Bo loves curvilinear design / build projects. 30 years experience in contracting: carpentry, concrete, ferrocement, landsculpting and freelance design/ consulting. Computer aided design since 1992. Bo's architectural rendering can be seen here. Many ferrocement and creative concrete links are below.

Or click here to see some of Bo's work with illusory mesh models.
Let me know if I can help you with complex non-linear design. (See wild geodesics which include mesh- like renderings).


I am experimenting with ways of fastening translucent glazing to welded steel structures.

 

More...

Grove style framing for a building.
Forming vaults by raising molds or raising tiles upon poles.
Arcades made with vaults which are shaped like goblets.
Sculptural Vaulting Experimentation
Square Donut/Bagel Geometry Vault Concept
Recycled auto tires might form a mold system for vaults
Inner tube airforms for molding ferrocement structures
Tiles form vaulted structure( like domes).
Tiles form vaulted structure( like domes).
Subdivided vault sections for pole vaulting.
Vault Judo: A method to flip vaults in place.
Ring Reinforced Arched Purlin Truss (For Large Vault Structure).
A Shrink Strategy? / Crumb Rubber & Ferro-Tensegrity
Self Tensioning Sheet Metal Reinforced Ceiling
The First Ringforcement: Page
Testing #9 Guage Wire Ringforcement
Stair building style which uses ring reinforcement.
Hand made flat coils for reinforcement.
Spiraling rings for frames, rafters and truss structures.
Job site machines might form flat coils and mesh.
3D rings and a 24/7 concrete construction robot?
Instant dome frames from rings and subdivisions for nested frameworks.
3D Reinforcements from nesting rings on cube faces .
Progressive concentric spiral as reinforcement.
Alternative masonry using fiberglass insulation blocks.
Ringforcement concept for a small (5m/ 15ft) dome.
A method for smoothing FerroCement, using rollers (just a start for FC building tips).
Expanding Expanded Lath Concept
Computer Aided Craftsmanship Raster Aided Vectors / Digitizer Aided Building Computer Aided Labor
Experimentation with intersecting joists.
"Corduroy Wall" Forming Method.
Hollow "corduroy wall", wet tilt shaped dain pipe.
Corduroy Snail Shell and Columns.
Interlocking WWM units to form versatile wall units.
EPS Grinding-Experimental Concept.
Bucket mixing of cement, spiral mixer research.
Bend your own rebar mixers plus.
Micro cement/ concrete batcher research.
Concrete pump using recylced radials reserarch.
A simple lid adapter which sprays cement from a 5 gallon bucket (20 litres)
Passive Annual Heat Storage -PAHS- Guest Comentary 1
Self Comforted House -- Ferrocementing for PAHS style building.
Historical precursors before PAHS with a relevant discussion page....
Concrete Compost Toilet Research
CAD Animation: Revolving, pivoting, (spiralling) form concept
CAD Animation: Tilt up dome concept
Agmont Park, fountain restoration by Enersearch. in Bar Harbor, Maine

 

"Earth Molded Concrete: Artisan Secrets"

 
See See some CAD sketches using curvaceous meshes.

 

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