Engineers, architects, researchers and anyone interested in shell and spatial structures are invited to submit abstracts of 300-400 words in English and participate this Symposium. 

Abstracts Template Full Paper Guidelines

THEME AND TOPICS

The theme of the symposium is: Innovation, Sustainability and Legacy.

The scope of the symposium covers all aspects of shell and spatial structures and will include but not limited to the following topics:

• Cooling and Solar Updraft Towers（WG 3)
• Masts and Towers（WG 4）
• Concrete Shell Roofs // Future Challenges in the Design and Construction of Shell Structures for Low or Zero Carbon（WG 5）
• Tension and Membrane Structures // Retractable Tension and Membrane Structures/ Tension Structures and Sustainable Society (WG 6)
• Metal Spatial Structures // Metal Grid-shell Structures, Connections and Stability / Dynamic Response of Metal Spatial Structures（WG8）
• Timber and Bio-based Spatial Structures // Concepts for Sustainable Innovation in Construction（WG12 ）
• Computational Methods// Next Generation Parametric Design（WG 13）
• Structural Morphology（WG 15）
• Historical Spatial Structures// Sustainable Heritage: Challenges and Strategies in the Preservation and Conservation of 20th Century Historic Concrete Shells（WG 17 Joint with WG 5）
• Life-Cycle Design and Assessment of Shell and Spatial Structures（WG 18）
• Teaching of Shell and Spatial Structures Facilitating Innovation, Sustainability and Legacy（WG 20）
• Advanced Manufacturing and Materials/ 3D-Printing and Molding（WG 21）
• Innovation in New Concepts and Projects
• Sustainability in Refurbished Facilities
• Legacy of Antiquity Structures and Modern Exploitation
• Disaster Mitigation, Wind and Earthquake Effects
• Snow and Ice Engineering
• Aluminum Alloy Structure