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The research investigates the benefits associated to the application of highperformance hybrid rocking connections for tall buildings. A comparison between conventional (cast-in-situ) monolithic system and a low-damage rocking dissipative system (PRESSS technology) has been carried out in terms of seismic performance and post-earthquake economic losses. The case study building consisted of an 18-storeys tower with a dual structural system designed for high seismic demand.

The tendency of modern designs towards optimal structures often leads to the lightest and best performing choice among a large set of design alternatives. In a similar scenario, the introduction of automated tools to further guide designers in achieving efficient solutions has been a recurrent topic for mechanical and structural engineers, over the past decades. Nowadays, topology optimization is considered a powerful preliminary design tool to determine the optimal material distribution in a design domain, i.e.

In the last decades, topology optimization has been widely investigated as a preliminary design tool to minimize the use of material in a structure. Despite this, applications to realistic three-dimensional engineering problems are still limited. This study provides the instruments for the definition of a versatile and integrated framework in order to apply topology optimization to large-scale 3-D domains for the design of efficient and high-performing structures.

La dialettica orizzontalità/verticalità costituisce un ambito strategico di grande importanza per il futuro del progetto, imponendo una riflessione sulla condensazione delle funzioni urbane e sugli approcci metodologici per la crescita delle città e coinvolge molteplici tematiche della contemporaneità, proprie degli attuali processi di trasformazione del territorio quali, ad esempio, la densità, la compattezza e la sensibilità al consumo di suolo.