A series of future directions for this emerging field of research are also laid out.

Eventually, we conclude that reclaimed skis as a material have the potential to be as good as conventional timber when designing elastic gridshells. sporadic material supply, categorization of mechanical properties, physical alteration of these properties, and uncertainties in the numerical modelling of both the structural analysis and the construction process. The paper then details the encountered unusual aspects in the design process and how they have been overcome – i.e. After a brief introduction on the need for reducing embodied carbon and waste in structures through reuse, the paper sets up the constraints that have driven the definition of the pavilion, the main one being the extension of the lifetime of high-performance sport equipment by reclaiming their intrinsic mechanical properties. Its construction process is such that it can be disassembled and reassembled multiple times without scaffolding and by means of traditional tools only. The generated waste for its production is near zero as it is mostly built from discarded material.

This paper presents the design and construction of a 36m 2 gridshell, the rigidity of which is achieved through the bending of an initially flat grid of 210 reclaimed skis.

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