The structures of Pier Luigi Nervi in Torino Esposizioni "Virtual Tour"
• G. Boller, How to design a shell. Models and experiments in Heinz Isler’s work
• G. Piana, V. De Biagi, B. Chiaia, Robustness of airport space frame structure
• Giulio Mirabella Roberti, Vittorio Paris, Giuseppe Ruscica, From the herringbone dome by Sangallo to the Serlio floor of Emy (and beyond)
• A. Bover, J. Torres, C.-H. Bitlloch, J. Vilà, Curved skylight of the Hotel Ritz Madrid
• E. Ermakova, M. Rynkovskaya, Choosing the optimal shape for a concert hall

M2.2 - June 26th, 2020 - Second Morning session (see also the playlist on YouTube)

• M. Cardenas, Bamboo, a strategical natural resource for shell and spatial structures (Keynote)
• L. Mimendi, R. Lorenzo, C. Wang, Bamboo poles for reciprocal frame structures
• L. Boulic, P. D’Acunto, F. Bertagna, J. J. Castellon, Structural design of a bending-active tensile sun-shading system
• R. Miranda, E. Babilio, N. Singh, A. Amendola, F. Fraternali, Adaptive tensegrity shells serving as solar façades
• Y. Chen, J. Feng, P. Sareh, Form-finding of cable-strut structures using particle swarm optimization and symmetry
• E. Vlachaki, K. A. Liapi, Folded surface elements coupled with planar scissor linkages: A novel hybrid type of deployable structures
• C. Boni, M. Silvestri, G. Royer-Carfagni, Flexural tensegrity

A2.1 - June 26th, 2020 - First Afternoon session (see also the playlist on YouTube)

• G. C. Marano, State of the art and future challenges in evolutive algorithms for structural optimization (Keynote)
• J. Schultz, Structural Assessment of St. Charles Modified Hypar Roof
• E. M. Segal, Full-Scale Physical Form-Finding
• F. Rizzo, C. Demartino, Pressure modes for hyperbolic paraboloid roofs
• G. Lacidogna, D. Scaramozzino, A. Carpinteri, Optimization of diagrid geometry based on the desirability function approach
• V. Beatini, Modulation of the structural properties of foldable arches
• G. Candela, C. Demartino, F. Marmo, G. Monti, Geometrical survey of shell and spatial structures using UAV photogrammetry: applicative examples

A2.2 - June 26th, 2020 - Second Afternoon session (see also the playlist on YouTube)

• F. S. Liguori, A. Madeo, L. Leonetti, D. Magisano, G. Garcea, An isogeometric solid-shell model for postbuckling optimisation strategies
• R. Dimitri, F. Tornabene, GDQ-based study of the mixed-mode interfacial response of composite specimens with a curved geometry
• G. R. Argento, S. Gabriele, L. Teresi, V. Varano, Shell shaping by metric assignment
• I. Giannetti, A. Micheletti, Floating-bending tensile-integrity structures
• A. Fiore, I. Tarallo, G. C. Marano, Parametric design of optimal long-span hollow-section steel beams
• A. Fraddosio, A. Micheletti, G. Pavone, M.D. Piccioni, Analysis of novel adaptable tensegrity towers
• E. Artioli, Virtual element method for solid and structural mechanics
• Luigi Fenu, Eleonora Congiu, Giuseppe Carlo Marano, Bruno Briseghella, Curved shell-supported footbridges
• A. Carpinteri, Funicularity in elastic domes: Coupled effects of shape and thickness (Closing Lecture)

Extra: Virtual tour and exhibition

• E. Lenticchia, R. Ceravolo, A. Manuello, Turin exhibition Center 
• A. Micheletti, L. D. Cerroni, Nested tensegrity structure
• F. Laccone, L. Malomo, P. Cignoni, N. Pietroni, D. Voorderhake, L. Wang, N. Gonsalves, T. Shock, FlexMaps 2.0: a bending active structure with optimized spiral mesostructures
• M. Cardenas Laverde, Bamboo, a strategical natural resource for shell and spatial structures