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This contribution focuses on the latest acquisitions of the Gridshell.it research group on active-bent timber gridshells. In particular, the main topic is related to the development of a new information technology design tool (GFFT 2.0) developed by Davide Rando for his Master’s thesis in Architecture in January 2018 under the supervision of Sergio Pone and Daniele Lancia; this design tool is a new version of the previous one developed in 2012 by Daniele Lancia and Andrea Fiore for their Master’s Degree thesis called GFFT (Gridshell Form Finding Tool) (Pone et al. in Beyond the limits of man, Wroclaw, Poland, 2013). We will also describe the two latest projects to which we have committed ourselves since 2016 up to today. We will also illustrate how the creation of the new IT tool was based on previous experiences that have influenced subsequent projects (Pone 2017).
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The research unit Gridshell.it is coordinated by Sergio Pone and composed by Sofia Colabella, Bianca Parenti and Daniele Lancia; in the past it was of use to the assistance of Bernardino D’Amico and Andrea Fiore.
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Structural thickening has already been used by Edward Cullinan and Buro Happold in the construction of the Weald & Downland Living Museum gridshell in Singleton, Chichester, Sussex built in 2002.
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The project was commissioned by the Archaeological, Fine Arts and Landscape Heritage Department of Molise, and its long implementation process of the executive designs has now reached approval.
The design group, formed by Gridshell.it, was directed by architect Bianca Parenti for the architectural project and engineer Oreste Mammana for structural analysis.
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The structure was commissioned by the Municipality of Foggia and it is part of the project for the construction of the large urban park of the Campi Diomedei. The project is the result of the collaboration of Gridshell.it with Asdea Srl, coordinated by architect Sergio Pone as well as by engineer Guido Camata. In addition the executive project was approved and the building site was opened, however in the process of this publication, the construction of the structure has not yet begun.
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Pone, S., Lancia, D., Rando, D. (2019). Reciprocal Implications Between Design and Construction Process of Timber Gridshell. In: Bianconi, F., Filippucci, M. (eds) Digital Wood Design. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03676-8_8
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