Complex structural design permits to fully exploit the potentials of interaction between computer-based design, prefabrication of parts and optimized construction. Mastering the complexity of this integrated process in steel design is a challenge that pays in terms of time, money, quality and aesthetics. This book describes the requirements and logics of the involved fields of knowledge and explores successful benchmark buildings.
Complexity in architecture, construction and material manipulation is constantly increasing due to our present ability to design, calculate and fabricate an extending range of geometric shapes and systems. This volume addresses the design of complexity in the planning, fabrication and construction of steel structures based on non-orthogonal geometries: curved and chaotic geometries, poly-diagrid systems, lattice-grid structures and others. Topical photographs by the author on a wide range of international projects present innovative methods and techniques, providing an excellent understanding of the possibilities and requirements of complex steel structures.
