Point Group Symmetry of Polyhedral Diagrams in Graphic Statics

Yefan Zhi, Yao Lu, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2026   PDF   BibTeX

Topology-Aware Identification of Independent Edges in Algebraic 3D Graphic Statics

Yao Lu, Yefan Zhi, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2026   PDF   BibTeX

Harnessing Offshore Renewable Energy from High-Intensity Focused Ocean Waves Using 3D-Printed Undulating Porous Structures

Andrea Machado Romero, Yefan Zhi, Maximilian Ororbia, Amir Motavaselian, Mohammad-Reza Alam, Shu Yang, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2026   PDF   BibTeX

3D-Printed Multi-Material Deployable Structures: Programmable Shape Transformation through Additive Manufacturing

Teng Teng, Yefan Zhi, Yi Yang, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2026   PDF   BibTeX

Design Research and Applications of Polyhedral Graphic Statics in Structural Form Finding (多面体图解静力学结构找形的设计研究与应用)

Masoud Akbarzadeh, Yefan Zhi, Yao Lu

Architectural Journal (建筑学报) 2026   PDF   BibTeX

Design-To-Fabrication Workflow for 3D Concrete Printed Structures With Embedded Periodic Anticlastic Surfaces

Hua Chai, Mathias Bernhard, Yefan Zhi, Maximilian E. Ororbia, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Automation in Construction 2026   PDF   BibTeX

Toolpath Optimization for a Post-Tensioned Concrete 3D-Printed Floor Structure

Yefan Zhi, Maximilian E. Ororbia, Amir Mostavaselian, Hua Chai, Andrea Machado Romero, Meizhu Xu, Fang Sun, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Symposium on Computational Fabrication 2025   PDF   BibTeX

Surface-Toolpath Twins of Shell Components in 3D Concrete Printing for Optimized Buildability and Surface Quality

Yefan Zhi, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Journal of IASS 2025   PDF   BibTeX

Architected Structures

Masoud Akbarzadeh

DETAIL 2025   Amazon   BibTeX

Merged Force Diagrams for Expanded Tension-Compression Design Space in Polyhedral Graphic Statics

Hua Chai, Yao Lu, Yefan Zhi, Masoud Akbarzadeh

AAG 2025   PDF   BibTeX

KlimaStol: 3D-printed Cooling Chair for Mitigating Outdoor Heat Stress

Ji Yoon Bae, Yefan Zhi, Eric Teitelbaum, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Dorit Aviv

ACADIA 2025   PDF   BibTeX

Numerical Modeling and Structural Analysis of Compression-Dominant Multi-Layer Funicular Glass Bridges

Fahimeh Yavartanoo, Damon Bolhassani, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Yao Lu, Joseph R. Yost, Jorge H. Chacon, Philipp A. Chhadeh

IASS 2025   PDF   BibTeX

Advanced Finite Element Modeling of 3D-Printed Post-Tensioned Concrete Beams with Experimental Validation

Fahimeh Yavartanoo, Damon Bolhassani, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Maximilian E. Ororbia, Hua Chai, Yefan Zhi, Ibrahim Alachek, Leon Trousset, Mylene Bernard, Karolina Pajak

IASS 2025   PDF   BibTeX

Surface-Toolpath Twins of Shell Components in 3D Concrete Printing for Optimized Buildability and Surface Quality

Yefan Zhi, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2025   PDF   BibTeX

Design of Concrete 3D Printed, Post-Tensioned Spanning Structures with Embedded Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces

Maximilian Ororbia, Amir Motavaselian, Hua Chai, Ryan Welch, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2025   PDF   BibTeX

Geometrically Templated, Ultra-Lightweight and High Strength Soap Films from Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Graphene Oxide/Polymer Composites

Yinding Chi, Yuchong Gao, Mostafa Akbari, Kun-Hao Yu, Kun-Yu Wang, Mohit Patel, Shouhong Fan, Ziyun Zhang, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Shu Yang

Advanced Functional Materials 2025   PDF   BibTeX

3D Concrete Printing of Triply Periodic Minimum Surfaces for Enhanced Carbon Capture and Storage

Kun-Hao Yu, Teng Teng, So Hee Nah, Hua Chai, Yefan Zhi, Kun-Yu Wang, Yinding Chi,Peter Psarras, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Shu Yang

