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Double-layer bending
We made sure that the highest curvature of any piece in the shell was well...
Desk model
Several desk models were created to visualize the shell …
Structural FE model
A geometrically non-linear Finite Element Model was created to analyze the internal stresses due to...
Breaking Wood
Local White Ash has high MOR and low MOE…
Bending one lath
We discovered that local White Ash is the perfect wood species for building with high curvatures …
An interview on shell form finding
Rob Marcalow, a UMass Architecture Instructor, helped with programming Grasshopper …
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