Popescu M., Rippmann M., Van Mele T. and Block P.
FABRICATE 2020
UCL
London
2020
This paper describes the design, development, computational workflow, digital fabrication and construction of KnitCandela, a thin, undulating, concrete waffle shell built using a flexible formwork system featuring a custom, prefabricated knitted textile as shuttering and a form-found cable net as the main load-bearing formwork.
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