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RhinoVAULT Beta. Funicular Form Finding The Rhinoceros ® Plug-In rhinoVAULT emerged from current research on structural form finding using the Thrust-Network-Approach to intuitively create and explore compression-only structures.

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Using reciprocal diagrams, it provides an intuitive, fast method, adopting the same advantages of techniques such as Graphic Statics, but offering a viable extension to fully three-dimensional problems. Kangaroo Physics. Biomimesis and the Geometric Definition of Shell Structures in Architecture. Semra Arslan Selcuk, PhD Candidate Department of Architecture, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey . e-mail: semra@arch.metu.edu.tr Al J Fisher, MEng Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath, UK . e-mail: a.j.fisher@bath.ac.uk.