Structural system design of spatial and shell structures by means of Album of Spatial Structures (ALOSS)

摘要

ALOSS is an acronym for 'Album of Spatial Structures'. This is the name for a database of spatial structures from all over the world containing building names, photographs, addresses, architects, structural engineers, completion years, and so on. The paper results that ALOSS is a useful source of information for students, architects and engineers interested in study of various types of the shell and spatial structures. It applies a pictorial and a keyword search method. The paper presents precisely and briefly all the basic aspects of ALOSS and especially the way of finding specific information about required spatial structure.