From Slender Columns To Branching Structures

The first part of this paper reviews current approaches and methods used for modelling of structural concrete columns. Several methods are presented and their benefits and drawbacks are discussed. In the second part, a transition between traditional shapes and organic forms is described together with an example of a real structure. An insight for design and assessment of members with organic geometrical forms is then given, including a proposal for an inner bio-inspired filing of the structural member itself.