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  • Cover; Mobile and Rapidly Assembled Structures IV; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Lightweight transformable structures: materialising the synergy between architectural and structural engineering; Section 1: Temporary structures and dwellings; Parametric modelling of an air-liftable origami-inspired deployable shelter with a novel erection strategy; The genius loci in the globalization millennium: temporary dwelling; Temporary systems after the earthquake in L'Aquila; The structural design and construction of a cable bending-active structure
  • Component reuse for disaster sheltering: from deployable scissor structures to kit-of- parts structuresThe thermal performance of shelter modelling: improvement of temporary structures; An experimental study on the design method of a real-sized Mobile Bridge for a moving vehicle; Section 2: Engineering transformation (Special session organised by C. Gengnagel); Form-finding bending-active structures with temporary ultra-elastic contraction elements; Pliable structures with rigid couplings for parallel leaf-springs: a pliable timber torus pavilion
  • A review of elastic grid shells, their erection methods and the potential use of pneumatic formworkThe design and physical modelling of deployable structures based on curved-line folding; A new hybrid: elastic gridshells braced by membranes; Transformable active bending: a kinematical concept; Evaluation of design parameters for deployable planar scissor arches; The design of a foldable triangulated scissor grid for single-curvature surfaces; Section 3: Rapidly assembled kit-of-parts systems
  • Rapidly building with lightweight modules and a dry assembled foundation: used in a mock-up for home units made out of reclaimed materialsParametric modeling in form finding and application to the design of modular canopies; Design of an emergency footbridge; Section 4: Innovative approaches; Movable and launched bridges: recent realizations and improved techniques; Reciprocal Frame (RF) optimized timber truss structure: a design and build case study; The structural modelling of deconstructable beams, fabricated using friction-grip shear connection
  • Concepts for morphing aerofoil sections using pantographic structuresSection 5: Tensegrity and reciprocal frames; The technical and feasibility selection of space truss construction systems; Bio-inspired tetrakaidecahedron tensegrity optimisation; Author index