TABLE OF CONTENT
I. ABSTRACT...........................................................................................................................................................4
II. INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................................5
III. BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................................................................6
3.1. ORIGINS AND PIONEERS .........................................................................................................................6
3.2. STATE OF ART...............................................................................................................................................9
IV. RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS .............................................................................................................................13
V. METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................................................................14
5.1.PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL FORM-FINDING EXPERIMENTATION ...............................................14
5.2.DESIGN PROCEDURES CATEGORIZATION .......................................................................................15
5.3.SETTING CASE STUDIES............................................................................................................................16
5.4.TOPOLOGY FRAMEWORK.......................................................................................................................16
VI. CASE STUDIES ...................................................................................................................................................17
6.1.ARCHITECTURAL DOME.........................................................................................................................17
6.2.ARCHITECTURAL TOROIDAL VAULT...................................................................................................20
6.3.FREE-FORM ARCHITECTURE.................................................................................................................26
6.4.STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS............................................................................................................................27
VII. CONCLUSIONS.................................................................................................................................................28
8.1.FURTHER RESEARCH..................................................................................................................................28
VIII. BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................................29
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