Structural prototypes from seashells

Abstract

We are given an area which is to be covered, a space which is to be enclosed. We know the movement conditions of the external forces. If we set ourselves the task of sustaining these forces, by transferring the reactions to the supports in a simple manner by using the space-enclosing surface itself to carry the load ... this is a general, but, finally, the only interesting problem. © 2003 ACSA, Inc.