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fis-2164	mele, elena; fraldi, massimiliano; Montuori, Gian Maria; perrella, gianpaolo; della vista, vincenzo	Hexagrid-Voronoi transition in structural patterns for tall buildings	2018	23	.pdf	application/pdf	11705	597	53	In the following, the objective and approach utilized in the paper are stated; the geometrical definition of Voronoi diagram is introduced, and the procedure for the generation of Voronoi diagrams is explained; the general methodology for the mechanical characterization and the homogenization process of structural grids is presented and applied to regular hexagrid; the additional steps required for a non-regular, Voronoi-like grid, are provided and discussed; finally a design procedure is proposed and applied to a model building, which gives the opportunity of discussing both the effectiveness of the procedure here proposed and the structural efficiency of Voronoi patterns. a) b) c) Figure 2: Voronoi patterns for tall buildings: a) “Use Arrangement” Christian Hahn eVolo 2010 Skyscraper competition entry; b) SOM competition entry for a tower in Tianjin; c) Lava Bionic Tower.	cache/fis-2164.pdf	txt/fis-2164.txt