Nico Pietroni

SIGGRAPH / ACM Transactions on Graphics

2025

Designing with Tension: Nearly-Developable Patch Layouts

Siggraph Asia 2025 — ACM Transactions on Graphics
A Qi, A Eggler, N Pietroni, P Tang, M Piovarci, B Bickel
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Free-form Surface Approximation Using Rotational Patches

ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 44, Issue 5
Y Liu, YM Xie, TU Lee, Z Wang, N Pietroni
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Fabricable Discretized Ruled Surface

Siggraph Asia 2025 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 44, Issue 3
A Bahrami, M Piovarci, M Tarini, B Bickel, N Pietroni
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Rags2Riches: Computational Garment Reuse

Siggraph 2025 — ACM Transactions on Graphics
A Qi, N Pietroni, M Korosteleva, O Sorkine-Hornung
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2022

SkinMixer: Blending 3D Animated Models

Siggraph Asia 2022 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 41, Issue 6
S Nuvoli, N Pietroni, R Scateni, P Cignoni, M Tarini
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Hex-Mesh Generation and Processing: a Survey

ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 42, Issue 2
N Pietroni, M Campen, A Sheffer, G Cherchi, D Bommes, X Gao, R Scateni, F Ledoux, JF Remacle, M Livesu
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Computational Pattern Making from 3D Garment Models

Siggraph 2022 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 41, Issue 4
N Pietroni, C Dumery, R Guenot-Falque, M Liu, T Vidal-Calleja, O Sorkine-Hornung
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2021

Volume Decomposition for Two-Piece Rigid Casting

Siggraph Asia 2021 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 40, Issue 6
T Alderighi, L Malomo, B Bickel, P Cignoni, N Pietroni
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Reliable Feature-Line Driven Quad-Remeshing

Siggraph 2021 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 40, Issue 4
N Pietroni, S Nuvoli, T Alderighi, P Cignoni, M Tarini
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2020

LoopyCuts: Practical Feature-Preserving Block Decomposition

Siggraph 2020 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 39, Issue 4
M Livesu*, N Pietroni*, E Puppo, A Sheffer, P Cignoni
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Reinforcement of General Shell Structures

ACM Transactions on Graphics, June 2020
FT Gil Ureta, N Pietroni, D Zorin
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2019

QuadMixer: Layout Preserving Blending of Quadrilateral Meshes

Siggraph Asia 2019 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 38, Issue 6
S Nuvoli, A Hernandez, C Esperanca, R Scateni, P Cignoni, N Pietroni
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Volume-Aware Design of Composite Molds

Siggraph 2019 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 38, Issue 4
T Alderighi, L Malomo, D Giorgi, B Bickel, P Cignoni, N Pietroni
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2018

FlexMaps: Computational Design of Flat Flexible Shells for Shaping 3D Objects

Siggraph Asia 2018 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 37, Issue 6
L Malomo, J Pérez, E Iarussi, N Pietroni, E Miguel, P Cignoni, B Bickel
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Metamolds: Computational Design of Silicone Molds

Siggraph 2018 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 37, Issue 4
T Alderighi, L Malomo, D Giorgi, N Pietroni, B Bickel, P Cignoni
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2017

Position Based Tensegrity Design

Siggraph Asia 2017 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 36, Issue 6
N Pietroni, M Tarini, A Vaxman, D Panozzo, P Cignoni
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2016

FlexMolds: Automatic Design of Flexible Shells for Molding

Siggraph Asia 2016 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 35, Issue 6
L Malomo, N Pietroni, B Bickel, P Cignoni
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2015

Data-Driven Interactive Quadrangulation

Siggraph 2015 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 34, Issue 65
G Marcias, K Takayama, N Pietroni, D Panozzo, O Sorkine-Hornung, E Puppo, P Cignoni
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Elastic Textures for Additive Fabrication

Siggraph 2015 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 34, Issue 4
J Panetta, Q Zhou, L Malomo, N Pietroni, P Cignoni, D Zorin
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2014

