
Dr.
Francesco
Ranaudo
Alumni
Francesco is an architect and chartered structural engineer specialised in tall building design, structural optimisation and performance-based seismic design. He completed his PhD work in 2023.
In 2023, Francesco co-founded with Prof. Block and Dr. Tom Van Mele and became CEO of the ETH spinoff VAULTED AG, which commercialises the Rippmann Floor System, a low-embodied-emission, fully circular floor solution.
Work Topic
Francesco focuses on the optimal design of unreinforced, sustainable, compression-only structural slabs and on their role in the floor plate of building structures.
Role in the NCCR Digital Fabrication
Alumni: PhD Researcher
Current position
Co-founder and CEO of Vaulted AGNCCR publications
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Digitally fabricated ribbed concrete floor slabs: a sustainable solution for construction (2022)
- Date: 06.07.2022
- Authors: Dr. Jaime Mata Falcón, Patrick Bischof, Dr. Tobias Huber, Dr. Ana Anton, Dr. Joris Burger, Dr. Francesco Ranaudo, Dr. Andrei Jipa, Dr. Lukas Gebhard, Dr. Lex Reiter, Prof. Dr. Ena Lloret-Fritschi, Dr. Tom Van Mele, Prof. Dr. Philippe Block, Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler, Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger, Dr. Timothy Wangler, Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
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Design of a funicular concrete bridge with knitted formwork (2021)
- Date: 01.01.2021
- Authors: Sam Bouten, Dr. Mariana Popescu, Dr. Francesco Ranaudo, Dr. Tom Van Mele, Prof. Dr. Philippe Block, Pierre Mengeot, Kenneth Wyns
- Event: IABSE Congress: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs
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A low-carbon, funicular concrete floor system: design and engineering of the HiLo floors (2021)
- Date: 01.01.2021
- Authors: Dr. Francesco Ranaudo, Dr. Tom Van Mele, Prof. Dr. Philippe Block
- Event: IABSE Congress: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs
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Redefining structural art: strategies, necessities and opportunities (2020)
- Date: 01.01.2020
- Authors: Prof. Dr. Philippe Block, Dr. Tom Van Mele, Dr. Matthias Rippmann, Dr. Francesco Ranaudo, Dr. Cristian Javier Calvo Barentin, Noelle Paulson
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Imposing Challenges, Disruptive Changes: Rethinking the floor slab (2020)
- Date: 01.01.2020
- Authors: Prof. Dr. Philippe Block, Cristián Calvo Barentin, Dr. Francesco Ranaudo, Noelle Paulson