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Comment by Mohanned Iskanderani on June 29, 2016 at 1:16pm

Thank you, thank you, thank you !

Comment by Romain Mesnil on June 29, 2016 at 1:47am

Hi Mohanned,

this type of structure is called a reciprocal structure or a 'nexorade'. All elements are cut so that they support a neighbour and are supported by a neighbour, it's the overall assembly that guarantees structural stability.

This particular structure has been studied by Maurizio Brocato and Lucia Mondardini, it is inspired by a french patent from the 16th century for a flat vault deposited by Mr. Abeille, giving the name 'Abeille vault'.

You can find more info on nexorades here:

http://thinkshell.fr/form-finding-of-nexorades-and-reciprocal-struc...

http://thinkshell.fr/4604/

http://snbr-stone.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article...

Best,

Romain

Comment by BERTRAND on June 29, 2016 at 12:38am

Bonjour,

c'est notre société qui exécute en pierre massive ce type de structure, avec quelques étudiants et professeur d'université: http://snbr-stone.com/

Comment by Martin Siegrist on June 28, 2016 at 2:25pm

check this: https://spacesymmetrystructure.wordpress.com/

I think it's a reciprocal triangular mesh or so :-)

Comment by Mohanned Iskanderani on June 28, 2016 at 1:33pm

What is the scientific name for this type of intersection between the geometries ?