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Publications

The following publications were (co-)authored by Diederik Veenendaal. These include several books, book chapters and articles in popular and professional press, as well as peer-reviewed, academic papers, presented at conferences or published in scientific journals.

Topics include form finding, fabric formworks, concrete shells and bending-active membranes and gridshells.

    Books

    The Fabric Formwork Book – Methods for Building New Architectural and Structural Forms in Concrete

    West, M., Taylor & Francis – Routledge, London, 2016.

    Chapter 2. A History of Fabric Formwork

    Veenendaal, D. pp. 17-38.

    Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization

    Adriaenssens, S., Block, P., Veenendaal, D. and Williams, C., Taylor & Francis – Routledge, London, 2014.

    Chapter 9. Particle-spring systems – Design of a cantilevering concrete canopy

    Bhooshan, S., Veenendaal, D. and Block, P. pp. 103-113.

    Chapter 10. Comparison of form-finding methods

    Veenendaal, D. and Block, P. pp. 115-129.

    Chapter 12. Nonlinear force density method – Constraints on force and geometry

    Linkwitz, K. and Veenendaal, D. pp. 143-155.

    Theses

    Design and form finding of flexibly formed shell structures

    Veenendaal D. ETH Zurich, Department of Architecture, Zurich, 2017. Doctoral thesis. (updated version, 22.12.2017: )

    Evolutionary optimization of fabric formed structural elements. Bridging the gap between computational optimization and manufacturability
    Veenendaal, D. TU Delft, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft, 2008. Master thesis

    Journal papers

    Investigating lightweight construction and adaptive energy systems: the NEST HiLo building 

    Block, P., Schlueter, A., Veenendaal, D., Bakker, J., Begle, M., Hofer, J., Jayathissa, P., Maxwell, I., Mendez Echenagucia, T., Nagy, Z., Pigram, D., Svetozarevic, B., Torsing, R., Verbeek, J., Willmann, A. and Lydon, G.P. In: Journal of Building Engineering, 2017.

    Structural design of the flexibly formed, mesh-reinforced concrete sandwich shell roof of NEST Hilo 
    Veenendaal, D., Bakker, J. and Block, P. In: Journal of the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures, 58(1): 23-38, 2017 (March).

     

    Flexible formwork technologies: A state of the art review 
    Hawkins, W.J., Herrmann, H., Ibell, T.J., Kromoser, B., Michaelski, A., Orr, J.J., Pedreschi, R., Pronk, A., Schipper, R., Shepherd, P., Veenendaal, D., Wansdronk, R. and West, M. In: Structural Concrete, 17(6), 2016 (December).
    Design process for a prototype concrete shells using a hybrid cable-net and fabric formwork  
    Veenendaal, D. and Block, P. Engineering Structures, 75: 39-50, 2014.
    Shaping tension structures by actively bent linear elements 
    Van Mele, T., De Laet, L., Veenendaal, D., Mollaert, M. and Block, P. In: International Journal of Space Structures, 28(3): 127-135, 2013.
    An overview and comparison of structural form finding methods for general networks 
    Veenendaal, D. and Block, P. In: International Journal of Solids and Structures, 49(26): 3741-3753, 2012.
    Design and optimization of fabric formed beams and trusses: evolutionary algorithms and form finding
    Veenendaal, D., Coenders, J.L., Vamberský, J.N.J.A. and West, M. In: Structural Concrete – Journal of the fib, 12(4): 241-254, 2011.
    History and overview of fabric formwork: using fabrics for concrete casting 
    Veenendaal, D., West, M. and Block, P. In: Structural Concrete – Journal of the fib, 12(3): 164-177, 2011.

    Conference papers

     Magnolia: a glass-fibre reinforced polymer gridshell with a novel pattern and deployment concept
    Veenendaal, D., Augustynowicz, E. and Tang, G. In: Proceedings of the IASS Symposium, Hamburg, Germany, 2017.

     

    Design process of prestressed membrane formworks for thin-shell structures 
    Veenendaal, D. and Block, P. In: Proceedings of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) Symposium, Amsterdam, 2015.
    Structural design of the cable-net and fabric formed, ferrocement sandwich shell roof of NEST HiLo 
    Veenendaal, D., Bakker, J. and Block, P. In: Proceedings of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) Symposium, Amsterdam, 2015.
    Controlling the geometry and forces of hybrid cable-net and fabric formworks 
    Veenendaal, D., Bezbradica, M., Novak, D. and Block, P. In: Proceedings of the IASS-SLTE 2014 Symposium, Brasilia, Brazil, 2014.
    Prototype of an ultra-thin, concrete vaulted floor system 
    López López, D., Veenendaal, D., Akbarzadeh, M. and Block, P. In: Proceedings of the IASS-SLTE 2014 Symposium, Brasilia, Brazil, 2014.
    Bending incorporated: designing tension structures by integrating bending-active elements 
    De Laet, L., Veenendaal, D., Van Mele, T., Mollaert, M. and Block, P. In: Proceedings of Tensinet Symposium 2013, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013.
    Computational form finding for fabric formworks: an overview and discussion 
    Veenendaal, D. and Block, P. In: Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on flexible formwork (ICFF), 368-378, Bath, UK, 2012.
    Large-scale designs for mixed fabric and cable-net formed structures 
    Torsing, R., Bakker, J., Jansma, R. and Veenendaal, D. In: Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on flexible formwork (ICFF), Bath, UK, 2012.
    A framework for comparing form finding methods 
    Veenendaal, D. and Block, P. In: Proceedings of the IABSE-IASS Symposium 2011, London, UK, 2011.
    Fabric formwork: The state-of-the-art and future endeavors 
    Veenendaal, D. In: Proceedings of PRECAST2010: Assembling freeform buildings in precast concrete, Delft, Netherlands, 2010.
    Evolutionary optimisation of fabric formed structural elements 
    Veenendaal, D. and Coenders J.L. In: Proceedings of Structural Membranes 2009, IV International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, Stuttgart, Germany, 2009.
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