Advanced Functional Materials 2025   PDF   BibTeX

Polyhedral Graphical Statics: For Funicular Structural Form Finding

Masoud Akbarzadeh

Cambridge University Press 2025   Amazon   BibTeX

Plasticized Agarose Films: A Physicochemical, Mechanical And Thermal Study

Creston A. Singer, Hajara Abdul-Karim, Kyle Printon, Nagireddy Poluri, Teng Teng, Mostafa Akbari, Behzad Modanloo, Laia Mogas-Soldevila, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Xiao Hu, Sean M. O’Malley, Hong Fang, David Salas-de la Cruz

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2025   PDF   BibTeX

Automated Toolpath Design of 3D Concrete Printing Structural Components

Yefan Zhi, Hua Chai, Teng Teng, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Additive Manufacturing 2025   PDF   BibTeX

Prototyping High-Fidelity Multifunctional Objects Using Single-Nozzle Multi-Filament Additive Manufacturing System With Active Mixing

Teng Teng, Yefan Zhi, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Materials & Design 2025   PDF   BibTeX

Experimental Investigation of the Bearing Capacity Between Short Hollow Glass Columns and a Transparent Thermoplastic Interface Material

Joseph Robert Yost, Matthew Cregan, Damon Bolhassani, Philipp Amir Chhadeh, Jens Schneider, Yao Lu, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Engineering Structures 2025   PDF   BibTeX

Functionally Graded Architectural Materials

Teng Teng, Yefan Zhi and Masoud Akbarzadeh

ACADIA 2024   PDF   BibTeX

Experimental Study of a Funicular Concrete Beam Prototype

Maximilian Ororbia, Hua Chai, Yefan Zhi, Pouria Vakhshouri, Jorge Huisa Chacon, Joseph R. Yost, Mathias Bernhard, Fahimeh Yavartanoo, Javier Tapia, Damon Bolhassani, Mylene Bernard, Leon Trousset, Karolina Pajak, Blaise Waligun, Paul Kassabian, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2024   PDF   BibTeX

Design Approach for a Post-tensioned Funicular Concrete Beam

Hua Chai, Maximilian Ororbia, Yefan Zhi, Ryan Welch, Billie Faircloth, Fahimeh Yavartanooc, Damon (Mohammad) Bolhassani, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2024   PDF   BibTeX

The Effect of Post-tensioning on the Behavior of Small-Scale 3D-Printed Concrete Beams

Damon Bolhassani, Fahimeh Yavartanoo, Javier Tapia, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Maximilian E. Ororbia, Hua Chai, Yefan Zhi, Mylene Bernard, Leon Trousset, Karolina Pajak, Blaise Waligun, Paul Kassabian

IASS 2024   PDF   BibTeX

Numerical Analysis with Experimental Verification of a Multi-Layer Sheet-Based Funicular Glass Bridge

Damon Bolhassani, Delaram Hassanlou, Fahimeh Yavartanoo, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Yao Lu, Joseph R. Yost, Jorge H. Chacon, Jens Schneider, Philipp A. Chhadeh

IASS 2024   PDF   BibTeX

An Early Design Stage Parametric Exploration of Integrated Concrete Funicular Floor Element and Thermal Mass Performance for Carbon Footprint Reduction

Zherui Wang, Hua Chai, Xiaoxiao Peng, Ryan Welch, Masoud Akbarzadeh and Dorit Aviv

IASS 2024   PDF   BibTeX

Multi-Objective Design Exploration for Integrated Structural-Environmental Performance of Buildings: A Review

Zherui Wang, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Dorit Aviv

Energy and Buildings 2024   BibTeX

Designing 3D-Printed Concrete Structures With Scaled Fabrication Models

Yefan Zhi, Teng Teng, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Architectural Intelligence 2024   PDF   BibTeX

Experimental Behavior of a Prototype 3m-Span Modular Glass Pedestrian Bridge

Joseph Robert Yost, Jorge Huisa Chacon, Yao Lu, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Damon Bolhassani, Fahimeh Yavartanoo, Phillipp Amir Chhadeh, Jens Schneider

CGC 2024   PDF   BibTeX

General Translation of Cellular to Shellular Polyhedral Structures Using Reciprocity

Mostafa Akbari, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Structures 2024   PDF   BibTeX

Diamanti: 3D-Printed, Post-tensioned Concrete Canopy

Masoud Akbarzadeh, Hua Chai, Yefan Zhi, Maximilian E. Ororbia, Teng Teng, Mathias Bernhard, Damon (Mohammad) Bolhassani, Fahimeh Yavartanoo, Javier Tapia, Karolina Pajak, Mylène Bernard, Leon Trousset, Paul Kassabian, Blaise Waligun