Robust Field-Aligned Global Parametrization

Siggraph 2014 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 33, Issue 4
A Myles, N Pietroni, D Zorin
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Field-Aligned Mesh Joinery

Siggraph Asia 2014 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 33, Issue 1
P Cignoni, N Pietroni, L Malomo, R Scopigno
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2011

Simple Quad Domains for Field Aligned Mesh Parametrization

Siggraph Asia 2011 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 30, Issue 6
M Tarini, E Puppo, D Panozzo, N Pietroni, P Cignoni
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Global Parametrization of Range Image Sets

Siggraph Asia 2011 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 30, Issue 6
N Pietroni, M Tarini, O Sorkine, D Zorin
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2010

Feature-Aligned T-Meshes

Siggraph 2010 — ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 29, Issue 4
A Myles, N Pietroni, D Kovacs, D Zorin
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Other Journal Publications

2024

Digital Garment Alteration

Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 43, Issue 7 — Pacific Graphics 2024
A Eggler, R Falque, M Liu, T Vidal-Calleja, O Sorkine-Hornung, N Pietroni
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Bending-Reinforced Grid Shells for Free-form Architectural Surfaces

Computer-Aided Design, Volume 168 — 2024
F Laccone, N Pietroni, P Cignoni, L Malomo
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Automated Shotcrete: A More Sustainable Construction Technology

Sustainable Engineering: Concepts and Practices — 2024
G Isaac, P Nicholas, G Paul, N Pietroni, T Vidal Calleja, M Xie, T Schork
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Design and Construction of Catenary-Ruled Surfaces

Structures, Volume 59 — 2024
Z Li, TU Lee, N Pietroni, R Snooks, YM Xie
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Reducing the Number of Different Faces in Free-Form Surface Approximations

Computer-Aided Design, Volume 166 — 2024
Y Liu, TU Lee, AR Javan, N Pietroni, YM Xie
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2023

Bending the Light: Next Generation Anamorphic Sculptures

Computers & Graphics, SMI 2023
L Pratt, A Johnston, N Pietroni
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HexBox: Interactive Box Modeling of Hexahedral Meshes

Computer Graphics Forum, SGP 2023
F Zoccheddu, E Gobetti, M Livesu, N Pietroni, YM Xie
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Physically-based Simulation of Elastic-Plastic Fusion of 3D Bioprinted Spheroids

Biofabrication, Volume 15, Issue 4 — 2023
H Bahrami, F Sichetti, E Puppo, L Vettori, C Liu, S Perry, C Gentile, N Pietroni
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Reflections on Light: Developing New Methods for Producing Anamorphic Sculpture

MIT Leonardo, 56(6) — 2023
L Pratt, A Johnstone, N Pietroni
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Reducing the Number of Different Nodes in Space Frame Structures

Engineering Structures, Volume 284 — 2023
Y Liu, TU Lee, A Koronaki, N Pietroni, YM Xie
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2022

State of the Art in Computational Mould Design

Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 41, Issue 6 — 2022
T Alderighi, L Malomo, T Auzinger, B Bickel, P Cignoni, N Pietroni
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Design and Construction of a Bending-Active Plywood Structure: The Flexmaps Pavilion

Journal of the IASS, Volume 63, Issue 2 — 2022
F Laccone, L Malomo, M Callieri, T Alderighi, A Muntoni, F Ponchio, N Pietroni, P Cignoni
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2021

Integrated Computational Framework for the Design and Fabrication of Bending-Active Structures

Structures, Volume 34 — 2021
F Laccone, L Malomo, N Pietroni, P Cignoni, T Schork
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Automatic Surface Segmentation for Seamless Fabrication Using 4-Axis Milling Machines

Computer Graphics Forum, Eurographics 2021
S Nuvoli, A Tola, A Muntoni, N Pietroni, E Gobbetti, R Scateni
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2020

Skeleton-Based Conditionally Independent Gaussian Process Implicit Surfaces

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Volume 5, Issue 2 — 2020
L Wu, R Falque, V Perez-Puchalt, L Liu, N Pietroni, T Vidal-Calleja
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Automatic Design of Cable-Tensioned Glass Shells

Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 39, Issue 1 — 2020
F Laccone, L Malomo, M Froli, P Cignoni, N Pietroni
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A Bending-Active Twisted-Arch Plywood Structure: The FlexMaps Pavilion

SN Applied Sciences, Volume 2 — 2020
F Laccone, L Malomo, J Pérez, N Pietroni, F Ponchio, B Bickel, P Cignoni
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2019

HexaLab.net: An Online Viewer for Hexahedral Meshes

Computer-Aided Design, Volume 110 — 2019
M Bracci, M Tarini, N Pietroni, M Livesu, P Cignoni
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2018

State of the Art on Stylized Fabrication

Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 37, Issue 6 — 2018
B Bickel, P Cignoni, L Malomo, N Pietroni
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2017

Digital Fabrication Techniques for Cultural Heritage: A Survey

Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 36, Issue 1 — 2017
R Scopigno, P Cignoni, N Pietroni, M Callieri, M Dellepiane
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2016

Tracing Field-Coherent Quad Layouts

Computer Graphics Forum, Pacific Graphics 2016
N Pietroni, E Puppo, G Marcias, R Scopigno, P Cignoni
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Stability of Statics Aware Voronoi Grid-Shells

Engineering Structures, Volume 116 — 2016
D Tonelli, N Pietroni, E Puppo, M Froli, P Cignoni, G Amendola, R Scopigno
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2015

Statics Aware Grid Shells

Computer Graphics Forum, Eurographics 2015
N Pietroni, D Tonelli, E Puppo, M Froli, R Scopigno, P Cignoni
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Compression and Querying of Arbitrary Geodesic Distances

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 9279 — 2015
R Aiello, F Banterle, N Pietroni, L Malomo, P Cignoni, R Scopigno
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2013

Animation-Aware Quadrangulation

Computer Graphics Forum, SGP 2013
G Marcias, N Pietroni, D Panozzo, E Puppo, O Sorkine
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Quad-Mesh Generation and Processing: A Survey

Computer Graphics Forum — 2013
D Bommes, B Lévy, N Pietroni, E Puppo, C Silva, M Tarini, D Zorin
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2011

An Interactive Local Flattening Operator to Support Digital Investigations on Artwork Surfaces

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics — IEEE Visualization 2011
N Pietroni, M Corsini, P Cignoni, R Scopigno
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Automatic Construction of Adaptive Quad-Based Subdivision Surfaces Using Fitmaps

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Volume 17, Issue 10 — 2011
D Panozzo, E Puppo, M Tarini, N Pietroni, P Cignoni
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2010

Almost Isometric Mesh Parameterization Through Abstract Domains

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Volume 16, Issue 4 — 2010
N Pietroni, M Tarini, P Cignoni
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Practical Quad Mesh Simplification

Computer Graphics Forum, Eurographics 2010
M Tarini, N Pietroni, P Cignoni, D Panozzo, E Puppo
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Real-time Single Scattering Inside Inhomogeneous Materials

The Visual Computer, CGI 2010
D Bernabei, F Ganovelli, N Pietroni, P Cignoni, S Pattanaik, R Scopigno
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Solid-Texture Synthesis: A Survey

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Volume 30, Issue 4 — 2010
N Pietroni, P Cignoni, MA Otaduy, R Scopigno
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2009

Splitting Cubes: A Fast and Robust Technique for Virtual Cutting

The Visual Computer, Volume 25, Issue 3 — 2009
N Pietroni, F Ganovelli, P Cignoni, R Scopigno
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2008

Reconstructing Head Models from Photographs for Individualized 3D-Audio Processing

Computer Graphics Forum, Pacific Graphics 2008
M Dellepiane, N Pietroni, N Tsingos, M Asselot, R Scopigno
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2007

Texturing Internal Surfaces from a Few Cross Sections

Computer Graphics Forum, Eurographics 2007
N Pietroni, MA Otaduy, B Bickel, F Ganovelli, MH Gross
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Conference Publications

