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Dr

Sofia Colabella

Lecturer In Architectural Technology
Architecture, Building and Planning
Housing
Timber special structures
Gridshell design
Acoustic Design
Digital design and Fabrication
Structural uses of reclaimed materials
Tectonic culture
Environmental Technologies
science & technology
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Dr

Sofia Colabella

 
Division
Architecture, Building and Planning
 
Primary Interest
Innovative uses of timber in architecture
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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works from 16 for Sofia Colabella.

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Housing Prototypes, Timber Tectonic Culture and the Digital Age

Sofia Colabella, Blair Gardiner

Book Chapter  |  2019

Arguably the balloon frame exemplifies the commencement of the embedment of structural performance within timber construction stan..

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The Airshell prototype: a timber gridshell erected through a pneumatic formwork

A Liuti, A Pugnale, S Colabella

Conference Proceedings  |  2017

This paper presents the construction of Airshell, a small timber gridshell prototype erected by employing a pneumatic formwork. In..

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Structural Design with Reclaimed Materials: an Elastic Gridshell out of Skis

Sofia Colabella, Berenardino D'Amico, Hoxha Endrit, Fivet Corentin

Conference Proceedings  |  2017

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Maker. La fabbricazione digitale per l'architettura e il design. Ediz. illustrata

Sergio Pone, Sofia Colabella

Book  |  2017

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IS CONVENTIONAL KNOWLEDGE ENOUGH? Playing the devil's advocate in the adoption of digital fabrication technology

P Tombesi, B Gardiner, S Colabella

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER-AIDED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN RESEARCH IN ASIA (CAADRIA 2016)

Building on the research on the industrial potential of digital fabrication technologies commenced by the late University of Melbo..

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Specialised algorithms for different project stages in a post-formed timber gridshell design

S Pone, G Mirra, E Pignatelli, D Lancia, S Colabella

Conference Proceedings  |  2016  |  STRUCTURES AND ARCHITECTURE: BEYOND THEIR LIMITS

This paper forms part of broader research collaboration between the design firm Gridshell.it, and the Department of Architecture, ..

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Timber gridshells: Numerical simulation, design and construction of a full scale structure

B D'Amico, A Kermani, H Zhang, A Pugnale, S Colabella, S Pone

Journal article  |  2015  |  STRUCTURES

Timber gridshell structures, such as the Multihalle for the federal garden festival in Mannheim or the Downland Museum, have been ..

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A wooden acoustic shell for open-air chamber music concert

Eduardo Pignatelli, Sofia Colabella, Serafino Di Rrosario, Sergio Pone

Conference Proceedings  |  2015

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A monitoring system for wooden post-formed gridshells

Sofia Colabella, Daniele Lancia, Leopoldo Repola, Raffaele Memmolo, Sergio Pone

Conference Proceedings  |  2015

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Idee in legno e pietra prendono forma

Sofia Colabella

Book Chapter  |  2015

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Architecture
Building
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Credentials

Positions

Lecturer In Architectural Technology

Architecture, Building and Planning

Education

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University of Naples "Federico II"

Doctoral Degree

University of Naples Federico II

Architecture

University of Naples Federico II

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Certificates & Licences

Ordine Architetti Pianificatori Paesaggisti Conservatori di Napoli e Provincia

Awarded: 10 Mar 2002

International Linkages

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

Switzerland

University of Naples Federico II

Italy

Napier University Edinburgh

United Kingdom