The
BLOCK Research Group is pleased to announce the pre-release of rhinoVAULT Beta V0.2! The current version is now freely available for
download. The Rhinoceros® Plug-In emerged from current research on structural form finding based on the
Thrust-Network-Approach to intuitively create and explore compression-only structures.
”The resistant virtues of the structure that we seek depend on their form; it is through their form that they are stable, not because of an awkward accumulation of material. There is nothing more noble and elegant from an intellectual viewpoint than this: to resist through form.” - Eladio Dieste, 1996
Matthias Rippmann
Lorenz Lachauer
Philippe Block
A stunning Catalan free-form vault has been designed and build by students during a one week workshop organised by Prof. Deplazes and Prof. Block from ETH Zurich. RhinoVAULT has been used for the design of the complex compression-only shape.
For details, visit the homepage of the BLOCK Research Group.