FABRICATE 2024   PDF   BibTeX

Terrene 2.0: Biomaterial Composites Design & Shellular Structures Development for Augmented Earthen Construction

Liam Lasting, Mostafa Akbari, Destynn Keuchel, Na Kyung Lee, Shravan Pradeep, Shivani Chawla, Abigail Weinstein, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Laia Mogas-Soldevila

Materials & Design 2024   PDF   BibTeX

Algebraic 3D Graphic Statics with Edge and Vertex Constraints: A Comprehensive Approach to Extend the Solution Space for Polyhedral Form-Finding

Yao Lu, Márton Hablicsek, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Computer-Aided Design 2024   PDF   BibTeX

Application of Graphic Statics and Strut-and-Tie Models Optimization Algorithm in Innovative Timber Structure Design

Yuanben Gao, Yiliang Shao, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Buildings 2023   PDF   BibTeX

Dragonfly-Inspired Wing Design Enabled by Machine Learning and Maxwell’s Reciprocal Diagrams

Hao Zheng, Hossein Mofatteh, Marton Hablicsek, Abdolhamid Akbarzadeh, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Advanced Science 2023   PDF   BibTeX

3D Auxetic Materials Designed with Algebraic Polyhedral Graphic Statics

Yao Lu, Márton Hablicsek, Abdolhamid Akbarzadeh, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2023   PDF   BibTeX

Towards a Novel Form-Finding Approach Using Matrix Analysis: Exploiting Nodal Displacements of Pin-Jointed Frameworks

Yao Lu, Hua Chai, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2023   PDF   BibTeX

Bio-Based Composite Spatial Shell Structures

Mostafa Akbari, Farzaneh Oghazian, Ji Yoon Bae, Felecia Davis, Laia Mogas-Soldevila, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2023   PDF   BibTeX

Continuous Multi-Filament 3D Printing for Tension-Compression Structure Components

Teng Teng, Yefan Zhi, Kun-Hao Yu, Shu Yang, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2023   PDF   BibTeX

Local Optimization of Self-Supporting Shell Structures in 3D Printing: a Skeleton Method

Yefan Zhi, Hua Chai, Teng Teng, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2023   PDF   BibTeX

Generation of a Compression-Tension Combined Funicular Polyhedral Beam Structure

Hua Chai, Yao Lu, Márton Hablicsek, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2023   PDF   BibTeX

Electrochemical Healing of Fractured Metals

Zakaria Hsain, Mostafa Akbari, Adhokshid Prasanna, Zhimin Jiang, Masoud Akbarzadeh, James H. Pikul

Advanced Materials 2023   PDF   BibTeX

Tortuca: An Ultra-Thin Funicular Hollow Glass Bridge

Yao Lu, Alireza Seyedahmadian, Philipp Amir Chhadeh, Matthew Cregan, Mohammad Bolhassani, Jens Schneider, Joseph Robert Yost, Gareth Brennan, Masoud Akbarzadeh

ACADIA 2022   PDF   BibTeX

A Web-Based Interactive Structural Pattern Generation Tool with Graphic Statics and Machine Learning of Dragonfly Wings

Hao Zheng, Masoud Akbarzadeh

ACADIA 2022   PDF   BibTeX

A Method for Designing Multi-Layer Sheet-Based Lightweight Funicular Structures

Yao Lu, Thamer Alsalem, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Journal of IASS 2022   PDF   BibTeX

Terrene 1.0: Innovative, Earth-Based Material for the Construction of Compression-Dominant Shell Structures

Liam N. Lasting, Isabelle Lee, Laia Mogas-Soldevila, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2022   PDF   BibTeX

A Polyhedral Approach for the Design of a Compression-Dominant, Double-Layered, Reciprocal Frame, Multi-Species Timber Shell

Zherui Wang, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2022   PDF   BibTeX

A Method for Designing Multi-Layer Sheet-Based Lightweight Funicular Structures

Yao Lu, Thamer Alsalem, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2022   PDF   BibTeX

Structural Form-Finding of Multi-Span Undulating Funicular Beam Structure

Hua Chai, Mohammad Bolhassani, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2022   PDF   BibTeX

Continuous Approximation of Shellular Funicular Structures

Mostafa Akbari, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2022   PDF   BibTeX

Funicular Glass Bridge Prototype: Design Optimization, Fabrication, and Assembly Challenges

Yao Lu, Alireza Seyedahmadian, Philipp Amir Chhadeh, Matthew Cregan, Mohammad Bolhassani, Jens Schneider, Joseph Robert Yost, Gareth Brennan, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Glass Structures & Engineering 2022   PDF   BibTeX

