Space structures and configuration processing

Abstract

Abstract Many thousands of impressive space structures have been built all over the world for covering sports stadiums, gymnasiums, leisure centres, aircraft hangars, railway stations and many other purposes. A number of these structures have spans of well over 200 m. The objective of this article is to present an overview of space structure forms with an emphasis on lattice grids, barrel vaults and domes. Also included is a brief discussion of the use of conceptual tools for computer‐aided processing of space structure configurations.