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Welcome to the IASS-SLTE 2014 Symposium, encompassing the annual Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures and the 6th Latin-American Symposium on Tension Structures.
It will be the second time that both events are held together, after the very successful IASS-SLTE 2008, in Acapulco. It will be also the third time in 20 years, from IASS 2004, in Atlanta, that the annual symposium of IASS will be held in the Americas. And it will be the first time that the series of Latin-American Symposia on Tension Structures happens in Brasilia.
Organized by the Polytechnic School and the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Studies of the University of São Paulo, the IASS-SLTE 2014 Symposium will take place during an exciting period in Brazil, soon after the 2014 World Cup, and prior to the 2016 Olympic Games. It will be an outstanding opportunity to display many novel and daring structures, built for these events and for the urban revitalizations aimed to improve the quality of life of Brazilian citizens and welcome visitors from all over the world.
The theme “Shells, Membranes and Spatial Structures: Footprints” merges the scopes of the two joint symposia, and acknowledges the benefits and problems driven by the large urban agglomerations, which rose all over the world in the last few decades. Megacities are, in many senses, the wonders of the 21th Century, providing exciting new dimensions for the human experience. However, they require large amounts of energy, food and materials, in most cases straining Earth´s resources beyond sustainable limits, especially in developing countries, where the transitions from
small to large to huge agglomerations happened in very short time spans, in quite disorganized ways.
We believe that shells, membranes and spatial structures, by their intrinsic properties of lightness and low material consumption, their capacity of spanning large distances and rising high above the ground, may contribute to reduce our ecological footprint and improve our urban environments, providing functional spaces where multitudes gather to enjoy the experiences that only large cities can offer in full.
Under the umbrella of the proposed theme, the IASS-SLTE 2014 Symposium will welcome reports on conceptual design, structural design and analysis, structural morphology, shape finding and optimization, computational design tools, innovative, recyclable and engineered materials, structural detailing, construction technologies, and the urban, environmental and historical aspects of either traditional or innovative structural systems.
We look forward to meeting you in Brasilia in 2014,
Ruy Marcelo de Oliveira Pauletti
IASS-SLTE 2014 Symposium Chairman
It will be the second time that both events are held together, after the very successful IASS-SLTE 2008, in Acapulco. It will be also the third time in 20 years, from IASS 2004, in Atlanta, that the annual symposium of IASS will be held in the Americas. And it will be the first time that the series of Latin-American Symposia on Tension Structures happens in Brasilia.
Organized by the Polytechnic School and the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Studies of the University of São Paulo, the IASS-SLTE 2014 Symposium will take place during an exciting period in Brazil, soon after the 2014 World Cup, and prior to the 2016 Olympic Games. It will be an outstanding opportunity to display many novel and daring structures, built for these events and for the urban revitalizations aimed to improve the quality of life of Brazilian citizens and welcome visitors from all over the world.
The theme “Shells, Membranes and Spatial Structures: Footprints” merges the scopes of the two joint symposia, and acknowledges the benefits and problems driven by the large urban agglomerations, which rose all over the world in the last few decades. Megacities are, in many senses, the wonders of the 21th Century, providing exciting new dimensions for the human experience. However, they require large amounts of energy, food and materials, in most cases straining Earth´s resources beyond sustainable limits, especially in developing countries, where the transitions from
small to large to huge agglomerations happened in very short time spans, in quite disorganized ways.
We believe that shells, membranes and spatial structures, by their intrinsic properties of lightness and low material consumption, their capacity of spanning large distances and rising high above the ground, may contribute to reduce our ecological footprint and improve our urban environments, providing functional spaces where multitudes gather to enjoy the experiences that only large cities can offer in full.
Under the umbrella of the proposed theme, the IASS-SLTE 2014 Symposium will welcome reports on conceptual design, structural design and analysis, structural morphology, shape finding and optimization, computational design tools, innovative, recyclable and engineered materials, structural detailing, construction technologies, and the urban, environmental and historical aspects of either traditional or innovative structural systems.
We look forward to meeting you in Brasilia in 2014,
Ruy Marcelo de Oliveira Pauletti
IASS-SLTE 2014 Symposium Chairman
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