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Publications are in English unless stated otherwise.

Joop Wilschut
Deltaribben: het ei van Columbus
Nieuwe constructiesystemen lossen problemen bij "blobs" op
in NBD Bouwpraktijk, March/April 2008. In Dutch.

Jiri Janosec
Architektonick? kov. konstrukce vhodn? pro zakrivenr? plochy
in Konstrukce. 2008, 1. p. 17-18. In Czech.
Also online: www.konstrukce.cz  

Marieke Hillen
Op zoek naar een integere bouwmethodiek. Twee bouwmethodes voor vrije vorm-architectuur
in de Architect. 2008, 2. p. 74-77. In Dutch.
English summary (PDF) from www.dearchitect.nl  
Full article (PDF) in Dutch on www.dearchitect.nl  

Maaike Muller
Building blobs
in Delft Integraal 4, 2007.
Also on www.tudelft.nl in English.
And on www.tudelft.nl in Dutch.

Jiri Janosec
Kovov konstrukce vhodn? pro zakrivenr? plochy budov
in Bulletin Cesk komory architektu. 2007. p. 39. In Czech.

Jolanda Steenhouwer
Het constructief ontwerpen van vrije vormen
in Booosting Nieuwsbrief. 2007: Rotterdam. p. 5-6. In Dutch.

Constructie van 'blobs' eenvoudiger met deltaribben.
www.kennislink.nl. September 2007. In Dutch.

Blobs bouwen kan beter
www.scienceguide.nl. September 2007. In Dutch.

Maaike Muller
Wat recht is moet krom
in Delta 39. September 6, 2007. p. 7. In Dutch.
www.delta.tudelft.nl

Desiree Hoving
Deltaribben lossen blob-probleem op
in Cobouw. July 1, 2007. p. 5. In Dutch.

Publications, patent and presentations by Martijn Veltkamp

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Publications are in English unless stated otherwise.

Alberto Lago, Paolo Basso and Martijn Veltkamp, Optimization of Free-Form Grid Shells' Dynamic Performance. In Taller, Longer, Lighter. 2011. London (United Kingdom): IABSE-IASS. In preparation.

Alberto Lago and Martijn Veltkamp. Structural and Architectural Design of Complex-Shaped Structures in Seismic Regions: Early Stages from a Practical Perspective. In Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas. 2010. Venice (Italy): International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering.

Martijn Veltkamp, Structural Optimization of Free Form Frame Structures in Early Stages of Design. In Evolution and Trends in Design, Analysis and Construction of Shell and Spatial Structures. 2009. Valencia (Spain): International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures. Online version.

Martijn Veltkamp, Deltaribben voor vrije vorm, in Bouwen met Staal. 2008, 203. p. 48-49. 
The article as published in the journal is a summary. The full version, Maatpak van Deltaribben - Nieuw constructief systeem voor vrijgevormde gebouwen, can be downloaded from the website of Bouwen met Staal. In Dutch.

Martijn Veltkamp Free Form Structural Design Schemes, Systems & Prototypes of Structures for Irregular Shaped Buildings Research in Architectural Engineering Series. Imprint: Delft University Press. pp. 187. ISBN: 978-1-58603-781-9 The book can be ordered with the publisher, or via any (online-)bookstore worldwide. A no-print pdf is available from the library of Delft University of Technology.

Martijn Veltkamp, Delta Ribs: Parametrically defined structural members that allow curving and twisting. In New Olympics, new shell and spatial structures. 2006. Beijing (China): IASS APCS.

Martijn Veltkamp, The transition from schemes and systems to structures in Free Form building designs. In New Olympics, new shell and spatial structures. 2006. Beijing (China): IASS APCS.

Martijn Veltkamp, Parametrical design of twisting structural members in Free Form Building Designs. In Responding to Tomorrow's Challenges in Structural Engineering. 2006. Budapest (Hungary): International Association for Bridge and Str/uctural Engineering.

Frans Snik, Martijn Veltkamp and Karel Vollers, Spiraling close-packers of 3D space as architectural building blocks. In New Olympics, new shell and spatial structures. 2006. Beijing (China): IASS APCS.

Martijn Veltkamp, Daemonen: physics and pragmatism in rollercoaster construction, in Rumoer. 2005, 35. pp. 33-37. In Dutch.

Tuba Kocaturk and Martijn Veltkamp, Interdisciplinary Knowledge Modelling for Free-Form Design - An Educational Experiment. In Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures 2005. 2005. Vienna (Austria).

