The Symposium embraces all aspects of shell and spatial structures, including at least the following topics:

         ·          Buildings for EXPO: history reviews, functional requirements, temporary buildings, permanent buildings, projects introduction;
            ·         Architectural design and morphology: conceptual design, form finding, free form shell, design tools;
            ·         Materials: new materials, properties of materials, material tests, material modeling, reuse of materials;
            ·         Structural system: shells, spatial trusses and lattices, membrane structures, wood structures,cable structures, tensegrity system, hybrid structures, retractable and deployable structures;
            ·         Analysis: analytical methods, computational methods, form finding, static and dynamic analysis, stability, optimization;
            ·         Structural design: seismic design, wind effects, Computer-aid-design, details;
            ·         Realization: construction, fabrication and prefabrication, monitoring and control;
            ·         Others: historical buildings, disaster mitigation, maintenance and rehabilitation, fire protection.