Experimental Investigation of a Transparent Interface Material for Glass Compression Members

Joseph Robert Yost, Matthew Cregan, Mohammad Bolhassani, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Yao Lu, Philipp Amir Chhadeh, and Jens Schneider

Challenging Glass Conference 2022   PDF   BibTeX

Strut-Based Cellular to Shellular Funicular Polyhedral Materials

Mostafa Akbari, Armin Mirabolghasemi, Mohammad Bolhassani, Abdolhamid Akbarzadeh, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Advanced Functional Materials 2022   PDF   BibTeX

Mechanical Performance of Polyhedral Hollow Glass Units Under Compression

Joseph Robert Yost, Mohammad Bolhassani, Philipp Amir Chhadeh, Liam Ryan, Jens Schneider, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Engineering Structures 2022   PDF   BibTeX

Behavior of Polyhedral Built-Up Glass Compression Members

Joseph Robert Yost, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Mohammad Bolhassani, Liam Ryan, Jens Schneider, Philipp Amir Chhadeh

Journal of Architectural Design and Construction Technology 2021   PDF   BibTeX

From Design to the Fabrication of Shellular Funicular Structures

Mostafa Akbari, Yao Lu, Masoud Akbarzadeh

ACADIA 2021   PDF   BibTeX

Kerf Bending and Zipper in Spatial Timber Tectonics

Yulun Liu, Yao Lu, Masoud Akbarzadeh

ACADIA 2021   PDF   BibTeX

Structural Form-Finding of Auxetic Materials Using Graphic Statics

Márton Hablicsek, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2021   PDF   BibTeX

All Glass, Compression-Dominant Polyhedral Bridge Prototype: Form-Finding and Fabrication

Yao Lu, Matthew Cregan, Philipp Amir Chhadeh, Alireza Seyedahmadiand, Mohammad Bolhassani, Jens Schneider, Joseph Robert Yost, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2021   PDF   BibTeX

Lightweight Structures and the Geometric Equilibrium in Dragonfly Wings

Hao Zheng, Márton Hablicsek, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2021   PDF   BibTeX

Web-based Interactive Polyhedral Graphics Statics Platform

Hua Chai, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2021   PDF   BibTeX

Augmented Intuition – Encoding Ideas, Matter, and Why It Matters

Mathias Bernhard, Maria Smigielska, Benjamin Dillenburger

Book Chapter 2021   PDF   BibTeX

Performative Porosity – Adaptive Infills for Concrete Parts

Mathias Bernhard, Mohammad Bolhassani, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2021   PDF   BibTeX

Developing a Polyhedral Graphic Statics Formulation for Tetrahedral Truss Systems

Salma Mozaffari, Márton Hablicsek, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Thomas Vogel

IASS 2021   PDF   BibTeX

PolyFrame, Efficient Computation for 3D Graphic Statics

Andrei Nejur, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Computer-Aided Design 2021   PDF   BibTeX

Algebraic 3D Graphic Statics: Constrained Areas

Masoud Akbarzadeh, Márton Hablicsek

Computer-Aided Design 2021   PDF   BibTeX

Generating and Optimizing a Funicular Arch Floor Structure

Hao Zheng, Xinyu Wang, Zehua Qi, Shixuan Sun, Masoud Akbarzadeh

ACADIA 2020   PDF   BibTeX

Saltatur: Node-Based Assembly of Funicular Spatial Concrete

Masoud Akbarzadeh, Ali Tabatabaie Ghomi, Mohammad Bolhassani, Mostafa Akbari, Alireza Seyedahmadian, Konstantinos Papalexiou, Jingchu Sun, Hanqin Yao, Judy Miziumski, Konstantinos Papalexiou

ACADIA 2020   PDF   BibTeX

TopoGAN – Topology Optimization with Generative Adversarial Networks

Mathias Bernhard, Reza Kakooee, Patrick Bedarf, Benjamin Dillenburger

Advances in Architectural Geometry 2020   PDF   BibTeX

Geometry-Based Structural Form-Finding to Design Architected Cellular Solids

Mostafa Akbari, Armin Mirabolghasemi, Hamid Akbarzadeh, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Symposium on Computational Fabrication 2020   PDF   BibTeX

Iterative Machine Learning for Structural Form Finding with Fabrication constraints

Hao Zheng, Vahid Moosavi, Masoud Akbarzadeh

Automation in Construction 2020   PDF   BibTeX

Graphic Statics in a Continuum: Strut-and-Tie Models for Reinforced Concrete

Salma Mozaffari, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Thomas Vogel

