This project was developed as part of my Architecture graduation thesis at the Università di Napoli Federico II. It is a simulation tool for actively bent timber gridshell structures.

Post-formed timber gridshells are structural systems based on the principle of active bending. They consist of a flat orthogonal grid of linear timber elements that is transformed into a shell through controlled deformations.

By applying external forces, the timber members bend into their final shape, creating lightweight structures that are both aesthetically expressive and structurally efficient.

The goal of the tool is to simulate the form-finding process of these structures, which is traditionally achievable only through physical prototypes or computationally expensive numerical simulations.

The project implements the Dynamic Relaxation algorithm as a library of components for Grasshopper, the visual scripting environment of Rhino, making advanced structural simulation accessible through a visual workflow.

Its development required extensive research into academic literature, mathematics, physics, and structural engineering.

The library was developed in C# using Visual Studio for the Rhino & Grasshopper ecosystem.

It exposes a collection of Grasshopper components, allowing architects and engineers with little or no programming experience to design and simulate their own timber gridshells while abstracting away the underlying physics and numerical methods.