Martijn Veltkamp, Performative system design of double-curved structures. In Bologna - Delft Seminar. 2005. Bologna (Italy): Delft University of Technology.

Martijn Veltkamp, Schemes and Systems for Buildable Structures in Free Form Building Designs. In Innovation in Architecture, Engineering and Construction. 2005. Rotterdam (The Netherlands).

Bige Tuncer, Tuba Kocaturk and Martijn Veltkamp, BLIP: Blob Inventory Project, in Blob in the Faculty 2004, Mick Eekhout, Christian Friedrich, Walter Lockefeer, Saskia Slotboom, Martijn Veltkamp and Karel Vollers, Editors. 2004, Publikatieburo Bouwkunde: Delft (The Netherlands). In Dutch and English.

Jop van Buchem, Pim Marsman, Martijn Veltkamp and Taco van Iersel, Bloboard Bookshop
in Blob in the Faculty 2004, Mick Eekhout, Christian Friedrich, Walter Lockefeer, Saskia Slotboom, Martijn Veltkamp and Karel Vollers, Editors. 2004, Publikatieburo Bouwkunde: Delft (The Netherlands). In Dutch and English.

Martijn Veltkamp, Geometrical Concepts for Components in the Design of Free Form Building Structures. In Shell and Spatial Structures from Models to Realization. 2004. Montpellier (France): International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS).

Martijn Veltkamp, Product Development of Structural Systems in Blob Designs. In 5th International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering. 2004. Delft (The Netherlands): Taylor & Francis Group.

Martijn Veltkamp, Product Development of Structural Systems in Blob Designs, in Blob in the Faculty 2004, Mick Eekhout, Christian Friedrich, Walter Lockefeer, Saskia Slotboom, Martijn Veltkamp and Karel Vollers, Editors. 2004, Publikatieburo Bouwkunde: Delft (The Netherlands). In Dutch and English.

Mick Eekhout and Martijn Veltkamp, Zappi techniques and blob structures. In Shell and Spatial Structures from Models to Realization. 2004. Montpellier (France): International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS).

Martijn Veltkamp and George Nieuwmeijer, De geschiedenis als proefbelasting, in Bouwen met staal. 2003, 170. p. 18-20. In Dutch.

Martijn Veltkamp and Mick Eekhout, The design of structural systems for geometrically irregular structures, in System-based Vision for Strategic and Creative Design. 2003. Swets & Zeitlinger: Rome (Italy).

Tuba Kocaturk, Martijn Veltkamp and Bige Tuncer, Exploration of Interrelationships between Digital Design and Production Processes of Free-form Complex Surfaces in a Web-Based Database. In Digital Design - Research and Practice, Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures 2003. 2003. Tainan (Taiwan).

Martijn Veltkamp, Structural Design of Free-Form Railway Architecture. In Structures for High-Speed Railway Transportation. 2003 IABSE-AIPC-IVBH: Antwerp (Belgium).

Martijn Veltkamp, De vele facetten van vrije vormen, in Detail in architectuur 2002, september. p. 52-54. In Dutch.

Martijn Veltkamp and George Nieuwmeijer, Re-use and extension of a former warehouse. In Erhalten, Umnutzen und Ertuechtigen. 2002. Braunschweig, Germany: Aedificatio Publishers (Freiburg, Germany).

Martijn Veltkamp, Vloeiende gevel in koudvervormd glas, in Detail in architectuur. 2002, juli-augustus. p. 34-36, 50. In Dutch.

 

Patent

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Martijn Veltkamp. "Steel construction component comprises three steel plates connected to each other to form a triangular rib in cross-section, each provided separately with predetermined simple curvature." NL2000191. Delft University of Technology. 23 August 2006.

Presentations

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September 2010: Structural aspects of free form building designs at ROSE School (Centre for Post-Graduate Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology), Pavia (Italy).

September 2010: Structural and Architectural Design of Complex-Shaped Structures in Seismic Regions: Early Stages from a Practical Perspective. Poster-presentatie with Alberto Lago at conference of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), Venice (Italy).

September 2009: Structural optimization of free form frame structures in early stages of design. At conference of International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), Valencia (Spain).

April 2008: Free Form Structural Design, at Fakulty architektury VUT v Brne (architecture faculty of the university of Brno), Brno (Czech Republic).

April 2008: Freely curving steel structures from imagination to realisation. At Steel Structure Conference, International Building Fair, Brno (Czech Republic).