Computers & Structures 2020   PDF   BibTeX

Geometric Degrees of Freedom and Non-Conventional Spatial Structural Forms

Masoud Akbarzadeh, Márton Hablicsek

Design Modelling Symposium 2019   PDF   BibTeX

From Polyhedral to Anticlastic Funicular Spatial Structures

Mostafa Akbari, Mohammad Bolhassani, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2019   PDF   BibTeX

Behavior of Modular Components in a Funicular Glass Bridge

Mohammad Bolhassani, Cory Byrnes, Joseph Robert Yost, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Jens Schneider, Andrei Nejur

IASS 2019   PDF (abstract only)   BibTeX

Algebraic Formulation for Controlling the Face Areas of 3D Graphic Statics

Masoud Akbarzadeh, Márton Hablicsek

IASS 2019   PDF (abstract only)   BibTeX

Generation of Strut-and-Tie Models and Stress Fields for Structural Concrete

Salma Mozaffari, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Thomas Vogel

Structures Congress 2019   PDF   BibTeX

The Design of an Ultra-Transparent Funicular Glass Structure

Masoud Akbarzadeh, Mohammad Bolhassani, Andrei Nejur, Joseph Robert Yost, Cory Byrnes, Jens Schneider, Ulrich Knaack, Chris Borg Costanzi

Structures Congress 2019   PDF   BibTeX

Algebraic 3D Graphic Statics: Reciprocal Constructions

Márton Hablicsk, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Yi Guo

Computer-Aided Design 2019   PDF   BibTeX

Developing Algebraic Constraints for Reciprocal Polyhedral Diagrams of 3D Graphic Statics

Masoud Akbarzadeh, Márton Hablicsek, Yi Guo

IASS 2018   PDF   BibTeX

Graphic Statics: Constrained Form Finding for Parallel System of Forces Using Corsican Sum

Georgios-Spyridon Athanasopoulos, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Allan McRobie

IASS 2018   PDF   BibTeX

Constrained Manipulation of Polyhedral Systems

Andrei Nejur, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2018   PDF   BibTeX

Structural Behavior of a Cast-in-Place Funicular Polyhedral Concrete: Applied 3D Graphic Statics

Mohammad Bolhassani, Ali Tabatabaie Ghomi, Andrei Nejur, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2018   PDF   BibTeX

Effect of Subdivision of Force Diagrams on the Local Buckling, Load-Path and Material Use of Founded Forms

Ali Tabatabaie Ghomi, Mohammad Bolhassani, Andrei Nejur, Masoud Akbarzadeh

IASS 2018   PDF   BibTeX

On Structural Behavior of the First Funicular Polyhedral Frame Designed by 3D Graphic Statics

Mohammad Bolhassani, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Mehrad Mahnia, Ramtin Taherian

Structures 2018   PDF   BibTeX

Hedracrete: Prefab, Funicular, Spatial Concrete

Masoud Akbarzadeh, Mehrad Mahnia, Ramtin Taherian, Amir Hossein Tabrizi

ACADIA 2017   PDF   BibTeX

Addressing Buckling of Compression Members Using Subdivision of Force Diagrams

Timo Harboe Nielsen, Masoud Akbarzadeh, Per Goltermann

IASS 2017   PDF   BibTeX

Prefab, Concrete Polyhedral Frame: Materializing 3D Graphic Statics

Masoud Akbarzadeh, Mehrad Mahnia, Ramtin Taherian, Amir Hossein Tabrizi

IASS 2017   PDF   BibTeX

Three-Dimensional Graphic Statics: Initial Explorations with Polyhedral Form and Force Diagrams

Masoud Akbarzadeh, Tom Van Mele, Philippe Block

International Journal of Space Structures 2016   PDF   BibTeX

3D Graphical Statics Using Reciprocal Polyhedral Diagrams

Masoud Akbarzadeh

PhD Thesis ETH Zurich 2016   PDF   BibTeX

On the Equilibrium of Funicular Polyhedral Frames and Convex Polyhedral Force Diagrams

Masoud Akbarzadeh, Tom Van Mele, Philippe Block

Computer-Aided Design 2015   PDF   BibTeX

3D Graphic Statics: Geometric Construction of Global Equilibrium

Masoud Akbarzadeh, Tom Van Mele, Philippe Block

IASS 2015   PDF   BibTeX

Three-Dimensional Compression Form Finding through Subdivision

Masoud Akbarzadeh, Tom Van Mele, Philippe Block

IASS 2015   PDF   BibTeX