IASS & IWSS 2026

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IWSS2023 - Torino - Castello del Valentino, 26th-28th June 2023

Out-of-plane local mechanism analysis with finite element method - Q&A

Robustness of airport space frame structure

Interview with Massimo Majowiecky

How to design a shell. Models and experiments in Heinz Isler’s work

Design of pierced vaults through from-finding and digital fabrication

Stereoplexy

Design schemes and observed structural behaviors

The structures of Pier Luigi Nervi in Torino Esposizioni

Patterns for gridshells without geometrical torsion at nodes

Engineers of their time: what history teaches us in times of emergency

Curved skylight of the Hotel Ritz Madrid

Exploring the use of R-Funicularity in shells’ shape optimization

Choosing the optimal shape for a concert hall

A different perspective on shells

L. Rosati, SISCo communication for the IWSS

Data-driven design of deployable structures

A tool for form finding using a constrained forced density method

The flat vault - Q&A

Learning from nature: the echinoid strategy to design a lightweight and resistant shell - Q&A

Analysis of masonry vaults through simplified micro-models

Permanent monitoring of thin structures

C. Lazaro, IASS communication for the IWSS

FlexMaps 2.0: a bending active structure with optimized spiral mesostructures - Q&A

3D Graphic Statics: Polyhedron-Based and Vector-Based Approaches - Q&A

State of the art and future challenges in evolutive algorithms for structural optimization

Fast shape finding procedures combining the natural force density method - Q&A

Testing Generative Models (VAEs) for the design of shell structures - Q&A

IWSS2020 Opening

Historic Assessment of Folded Hyperbolic Paraboloid Roof: St. Charles

Full-Scale Physical Form-Finding

Pressure modes for hyperbolic paraboloid roofs

Optimization of diagrid geometry based on the desirability function approach

Geometrical survey of shell and spatial structures using UAV photogrammetry: applicative examples

Topology optimization driven conceptual design of structures

Higher-order mechanical modelling of laminated and latticed composite shells

Non-trivial fundamental paths and buckling of damaged parabolic arches

Extended Integrated Force Method for the analysis of prestress-stable indeterminate structures

Analytical Model for 5-ply Cross-Laminated Timber

Experiments on flexible surface formworks for thin shells

A new roof over the Engineering Courtyard: studies on pattern and form finding

Design of lightweight membrane structures

Genetic algorithm-based optimization of RC frame structures retrofitting with steel jacketing

IWSS2020 Closure

An isogeometric solid-shell model for postbuckling optimisation strategies

Shell shaping by metric assignment

Floating-bending tensile-integrity structures - Q&A

Parametric design of optimal long-span hollow-section steel beams

Analysis of novel adaptable tensegrity towers - Q&A

Virtual element method for solid and structural mechanics

Bamboo, a strategical natural resource for shell and spatial structures

Curved shell-supported footbridges

Bamboo poles for reciprocal frame structures

Funicularity in elastic domes: Coupled effects of shape and thickness

Adaptive tensegrity shells serving as solar façades

Folded surface elements coupled with planar scissor linkages

Flexural tensegrity - Q&A

GDQ-based study of the mixed-mode interfacial response of composite specimens with a curved geometry