Alberto Pugnale

Editorial: Biologically-informed approaches to design processes and applications

Alberto Pugnale, Devi Stuart-Fox, Mark Elgar, Cecilia Laschi, Ahu Gumrah Dumanli

Journal article  |  2022  |  Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

EXPLORING A DESIGN SPACE OF SHELL AND TENSILE STRUCTURES GENERATED BY AI FROM HISTORICAL PRECEDENTS

Gabriele Mirra, Alberto Pugnale

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SHELL AND SPATIAL STRUCTURES

This paper presents the development and application of a computational design tool that can be used to explore an AI-generated des..

Computational design and robotic fabrication of a self-supporting acoustic shell

Paul Loh, Gabriele Mirra, David Leggett, Alberto Pugnale

Conference Proceedings  |  2022  |  ICSA 5th International Conference of Structures and Architecture

In the early twentieth century, acoustic shells were primarily conceived as permanent structures, generally made in reinforced con..

Expertise, playfulness and analogical reasoning: three strategies to train Artificial Intelligence for design applications

Gabriele Mirra, Alberto Pugnale

Journal article  |  2022  |  Architecture, Structures and Construction

AbstractThis paper presents a theoretical framework for the implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in architectural and st..

An Artificial Intelligence Agent That Synthesises Visual Abstractions of Natural Forms to Support the Design of Human-Made Habitat Structures

Gabriele Mirra, Alexander Holland, Stanislav Roudavski, Jasper S Wijnands, Alberto Pugnale

Journal article  |  2022  |  Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Biodiversity is in a state of global collapse. Among the main drivers of this crisis is habitat degradation that destroys living s..

Caratteristiche costruttive, formalismi e implicazioni compositive dell’architettura Binishell

Alberto Bologna, Alberto Pugnale

Journal article  |  2022  |  Rassegna di Architettura e Urbanistica

Le Binishell tra passato, presente e futuro

Alberto Bologna, Alberto Pugnale

Journal article  |  2022  |  Industria Italiana Del Cemento

Abbiamo intervistato Dante Bini, in occasione dei suoi 90 anni, per discutere delle sue invenzioni e di come il suo lavoro di rice..

Comparison between human-defined and AI-generated design spaces for the optimisation of shell structures

Gabriele Mirra, Alberto Pugnale

Journal article  |  2021  |  Structures

This paper presents a comparison between human-defined and AI-generated design spaces through simple optimisation applications. A ..

Testing Generative Models (VAEs) for the design of shell structures

Alberto Pugnale

Presentation  |  2020

Online (YouTube) presentation at the 1st Italian Workshop on Shell and Spatial Structures

Sketches of Thought: Inside the Black Box of AI

Gabriele Mirra, Alberto Pugnale

Book Chapter  |  2020

‘Sketches of Thought’ is a human-machine collaborative design system based on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The first aim of ‘Sket..