Timber Gridshells: Design methods and their application to a temporary pavilion

Dragos Naicu; Richard Harris; Chris Williams

Timber Gridshells: Design methods and their application to a temporary pavilion

Dragos Naicu
, Richard Harris
, Chris Williams

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering

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Abstract

This paper describes timber gridshell design methods and building techniques. The authors’ experience with such projects is used to highlight the advantages of timber gridshells. Relevant built examples are presented and their form-finding and analysis methods are discussed. The relevance of the timber gridshell technique is illustrated by a recently built project in Cluj, Romania that builds upon previous knowledge and takes advantage of modern computational tools that are available for both architects and engineers.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - Aug 2014
Event	World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) 2014 - Quebec City, Canada Duration: 10 Aug 2014 → 14 Aug 2014

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Conference	World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) 2014
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Quebec City
Period	10/08/14 → 14/08/14

Keywords

Timber structure
Timber gridshell
Form Finding
Structural analysis
Dynamic Relaxation

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