2023

Statics and Stability of Bending-Optimized Double-Layer Grid Shell

Italian Workshop on Shell and Spatial Structures — 2023
F Laccone, N Pietroni, M Froli, P Cignoni, L Malomo
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A Neural Network-based Low-cost Soft Sensor for Touch Recognition and Deformation Capture

ACM Designing Interactive Systems — 2023
Y Fan, N Pietroni, S Ferguson
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2020

Automated Design and Analysis of Reinforced and Post-Tensioned Glass Shells

Challenging Glass Conference — 2020
F Laccone, L Malomo, N Pietroni, M Froli, P Cignoni
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2019

FlexMaps Pavilion: A Twisted Arc Made of Mesostructured Flat Flexible Panels

IASS 2019: FORM and FORCE
F Laccone, L Malomo, J Perez, N Pietroni, F Ponchio, B Bickel, P Cignoni
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Concept and Cable-Tensioning Optimization of Post-Tensioned Shells Made of Structural Glass

IASS 2019: FORM and FORCE
F Laccone, L Malomo, M Froli, P Cignoni, N Pietroni
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2016

Design and Fabrication of Grid-shells Mockups

STAG: Smart Tools and Apps for Graphics — 2016
D Tonelli, N Pietroni, P Cignoni, R Scopigno
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State Of The Art on Functional Fabrication

Eurographics Workshop on Graphics for Digital Fabrication — 2016
A Medeiros e Sá, K Rodriguez Echavarria, N Pietroni, P Cignoni
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2014

Digital Fabrication Technologies for Cultural Heritage (STAR)

Eurographics Workshops on Graphics and Cultural Heritage — 2014
R Scopigno, P Cignoni, N Pietroni, M Callieri, M Dellepiane
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Interlocking Pieces for Printing Tangible Cultural Heritage Replicas

Eurographics Workshops on Graphics and Cultural Heritage — 2014
G Alemanno, P Cignoni, N Pietroni, F Ponchio, R Scopigno
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2013

A Computer-Assisted Constraint-Based System for Assembling Fragmented Objects

IEEE Digital Heritage — 2013
G Palmas, N Pietroni, P Cignoni, R Scopigno
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2010

Adaptive Quad Mesh Simplification

Eurographics Italian Chapter — 2010
A Bozzo, D Panozzo, E Puppo, N Pietroni, L Rocca
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2007

Techniques for Computer Assisted Surgery

Eurographics Italian Chapter — 2007
G Turini, N Pietroni, F Ganovelli, R Scopigno
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A Robust Method for Real-Time Thread Simulation

ACM VRST 2007
B Kubiak, N Pietroni, F Ganovelli, M Fratarcangeli
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2005

Robust Segmentation of Anatomical Structures with Deformable Surfaces and Marching Cubes

VRIPHYS 2005
N Pietroni, A Giachetti, F Ganovelli
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Patents

Method for Computationally Designing a Re-usable Flexible Mold

European Patent EP3301597B1
P Cignoni, N Pietroni, L Malomo, B Bickel
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Method for Computationally Designing a Re-usable Flexible Mold for the Reproduction of an Object

US Patent US11966666B2
T Alderighi, P Cignoni, L Malomo, D Giorgi, B Bickel, N Pietroni
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Mesh Joinery: Method for Converting a 3D Model into a Set of Planar Shapes

Italian Patent ITRM20130439A1 — 2013
P Cignoni, N Pietroni, L Malomo, R Scopigno
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My research has led to art installations and exhibitions combining geometry processing and art.

A Very Dutch Ghost

FlexMaps Pavilion

Nerves of Steel

FlexMaps Installation

• Galleria Gagliardi 2025 — A Very Dutch Ghost
• Sydney Contemporary 2024 — Lennox St Gallery
• North Sydney Art Prize 2024 — Finalist
• Wynne Prize 2023 — Finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales
• Sydney Contemporary 2022 — Nanda/Hobbs Gallery
• Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize 2022 — Finalist
• Venice Biennale of Architecture 2021 — FlexMaps Pavilion
• Nerves of Steel 2017 — Permanent Sculpture, CNR of Italy