ABSTRACT
A MAJOR DISADVANTAGE of the deployable
gridshells is that the grid generally has to be fully
assembled before the uniform lattice is deformed
into the double-curved shape. To overcome this,
some gridshells have exploited the advantages of
prefabrication. Small sections of the lattice are fabricated
from components already manufactured to the correct
shell curvature. These are then assembled to form the
double-curved structure.
