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| “TECTONICS” IN ARCHITECTURE: BETWEEN AESTHETICS AND ETHICS |
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The mini-symposium will provide a forum for the presentation of fundamental, theoretical, and practical aspects of the art of building, focusing the attention on the relations among mechanics, mathematics, structural and architectural design. The symposium is expected to bring together researchers (architects, engineers, mathematicians) for dealing with the influence of the scientific and technical knowledges on the architectonic culture, in order to underline the role played by the structural conception in designing processes during the centuries. The symposium will also discuss developments concerning the importance of the Vitruvean firmitas, pointing out the risks arising when the structural instances are neglected.
Although not limited to those topics the content of sessions will emphasise the following themes: theoretical issues; calculus and algorithms in architecture; various approaches to structural complexity. |
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The morphogenesis of shell structures: a conceptual, computational and constructional challenge
M.A. Chiorino & M. Sassone |
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Topology Optimization in Architecture. May it be a Design Tool?
L. Frattari, R. Vadori, R. D’Aria & G. Leoni |
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On the optimal design of shape resistant structures
L. Consolini, G. Della Puppa & S. Lenci |
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Structural optimization vs. shape design
P. Trovalusci & A. Tinelli |
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Geometrical indeterminacy as a way to structural and architectural performance
C. Padoa-Schioppa & Pollak, S. |
| Session 2 - The heritage of the past: |
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The tectonic of modern materials: alternatives from Le Corbusier’s work
V. Riso |
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The methods and spatial sensitivity of Italian architects and engineers in the fifties and sixties
A. Muntoni |
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The P.L. Nervi structural route: from intuition to computation through geometry
F. Romeo |
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Materials, forms and abstract methods in the work of Riccardo Morandi
L. Sampò |
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The structural control of architecture in two works of Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda
C. Tocci |
| Session 3 - Theoretical issues and ideas for future developments: |
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Nonlinearity in architecture versus science: borrowing the lexicon of complexity or exploiting its powerfulness?
G. Rega & V. Settimi |
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Towards an ethic of construction: the structural conception and the influence of mathematical language in architectural design
P. Trovalusci & R. Panei |
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Structural design in the architectural design process: Toyo Ito.
C. Gamboni |
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Stone-masonry new constructions: science and history in the service of beauty and environment
G. Salerno, G. Formica, S. Gabriele & V. Varano |
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An eco-design-oriented multidisciplinary approach in industrial design
L. Frattari, R. Vadori, R. D’Aria |
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Patrizia Trovalusci
Dep. Ing. Strut. e Geotecnica
Sapienza University of Rome
Rome, Italy |
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Lucio Valerio Barbera
Faculty of Arch. ‘Quaroni’
Sapienza University of Rome
Rome, Italy |
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