With the cold weather upon us, we wanted to share this fascinating ice shell project with you. An international team of students and professors from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Summa College, the Netherlands, and Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China, have completed the largest ice shell ever after two years of preparation. TU/e and HIT realized this architectural ice structure, the “Flamenco Ice Tower”, … Continue reading Structures designed in the Low Countries: the ice shell Flamenco tower

Italian architects of the New Fundamentals Research Group (Polytechnic University of Bari) and engineers from Roma Tre University are designing and constructing innovative reinforced stone shells and reviving stereotomy, the ancient art of cutting stones. Using advanced modeling and analysis software, and robotic fabrication, the team, coordinated by Prof. Giuseppe Fallacara, has designed the HyparGate, the first discrete hyperbolic paraboloid made of stone. The HyparGate … Continue reading HyparGate: Italian researchers reviving the ancient art of stereotomy