@inbook{aa4edbde6ccd47f3b44148596f120442,
title = "Freeform architecture and discrete differential geometry",
abstract = "Freeform structures play an important role within contemporary architecture. While there is a wealth of excellent tools for the digital design of free-form geometry, the actual fabrication on the architectural scale is a big challenge. Key issues in this context are free-form surfaces composed of panels which can be manufactured at reasonable cost, and the geometry and statics of the support structure. The present article is an extended abstract of a talk on the close relation between geometric computing for free-form architecture and discrete differential geometry. It addresses topics such as skins from planar, in particular quadrilateral panels, geometry and statics of supporting structures, structures in force equilibrium.",
author = "Helmut Pottmann and Johannes Wallner",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-66272-5_1",
language = "English",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
publisher = "Springer",
number = "10502",
pages = "3--8",
editor = "W. Kropatsch and N. Artner and I. Janusch",
booktitle = "Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery (DGCI 2017)",
note = "20th International Conference on Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery : DGCI 2017 ; Conference date: 19-09-2017 Through 21-09-2017",
}