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Usually, the grid morphology is not trivial and leads to design numerous costly and complex joints. To overcome this issue, an original and innovative erection process was developed that takes advantage of the flexibility inherent to slender elements.

A regular planar grid made of long continuous linear members is built on the ground (Fig. 1). The elements are pinned together so the grid has no in-plane shear stiffness. Thus, the grid can accommodate large-scale deformations during erection (Fig. 2). Then the grid is bent elastically to its final shape (Fig. 3). Finally, the grid is frozen in the desired shape with a third layer of bracing members (Fig. 4). The grid becomes a shell and the structure’s stiffness is multiplied by about 15.

Fig. 1 Regular grid on the ground

Fig. 2 Grid erection

Fig. 3 Erected grid

Fig. 4 Grid triangulation